OKAY, Renaming exiftool(-k) to exiftool(-k -s -g1) gets a lot of stuff done. It's the addition of ".exe " that makes the black box flash up and gone thing happen. Dropping the breezebrowser iptc written file/jpeg onto the exiftool(-k -s -g1)ICON brings up an IPTC category ( like you said) in the black box window. Any ideas? Marty