I did not know that. I used this code with an old app that ran on a win95 box. So, if NUL is not a valid device in NT, do you know what will work to check for the existence of a diskette in drive A?

>This won't work on NT (and I assume 2000), since NUL is not a valid device.
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>>IF ! FILE("A:\nul") && no diskette in drive A
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>>>Hi All! I recently saw a thread about how to check for a diskette in the A drive, but cannot find the thread or remember the logic.
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>>>Can somebody direct me as to what to do to check for this.
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>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>Joe