Maybe I'm brain dead, (trying to remember this off the top of my pointy head)...

but..

I believe you must go into Source Safe and CheckOut the files you want to work with...

else...

the files in your working directory will be marked READ-ONLY and you can't open them...

Tommy

>Hi All,
>
>I installed VSS 6 on the local drive of my wkst. I'm using VFP6 and now I get the message "File access denied" when I try to open my files. Very troubling. Maybe I have something set wrong. Any suggestions? TIA.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Paige