mark hammond nkpmuffqskippinetcomau leads say reference windows explorer vista substantially modified read breaking changes shell interface interfaces dropped icolumn comes mind michel may referring dde believe documented removed probably also responsible shellexecuteex working differently vista xp ie cant make code httpsupportmicrosoftcomkb179911 work vista new toplevel explorer window always created suspect result dde sadly cant find anyone else problem alternative work around anyone keen could probably demonstrate one existing shell demos cheers mark _______________________________________________ pythonwin32 mailing list kpitckaew45pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonwin32 fri 08 aug 2008 120334 1000 pythonwin32 finding selected file windows explorer