We've got a problem folks: >From MSDN
=== To rename or delete a file on Windows 95/98/Me Check for the existence of the WININIT.INI file in the Windows directory. If WININIT.INI exists, open it and add new entries to the existing [rename] section. If the file does not exist, create the file and create a [rename] section. Add lines of the following format to the [rename] section: DestinationFileName=SourceFileName Both DestinationFileName and SourceFileName must be short file names. To delete a file, use NUL as the value for DestinationFileName. === Note that both files must be shortnames. I had _assumed_ that the OS would preserve the attached long file name. But (as the list records show)... I had not been able to test it to see that this was indeed the behaviour we would get. If anyone with a 16 bit windows box out there has the time to do some test cases and see if my assumption was wrong, or if the current reported case was a fluke that went wrong, that would be great. As to _why_ 600 odd files needed replacing, I've yet to look closely at that aspect. Rob