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Tried the file handle analyzer & yes that did it !!there was another 'external' process not releasing resources -

Thanx Pete & the rest of you for asssiting...

Yep thats what I thought - there IS 'something' hogging those files, trouble is Ent.

Mgr. does not tell me what, as the entries in the process mix hold resources...

Hello Larry,  et al

the major stumbling block is basically that I know zip

about activeX and therefore am a bit reluctant about using it.

(Although, going through BOL, I see that many...