Thanks for the info, one problem with this thought, I can't find the line that contains "desktop.dll" in my step.rc file, its not there at all. And when I add the "LoadModule c:\litestep\jdesk.dll" line my whole litestep freeses. heres a copy and paste of step.rc.
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; define critical folder locations
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ModulesDir "$LiteStepDir$modules\"
PersonalDir "$LiteStepDir$personal\"
ThemesDir "$LiteStepDir$themes\"



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; NetLoadModule configuration
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LoadModule "$LiteStepDir$NLM\NetLoadModule2.dll"
*NetLoadModuleSite "http://www.shellfront.org/modules/"
NetLoadModulePath "$ModulesDir$"
NetLoadModuleDocPath "$ModulesDir$docs\"
NetLoadModuleZipPath "$ModulesDir$archive\"
NetLoadModuleAliasFile "$LiteStepDir$NLM\NetLoadModule.ini"



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; load personal settings and theme
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

include "$ThemesDir$themeselect.rc"
include "$PersonalDir$personal.rc"
include "$ThemeDir$theme.rc"