I was using IE because it was the first .exe application that popped into my head to be honest [Embarassed] I have tried using WINE to open mIRC now with the same error Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. Unknown error (998). err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 998 [me@me Desktop]$ Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. Unknown error (998). err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 998 fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x13a0c0 0x34fb58) stub! fixme:shell:DllCanUnloadNow stub Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded. Unknown error (998). err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 998 fixme:shell:DllCanUnloadNow stub err:menubuilder:WinMain failed to build menu item for C:\windows\temp\Windows.lnk Im just trying it out at work at the moment with a machine im not too familiar with, ill try again from home on my own machine and see if I have better luck. Thanks for the input.