Hi Bernie

This should do the trick for you:

ChDrive "C"
ChDir "C:\"
TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

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I have the following two statements (among others, of course):

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=TheFileName, Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=myArray

I would like the default directory to begin looking in to be C:\

I have tried the following with no success:

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt),
C:\.txt")

Thanks,
Bernie