Whoops, never mind! My mistake, my string should have been:

c_skeleton= "\\xxxapp\public\develop\newdata\xxxlist\xxadvance\2*.*"
not
c_skeleton= "\\xxxapp\develop\newdata\xxxlist\xxadvance\2*.*"

Thanks anyway for the help!

>>I saw some old posts on here stating that adir() does work with UNC paths. However, in my tests so far the return value is always 0, even when I know that I am referencing a location that has files and folders. I have rights to the server in question and can get to it by navigating in explorer.
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>Is it possible that this UNC path gets disconnected for a moment and then connected back?
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>Can you return the physical path based on UNC path?