>>>You can't overwrite a file which is marked as readonly.
>>>So try this:
>>>

>>>oFS = CREATEOBJECT([scripting.FileSystemObject])
>>>
>>>SORCEFILE="C:\AA\ŠĆŠ.DOC"
>>>TARGETFILE="C:\TMP\AA\ŠĆŠ.DOC"
>>>TRY
>>>  oFS.DeleteFile(TargetFile, .t.)
>>>CATCH
>>>ENDTRY
>>>oFS.CopyFile(SorceFile, TargetFile, .t.)
>>>

>>
>>Do you have the same code, but without using oFS (just to play safe in case it's disabled)?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>

>DECLARE INTEGER CopyFile IN WIN32API STRING lpExistingFileName,;
>                                     STRING lpNewFileName,;
>                                     INTEGER bFailIfExists
>
>SORCEFILE="C:\AA\ŠĆŠ.DOC"
>TARGETFILE="C:\TMP\AA\ŠĆŠ.DOC"
>
>IF CopyFile(SORCEFILE, TARGETFILE, 0) # 0
>   *** Success
>ELSE
>   *** Fail
>ENDIF
>

Ok, but what about just deleting a file?

I have the line of code that does COPY MEMO .. TO (lcFile)
and therefore I think I need to delete the existing file first.