macropod wrote:

With your new OS, are the pathnames exactly the same and do you have
permission to access files in the folder 'C:\Documents and
Settings\user\Desktop\'? Is the file 'hdata.txt' in that location?

The file is correct, but I think you have solved it with Vista.

It will probably be a revised path, something like...

C:\users\John\Desktop\hdata

rather than...

C:\Desktop\hdata.


I thought file handling was simpler with Vista?

Firefox won't even execute on it this morning!

I'll post later with my findings.