George,

I already was going to make that suggestion, but that does not return the "Program Files" folder...(at least not on my W2K box).

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>You can use the Windows Script Host's Shell object

oShell = CREATEOBJECT("WScript.Shell")
>? oShell.SpecialFolders("Programs")

>For more information you can check out the series of articles on the WSH that Ed Rauh and I wrote. They appeared beginning in September of 2000 and are available on-line in the VFUG newsletters (www.vfug.org).
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