On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Steve Romanow wrote: > iirc, the dot for hidden doesnt apply to windows does it? > Correct - . <> hidden for Windoze; hidden is a separate attribute. The problem is that ".htaccess" is not a valid filename for Windoze. Lee -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.