>>I created another share on the same drive, such as Data2. I was able to connect to that share drive from Windows Explorer. So, the share works. However, from the code, it still cannot gain access to it. So, this confirms that the administrative share is not a factor. Either f$ or Data2 results in the same situation.
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>I think you are going the wrong way, I do not know .NET enough to help you, but if I do this in foxpro it would not work either:

I do not use that specific object you are using. But, by using native .NET object, with ManagementScope, I was able to get a better response.

Thanks for the example however