Peter,

You can find explanation in How do I get the path of special folders from Windows FAQ #16022.

>Hi All,
>
>When doing:
>

o = createobject( 'shell.application' )

>I get an error: Class definition SHELL.APPLICATION is not found
>
>This error (1733) puzzles me. On my own pc there's no problem. The problem only happens on my customer's pc's (big company). My pc has a reference to SHELL.APPLICATION in the Registry. On the troublesome pc's no such reference could be found. Is this the cause? Or might it be something else?