>>I ran your program and it returns the correct association. Computer magic ?
>>But I still get a "No association." error.
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>When you right click on the .PPT file, what action verb is on the top of the shortcut menu? Try to run with default action
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>*lnResult=ShellExecute(FindWindow( 0, _SCREEN.caption), "Open", tcDocument, "", "c:\temp\", 1)
>lnResult=ShellExecute(0, "", tcDocument, "", "", 1)
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"Show" I changed the "Open" to "Show" and BINGO!
Thanks
Sammie