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<blockquote data-quote="southside" data-source="post: 28499">turned file vault offwhiteshark - yeah, ended up throwing in the towel due to lack of time to really figure out the problem.... turned off file vault and the macro once again worked OK... read about too many problems that folks were having with file vault and permissions, etc - after they had responded YES to a dialog box when logging off (as I had done) asking if they wanted to reclaim space used by file vault... still think it is all about Excel running as a built-in system user versus me when it is running and a macro is trying to open a file... when I have more time maybe I will set up a test account that I don't mind losing, and will move the file to another folder and see if it works...later and many thanks!,SouthSidePS for the record, Bruce Springsteen ROCKS!!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="southside, post: 28499"] [b]turned file vault off[/b] whiteshark - yeah, ended up throwing in the towel due to lack of time to really figure out the problem.... turned off file vault and the macro once again worked OK... read about too many problems that folks were having with file vault and permissions, etc - after they had responded YES to a dialog box when logging off (as I had done) asking if they wanted to reclaim space used by file vault... still think it is all about Excel running as a built-in system user versus me when it is running and a macro is trying to open a file... when I have more time maybe I will set up a test account that I don't mind losing, and will move the file to another folder and see if it works... later and many thanks!, SouthSide PS for the record, Bruce Springsteen ROCKS!!!! :) :D ;) [/QUOTE]

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