diff --git a/processing/app/BAppletViewer.java b/processing/app/BAppletViewer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 78a8cbc5b..000000000
--- a/processing/app/BAppletViewer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.io.*;
-import java.net.*;
-
-
-public class BAppletViewer implements Runnable {
-  BApplet applet;
-  Thread killer;
-  //int portnum;
-  //Socket umbilical;
-  //OutputStream umbilicalOut;
-  //InputStream umbilicalIn;
-
-
-  static public void main(String args[]) {
-    try {
-      //portnum = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
-      //umbilical = new Socket("localhost", portnum);
-
-      new BAppletViewer(args[0], 
-			Integer.parseInt(args[1]),
-			Integer.parseInt(args[2]));
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-  }
-
-
-  public BAppletViewer(String name, int x1, int y1) throws Exception {
-    Class c = Class.forName(name);
-    applet = (BApplet) c.newInstance();
-    applet.init();
-    applet.start();
-
-    Window window = new Window(new Frame());
-    window.setBounds(x1 - applet.width, y1, applet.width, applet.height);
-    window.add(applet);
-    applet.setBounds(0, 0, applet.width, applet.height);
-    window.show();
-    applet.requestFocus();  // necessary for key events
-
-    //umbilical = new Socket("localhost", portnum);
-    //umbilicalOut = umbilical.getOutputStream();
-    //umbilicalIn = umbilical.getInputStream();
-
-    killer = new Thread(this);
-    killer.start();
-  }
-
-
-  File deathNotice = new File("die");
-
-  public void run() {
-    //while (Thread.currentThread() == killer) {
-    while (true) {
-      if (deathNotice.exists()) {
-	deathNotice.delete();
-	System.exit(0);
-      }
-	//try {
-	//System.out.println("testing");
-	//umbilicalOut.write(100);
-	//umbilicalIn.read();
-	//} catch (Exception e) {
-	//e.printStackTrace();
-	//System.exit(0);
-	//}
-      try {
-	Thread.sleep(100);
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
index 056b44306..ee4767d99 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
       }
 
     } catch (Exception e) { 
-      e.printStackTrace();
+      // this exception doesn't matter, it's just the normal course of things
+      // the app reaches here when no sketch.properties file exists
+      //e.printStackTrace();
 
       // even if folder for 'default' user doesn't exist, or
       // sketchbook itself is missing, mkdirs() will make it happy
diff --git a/processing/app/make.bat b/processing/app/make.bat
index d19c5433c..e5b493ed4 100755
--- a/processing/app/make.bat
+++ b/processing/app/make.bat
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ REM set CLASSPATH=lib\kjc.jar;lib\oro.jar;java\lib\rt.jar;java\lib\ext\comm.jar;
 set CLASSPATH=classes;lib\kjc.jar;lib\oro.jar;java\lib\rt.jar;java\lib\ext\comm.jar
 
 REM cd ..
-perl buzz.pl "jikes +D -nowarn -d application\classes" -dJDK13 *.java kjc\*.java 
+perl buzz.pl "jikes +D -nowarn -d classes" -dJDK13 *.java kjc\*.java 
 REM cd application
 
 REM rm -f lib/version
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ REM rm -f lib/version
 rem -- make pde.jar
 cd classes
 rm -f ..\lib\pde.jar
-REM zip -0q ..\lib\pde.jar *.class *.gif
 zip -0q ..\lib\pde.jar *.class
 cd ..