Yes Steven, that was the first thing that I looked at! Thanks though, 
always the possiblity of a silly error.

On 21/03/2018 18:31, Steven Green wrote:
> only other question I can think of.. are you sure you set the net file 
> in the BDE on that machine?
> 
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> "John Wright"  wrote in message 
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> Thanks Steven and Kevin. I think you are right about it being a WPerfect
> problem Steven. There are no issues with Paradox, so I expect there has
> something gone on with one of the more recent updates by Windows 10 as I
> have one machine still running (some older software that I use on
> occasions) on windows 7 and WP works as normal in that.
> 
> John
> 
> On 21/03/2018 11:41, Steven Green wrote:
>> two important points..
>>
>> first, the default c: location of the net file has been 
>> bad/wrong/problematic since corel started doing that, 20 years ago.. 
>> on a real network, it will be somewhere out on the server, on a local 
>> install it should be changed to someplace specifically designated, so 
>> it will always work
>>
>> second point, unfortunately, is that help for WP here, for any 
>> problem, is almost non-existent.. we all use paradox, hardly anyone 
>> uses WP
>>
>> that said, my only guess/suggestion is that the latest WP 
>> installations aren't looking at the registry correctly.. nothing has 
>> changed, as far as how paradox works/installs.. if you set the net 
>> file location in the BDE, and paradox is running fine, it's totally a 
>> WP issue
>>
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>> Steven Green
>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
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>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
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>> Collectibles and Memorabilia
>> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
>> - and Paradox support, too
>> "John Wright"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> Since some of the more recent updates to Windows 10 (64bit Machine) and
>> using Paradox 9, I find that when Merging in Corel Wordperfect (version
>> X4) using a Paradox *.DB file as the source I get an error as...
>> "Network Initialisation failed
>> File: C\PDOXUSRS.NET". In other words the Merge fails and refuses to run.
>>
>> Now, I do realise, this is undoubtedly because PDOXUSRS.NET no longer
>> resides in the C:\ Drive. I have looked up on the net to see if I can
>> resolve this problem but the only suggestions I can find are related to
>> dates pre these recent Windows 10 Updates and they don't work for me. So
>> it seems that the issue has occured before on some machines but up until
>> the earlier parts of the year the merges were still working ok for me.
>>
>> Can anyone give me some guidance on how to overcome this please?
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