>In this case my stuff is all running on Win2K server, so I can be bigoted against those filthy 9x systems. :)

Lucky! I'm jealous. I've still got to deal with Win95B.< g >

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>>No slaps from me. Nice solution using the WSH. However, and I knew this was a familiar topic, I'd check out the GetTempPath(). There's a difference between the way this information is validated and returned between the Win9x/Me platform and WinNT/2K/XP. These differences are explained in the Platform SDK:File Storage section. This could impact the results you get with the WSH.