If your project uses ini files, the best place to save them is in the Windows directory.  This tip demonstrates how to go about finding the path to the Windows directory. Declarations You must copy this code into the declarations section of the project. Public Const MAX_PATH = 260 Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias _ "GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal _ nSize As Long) As Long Code Public Function GetWinPath() Dim strFolder As String Dim lngResult As Long strFolder = String(MAX_PATH, 0) lngResult = GetWindowsDirectory(strFolder, MAX_PATH) If lngResult <> 0 Then     GetWinPath = Left(strFolder, InStr(strFolder, _     Chr(0)) - 1) Else     GetWinPath = "" End If End Function Use An example of how to use this function: Call MsgBox("The Windows directory is " & GetWinPath, _ vbInformation)