Could the document be stored in the "My Documents" folder"? If so, "My Documents" may point to other locations for different logins under W2000. Also, does it use a custom "Normal.DOT" ... those are also username-specifc.

>Hi All
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>I hav a VFP6-SP4 application where I create a word object, open an existing .DOC file, make some changes and fill some data and save as in another name.
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>It is simple and works fine on the development computer (Windows me) . but when the app is compiled and installed on the client workstations(W2000), the user gets an OLE error message indicating that the doc file is not found. with another trial they get a message that the doc file is corrupted.
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>Office XP is used on both development and user computers.
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>I wonder if anybody faced such a problem with W2000 and would appreciate any help in this isse.
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>Thank to all of you
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>Bob