>>>>I prefer to use ShellExecute, but as long as it works..! :-)
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>>>Guys - I can not stress enough that all of this is a complete waste of time until he fixes his permissions problem.
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>>Ah, no, this is the carrot at the end of that stick. Once he solves the permissions, these solutions will be waiting :).
>
>nope, not even Auntie Emma can unfold her mystical powers until he begins to describe his situation in detail, for instance if such CD attempts were done in vfp code, vfp run command or command shell established without vfp - how could we?
>
> ;-)

That's the problem with Auntie Emma based soultuions. :D