hard to tell w/o more code etc..

try clearing the cmbo first?

cmbNotes.clear

or maybe just do a check for blank entries?...

VB Code:
  1. For x = 0 To cmbNotes.listcount -1
  2. If Trim(cmbNotes.list(x)) = "" Then cmbNotes.removeitem(x)
  3. Next

as I said..hard to tell w/o seeing more whats going on