Egor Bolonev wrote: > gui folder link is a .lnk file What he's telling you is that Windows doesn't implement symbolic links. os.path.islink does not detect what you think it does. -- Erik Max Francis && max at alcyone.com && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis I am an island / A little freak of melancholy -- Lamya