I swear programming would be nothing but fun without syntax. In Tiger, Applescript 1.10.7: set onePath to (path to desktop as string) & (docName as string) set newPath to ("Server:Folder:" & (docName as string) tell application "Finder" duplicate item onePath to newPath end tell --> "Can't handle items of this class" Same result with move. select item onePath class of selection -->"property" Seems like this worked in Panther. What am I missing here? -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]