Is the EXE somehow running in a sandbox, or compatibility mode? Tracy
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Vince Teachout Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 12:43 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Bizarre Desktop write problem driving me mad Nope, none of the below apply. Shorcut is the default, and the behavior is the same if I navigate the path from c to users to vinny to desktop. vinny is well under 8.3. My full path for the TO is a variable (same as yours, actually) with the value: "C:\USERS\VINNY\DESKTOP\MYTEST.PDF " > On 03/30/21 10:32 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > Yeah, that's nuts-making. > > Did you perhaps move your Desktop shortcut to another drive? I had a client > issue where their personal folders were mapping to network shares and... > weird things happened. > > I did: > > StrToFile("This is a test. This is only a test.","testfile.txt") > cInFile = fullpath("testfile.txt") > cOutFile = "C:\Users\tedro\Desktop\testfile.txt") > COPY FILE (cInFile) TO (cOutFile) > > and it worked. > > Note my username is truncated (8.3!) in the Desktop path. Perhaps that's > what you're running into? (In File explorer, right-click on Desktop, > Properties for the creative renaming) > > "A mind is a terrible thing to lose." -- Dan Quayle -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/004201d7264a$af086f80$0d194e80$@powerchurch.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
