>Why is it when I put this in a string it evaluates to something else?
>zDir ="W:\05 - Material or Partial Issue of Denial Source Records\FX--NORMA"
>set defa to "zdir" gives error "invalid path or file name" but I can use the same text(cut/pasted) in the start/run and that folder opens right up?

Set defa to (zDir)