Yeah, about the time you FINALLY decide to
turn to others for help, you find out the problem was
really simple and staring you in the face.
The solution never includes getting the earth to reverse
it's spin, it's usually something like: Is the light switch ON?


As to the other:
We probably ought to take it "off-line" since "technically", by
changing subjects we're "hijacking" the thread, even though
YOU started the thread.
the problem is, if someone is interested in a solution to automating
the update of modules, they wouldn't expect to find it in a discussion
of the .Show method.. see what I mean?

Also, it may be of interest to a limited audience...
So, I'll email you separately.

If anyone else is interested in the discussion, we can start a new thread.

BTW:
98.6257633% of the time, when I open a text file, I use:
if (fso.fileexists(textfilename)) then fso.opentextfile .......
to keep from doing EXACTLY what happened with you.

When you open the text file, are you using the OpenTextFile method?
If so, there is a ,create option that will cause the file to be created if it
does not exist.