Dave, thanks for insights. Just tested, the sub runs ok on my home PC: Excel
97, Win 98. But it continues to fail in the other, earlier environ: Excel
97, Win XP

Are you logged on as local administrator?
How do I check this in Win XP ?
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Max
xl 97
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Are you logged on as local administrator? Code 5 generally = "Access is
denied" Also try another machine.

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