Hi Jose, thaks for your reply.

I have just done what you suggested on my own pc (where I currenlty have a no. of apps running (e.g. Outlook,Ie, and a VFP app ) but nothing is coming up in the open files window .

Regards,

Gerard


>>Is there any way from within the OS (NT4,Win2000 ,XP,Win 98) of displaying a screen which shows all open files currently being used and which PC has them open across the network.
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>On W2K (and probably XP):
>My Computer (right-click) Manage -> System Tools -> Shared Folders -> Open Files
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>Regards,