Hi Peter,

You're welcome.

>Sergey,
>
>Thanks for the tip!
>
>The pc's are WinNT4.0 without Active Directory, indeed.
>
>There are several threads over here that suggest usage of createobject('shell.application'). Even Rick Strahl does use it in at least one of his articles. None mention the very important restriction as documented by Ed Rauh. The restriction implies that I can't use it for this customer and I won't use it for my international applications either.