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Hi, 1. To retrieve FireBird Folder (Server side) and others Special windows Folders (Common Application, program Files, system32, ...) Can i use this classical function (uses shlObj) In uniservermodule : ------------------------------------------------- function GetSystemPath(Folder: Integer): string; var PIDL: PItemIDList; Path: LPSTR; AMalloc: IMalloc; begin Path := StrAlloc(MAX_PATH); SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(Application.Handle, Folder, PIDL); if SHGetPathFromIDList(PIDL, Path) then Result := Path; SHGetMalloc(AMalloc); AMalloc.Free(PIDL); StrDispose(Path); end; Usage: Showmessage(GetSystemPath(CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY)); ---------------------------------------------------- 2. Why should i use (server side) : uniservermodule.startpath Instead of ExtractFilePath(Application.exeName) What is the difference ? 3. To retrieve (client side) DeskTop directory, can i use In MainModule : GetSystemPath(CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY)) ? Thx.