>Install the Windows Script Host - there's a self-installing freely-redistributable version available for download on the MSDN Scripting website - see the link in my sig
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>Thanks - I see this requires a restart - how would you fit something like this into a vfp app setup routine?

Just for kicks, I would like to know if you can instanciate the scripting automation objects without a restart. I have found this to be doable in several other applications- the full application won't run, but key vital pieces will. It could be that for what you're doing, you don't need to restart.

Ed- have you tried it?