Hi nitm,

How are you creating the Excel workbooks on the server? Using
Server.CreateObject, using an HTML file upload, or some other way? How are
you saving the file? If you can provide more detail (including relevant
lines of code), that would make it much easier to diagnose.

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Regards,

Jake Marx
MS MVP - Excel
www.longhead.com

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nitm wrote:
hi all.
i'm creating a system that works on the net.
i'm writing it with asp and one of the functions of the system is to
import data from excel files into the system (access db).
everything is going swell, except one thing.
whenever the system creates a new excel workbook and saves it as xls
file something (i don't know what) is creating a shortcut to that
file and places it in the system drive (c:\).
the xls files that the system creates are only temp files and they are
deleted after being used. the shortcuts remain.

i can't figure out why this is happenning and i really want it to
stop!
i can't delete the shortcuts with asp because the system will be
hosted on a server that has nothing to do with me and i have no idea
if i'll have access to the system drive (probably not).
i'm kind of stuck here.

i would love to get any ideas of why this is happenning and how can i
avoid it.
thanks a lot!
nitm;