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This (Delphi) article is about the most informative I managed to dig up: http://tinyurl.com/rx9hc In short, you need to use the StgOpenStorageEx function which the (pywin32) pythoncom module exposes. There are quite a few caveats and you'll have to dig around for flag/constants etc. but it should be quite do-able. (Still don't have the time to try it myself, tho') Happy Hunting! TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list