>what are the attributes of and permissions to that directory? If you start VFP as administrator do you see it then?
>
>>It's really weird. I'm tracing the program and
>>
>>IF NOT DIRECTORY('C:\ProgramData')
>> ** it goes there
>>
>>...
>>
>>Sure, I have c:\ProgramData folder so why DIRECTORY command is failing?
>>
>>=MESSAGEBOX(DIRECTORY('c:\ProgramData'))
>>
>>returns .F.
>>
>>I'm using Windows 7 64.
>>
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Hi,

Try with parameter:

=Messagebox(Directory('C:\ProgramData',1))

and are you 100% sure the spelling is correct?

Try: cd c:\ProgramData

Regards,

Koen