By cut and paste: did you mean the menu component on the form?
If so, I've cut and pasted the menu on the same form. I've also copied and pasted on the same form and then I've copied and pasted on another form and I've not encountered that bug.
> try a simple trick: cut and paste the menuI tried cut & paste and also copy & paste; both succeded, but the pasted
Your .lfm is corrupt.
... object Sendcommandtomplayer1: TMenuItem Caption = 'Send command to mplayer...' OnClick = Sendcommandtomplayer1Click end end object N10: TMenuItem Caption = '-' end object Previous1: TMenuItem Caption = '< &Prev' OnClick = Previous1Click end object Next1: TMenuItem Caption = '&Next >' OnClick = sbNextClick end end