Andrew Phillips wrote: Actually they are persisted with the open solution, but only only the files you have open when you close the solution. Ah, I hadn't noticed that! But with ASP files they don't even do this! Have you tried posting a suggestion directly to Microsoft? Now's the time to do it while the next version is being refined. I think the IDE is very good in general but there are still a number of simple things like this that are surprising by their absence. In VC6 I've used that bookmark saver add-in over the years. Also, I think MS would do well to pinch some ideas from the TextPad editor, which is astonishingly well-implemented and thought out for its size and cost. Kevin