yeah, I actually have ultraISO installed now. the option you're thinkin of is 'recompile image when saving directly'. so if turned on it obviously does what I don't want but if disable I always get the following error: --------------------------- Error --------------------------- Address conflicted where saving directly! Please use Save As. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I didn't pay much attention to this error and just assumed it meant the app sucked and couldn't do what I wanted, but further checking into it, it seems it may be an app issue that they've fixed. so I'll have to get the newest build and see thanks for your reply Scientist