I have a hunch about a solution, it could be tried: Start IExploder as a non privileged user and Explorer (file) as Admin. Navi= gate to your site etc then copy the presumably locked file with the Admin mode explorer. It might work, and it might not. Windows permissions are a hazy m= aze governed by policies, the time of day and the rupee exchange rate. I once h= ad a poster of them, the graph is about the size of the taxonomy graph of Unix..= .. -- Peter --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .