Vlad,

You were right.

Actually, it didn't work when I set it up as you suggested but after playing with it for few more minutes I discovered that by writing the usersetup a little differently got it to work. I just had to list the scripts in a different order. Instead of tacking on the bonustoolmenu script at the end of the usersetup file, I listed it first. That was it. It works! Here's what my usersetup file ended up looking like (I took out the comment lines):

bonusToolsMenu;

source sourceMelLibrary.mel; sourceMelLibrary;

source setupPluginPath.mel; setupPluginPath;

source advCharTools.mel; advCharTools;


I don't understand why the last 3 scripts are preceded by "source" but the bonustoolsMenu is not. Probably because I haven't spend enough time understanding MEL. It's a handful just trying to wrap your brain around all of the typical "user" issues.

Thanks for the help Vlad!