>>>"C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\JAMES.FOX\MY DOCUMENTS\VF I DATA\PSS\TEMP\0VE0HHCJB.XLS"
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>>I think the macro would have worked providing the command string was enclosed with parens:
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"(C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\JAMES.FOX\MY DOCUMENTS\VF I DATA\PSS\TEMP\0VE0HHCJB.XLS)"

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>>I think (but don't know for sure) that parens are required for folders with spaces in their names.
>
>No that does not work.
Ooooops! Sure glad I disclaimed and lives weren't depending on it:-). But something in me is screaming to give it a try - so back to the command window and back in a few!