>Thank you Mark, I found it!
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>Although my question is very similar to the one in the discussion, I currently use the UNC (\\server\service\table) to open all of my database/tables without a problem. However, here is the scenario:
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>You can perform a GETFILE() and are allowed to select any file any where. Obviously GETFILE() makes a direct call some operating system's equivalent function. However, if you use GETDIR(), it does not allow you to go outside of the mapped drives or the current default drive (which can be a UNC). This leads me to think that GETDIR() is a VFP "ONLY" function.
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>Have you ever experienced this? Am I the only person who has ever had such a need?

I know your problem exactly. This is a limitation of GetDir(). Maybe our UT friend here, George Tasker, has a WinAPI function that will get this for use. For now, I am using a 3rd party library, NetLib, to return this information from a drive letter. e.g., it converts *F* to ServerName\Volume. Then I can create the rest.