how do i open a predifined folder with the shortcut module?
eg.
*Shortcut "" 110 51 mp3.bmp mp31.bmp .none #9 $mp3dir$
*Shortcut "" 110 65 system.bmp system1.bmp .none #9 $Controls$

controls pups up but my mp3dir not. how can i fix this?

I'm assuming you have an mp3dir evar somewhere, like - ?
If you do, make sure there are quotes around the path if it has spaces (make it a habit to do quotes anyway). I'd also try putting quotes on mp3dir (the shortcut, not the evar), so it's like "$mp3dir$" I know if I want to use $browser$ to open my web browser, I need quotes around it.

ahhh that helped. thank ya. ;-)