>>>I want to open a windows explorer in it's own window and navigate to a given directory.
>>>
>>>If this were internet explorer I would
>>>
>>>oIE = CREATEOBJECT("InternetExplorer.Application")
>>>
>>>oIE.Navigate("http://some web site/")
>>>oIE.Visible = .t.
>>>
>>>
>>>I want to do the same thing with internet explorer but can't find the class name to even experiment.
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>In additon to Naomi's suggestion, just give IE a filesystem URL:
>>
>>loIE = CreateObject("internetexplorer.application")
>>loIE.Navigate("file://c:\program files")
>>loIE.Visible=.t.
>
>It would not be Windows Explorer <g>

They're really the same thing in different window dressing.