Thank you for your input.

>Sure this works just fine.
>
>You can always pass full paths if relative paths may not be quite right.
>
>+++ Rick ---
>
>>The only "downside" I find with Directory() is that this function "looks" at the current folder. For example, if my program calls this function and passes a name to a sub-folder of the current folder, the Directory() returns .T. Here is an example:
>>
>>

>>*-- suppose current folder is  C:\APPFOLDER and folder C:\APPFOLDER\DATA exists.
>>cFolder2Check = "DATA"
>>? Directory( cFolder2Check)  && return .T.  even though I don't think of folder DATA existing; to me it is a subfolder and
>>                                               && I would prefer that Directory() return .F.
>>

>>
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?Directory(cDir)

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>>>>I am sure this questions has been asked million times and I even remember answers but forgot. What is the way to determine if a folder/directory exists without changing to this folder? And so that UNC would work too. E.g.
>>>>cDir = "\\ServerName\FolderName"
>>>>
>>>>TIA.