>I have a situation where, for certain users, DIRECTORY("c:\temp") AND DIRECTORY("c:\temp\") return .F. where there is definitely a c:\temp on the machine. This occurs in both VFP6 & VFP7.
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>The machines are running NT4 and Novel Client 4.8 on a Novell Network.
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>Directory() only produces an incorrect result for c:\temp.
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>Any ideas ?

As Sergey pointed out the DIRECTORY() doesn't "see" hidden or system folders. The Windows Script Host, if available does, however. For example, my C:\Documents And Settings\gtasker\Recent folder is both hidden and system. Naturally, DIRECTORY() returns .F.. However,

oFSO = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
? oFSO.FolderExists("C:\Documents And Settings\gtasker\Recent")

returns .T.