>George
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>Anna,
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>>The first thing I'd do is check the version number of that file (Shell32.dll). >If it's the right version (4.71 or later) then you might trying running >RegSvr32 against it (or DllRegisterServer). FWIW, Win98, WinME, and Win2K all >install the Active Desktop and the Shell.Application. With all you're going >through and upgrade might be easier (and possibly cheaper in terms of time and >money).
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>The version is 4.00 again !
>I've got a dual boot PC with Win2000 on the other partition - and CREATEOBJECT("shell.application") works fine here.
>Unfortunately the client I'm working for at the moment insists I use NT4 - so I'll have to try to find a way of making the more up to date dll stay - could I modify it's date/time stamp to make sure it's later than the version 4.00 ?
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>I'm off on holiday for a week or so now - to France - if we can get there - you may not have heard in the US - but the French Farmers and lorry drivers are revolting again <g> and blockading the fuel stations and the Channel Tunnel.
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>C'est la via !

Sounds more like: C'est la guerre.:-) I've gotten another communication (via email) about this very problem. I'm going to put up a post outlining the details. Since we have some folks from MS who monitor this site maybe they or someone else can help find a solution. Since I'm not an NT/Win2K user, I'm at a disadvantage.

>Thanks for your help
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Anytime.