ccxx wrote: > Hi, > i'm not new with wine but i'm in trouble with an old vb application. > I just tried everything i know to solve but i'm still at the start point. > I want to open a document (.rtf or .doc ) with OO . This VB application needs the full path of the application i want to use to open the documents. I write down the complete and full path ( Z:/xxx/yy/oowriter ). > The path is correct and the Writer opens quickly but with an error message like "/C:/Programs/xxx/yyy/1.RTF does not exist" > I think the application use some " Shell (application,document) " to open the docs. > What can i do in this case ? I think winepath or other registry tricks cannot apply. > Your application is making an assumption when handing off the path the OpenOffice.org. You need to create a drive where the file actually exists on your system. Look at the Winecfg program on how to do this. BTW, why are you using the Windows version of OpenOffice.org? I know it exists for many Linux distributions, Solaris and MacOSX. James McKenzie