I've looked at the global exclude list, and it is empty for all haxies. I'll check in Console later tonight when I am home.

For me, it isn't just the Finder. It is all Carbon applications (Cocoa applications are unaffected). And it isn't limited to ShapeShifter, but FruitMenu and WindowShade as well. None of those haxies work in any Carbon app.

I am willing to concede that this is a problem specific to my one Powerbook. Everything seems to be working fine on my other one. I am trying to figure out what exactly is different between the two. It is extremely puzzling, and frustrating.

Because the behavior is limited to Carbon apps and not Cocoa apps, I wonder if their isn't some global setting the Application Enhancer uses for each of the two classes of apps, with the Carbon setting getting pooched.

I will keep plugging away until something fixes the problem.