None of the files are read only. Yes I have to open them in Acrobat, but I open them to insert one file into the other one, and then close them before I ever try to move them. The really big kicker is that it all worked under Windows NT and now will not work under Windows 98. The people I'm desgining this for all use 98. If anyone wants the code to see what I'm doing I'll gladly send it to you. I have almost had enough on working on this part, but of course the rest of the project depends on this part working, sort of.