ok, this has happened only twice, in the oh.. 60-80 times I have run publish.. but i would like to know if anyone else has seen it. I do a publish (10-15 drawings typ) it runs through 1/2 of them, then shuts itself off (completely). I re-start cad, re-run publish with the same files, and it works fine. Win 2K Pro. - 256K ram - 1 gig pross. - CAD 2K4 Vanil. TIA.