>>Is there a way to rename a directory (ie simulate the right click->rename in win 95 98. Can it be done from inside VFP? can it be done in a the batch/icon file that calls up a VFP app?
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>Off hand, I can't think of a FoxPro command that will change a directory name, but
>1. I imagine you could do it through the Win API or Windows Scripting Host.
>2. You can use RUN to use the operating system's REN command.
>3. While you can certainly create and run this VFP app from an icon, it seems like a lot of overhead and time spent loading a VFP application to change a directory name.

I have a client who has a long running ap with directories \myapp and \myappsdata. They ordered a second system which was bacisally a copy of the first with modifications. It ran on another computer and used the same \myapp and \myappsdata directories.

Now they need to have them both on the same machine, but never need them both in use. My alternate to recoding was having them simply rename directories, and I was trying to automate that for them.

CG