I'll ask again in case you missed it (and b/c I'm curious) - how does Hijack find and read the config file?

Not sure what you're asking here. The drives are mounted at that point so Hijack has no problem. I have no idea why it's not binding to your Hijack menu and I'm out of ideas. I can try to stick some more trace debug lines in but I won't get to it for a few days as I just got back into town and have a lot of catching up to do in other areas. I'll let you know though.