I ran you code under Win2k and got the same error. The workaround I see is to create function that will parse passed path and create one level at the time.

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>>In Visual FoxPro 6, I could create two directories at a time (e.g.: MD ABC\DEF), without an error.
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>>What is it you need to do? Create a whole tree of empty directories?
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>Yes, I need to do exactly that.
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>I agree that it is possible to create two directories at once under normal circumstances. However, it is not possible to create a tree of multiple directories in the windows (W2K) temp folder. Maybe you could try running the code in my original post?
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>I would be interested to hear if VFP 6 does not have the same problem.
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>Thanks
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>Mace