PRB: Error 800a0035 When You Use the FileSystemObject Object

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the FileSystemObject object from an Active Server Pages (ASP) page, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800a0035'
Server.CreateObject Failed
filename.asp, line xx
The operation completed successfully.

-or-

Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A0035)
File not found
filename.asp, line xx

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This error occurs because FileSystemObject cannot find the file that is being accessed (through the OpenTextFile, DeleteFile, or CopyFile methods, for example). This typically occurs for two reasons:

The file does not exist.
FileSystemObject is not looking for the file in the folder that you had expected. By default, if you do not specify a path, FileSystemObject searches the WinNT\System32 folder.

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RESOLUTION

You can work around this problem in a few different ways:

Verify that the file exists before you try to access it. For example:

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FileExists(Server.MapPath("filename.txt")) Then
     'OK to access the file.
     Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("filename.txt"),1) 
Else
     'File not found.
End If

Use a fully qualified path and file name. For example:

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\filename.txt",1)

Use the Server.MapPath method to map the virtual or relative path of the file to the full physical path of the file. For example:

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("filename.txt"),1)

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REFERENCES

For additional information on the FileSystemObject object, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197964 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197964/EN-US/ ) PRB: Cannot Access Remote Files with the FileSystemObject

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Active Server Pages 4.0

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kberrmsg kbfso kbprb KB276011

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