Well.. this probelm started to just out of the blue get worse
It was affeting 4 out of 12 pcs yesterday
Tried all the stuff suggetsed here bit nothing worked
I then asked them how long was it since they rebooted the server......about 2 months

So I got them to reboot the server this motning..and would you believe it..probelms gone (for now at any rate)
I am still at a loss to know how not rebooting the server could cause a problem on just a few machines ??

Many thanks to all who contributed on this thread

regards,
Gerard



Couple of things I would try...
>Are you keeping the .exe on the workstations? Does your DBC use views or tables?
>Try getting rid of the drive mapping and use unc pathing like \\servername\foldername instead
>Make sure your workstation's anti-virus software is not setup to scan network drives
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>>Hi Victor. Thanks for your reply
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>>I checked into this further and following happening:
>>1. Switch on the PC
>>2. Comes up with an error (Looking to open a DBC and some files etc that its trying to open
>>3. Message says 'Cannot Locate file K:\MYfolder\XYZ.dbf
>>4A. After rebooting about 5 times ...all is ok
>>4B. if I go in on the same PC and try to just USE the file ...no problem (First Time Round)
>>4C. Probelm is happening on .EXE (Tried anoither .EXE and same thing)
>>4D. If I load the .EXE into another folder (Which has a different but similar set of files) , its ok
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>>So it looks to me as if its an .Exe in combination with the Folder Or Mapped Drive issue
>>Very strange .......
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>>Regards,
>>Gerard
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>>>>Hi.
>>>>In a site , this problem has suddenly appeared
>>>>When an .EXE (VFP9) is run, it takes about 5 mins doing nothing (Seems to be doing notjhing anyway)
>>>>After about 5 retries (Taskmanager Kill the session) , it gets in and works fine
>>>>There are 10 PC's on the network(Windoes Server 2008) and the other 9 PC's are fine
>>>>I think I have ruled out Anti-Virus as I have got them to Unisiatll it and same problem
>>>>Not a new Pc (Have it about a year) and runs Windows 7
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>>>>Any Help apprecaited
>>>>Tia
>>>>Gerard
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>>>Maybe anti-virus software causing this?? If your workstations are scanning network drives it can cause odd things like this to happen.