ok....This is prob. a stupid question, and that prob. makes me a stupid person.
Anywho.... I am having lots of trouble with the hotkey editor..I create the hotkeys that i want, and they work just fine....as long as maya is open...When i close maya and relaunch, the hotkeys are all set back to default. I checked the pref diolog box for anything relating to resetting or not auto saving the hotkeys...nothing....the prefs were saved, and i traced back the folder to make sure that the file was written...(lib>pref>maya>)
I am using a Mac....if there is a mel command that i am missing or a plugin, or any thing that might help what so ever, i am greatly appreaciated......having to re-create the hotkeys are a real pain in the ars....
o, ps...the shelfs and screen layout are all saved when i re-open maya

thanks a mill.....James