I tested some things, and it seems the problem isn't SHBrowseForFolder itself. But it's more strange: A simple BrowseForFolder-application works well on 2k, but my real application doesn't! I did try and error and I found out, that I get a good path, when I run SHBroswForFolder before I open a database via ODBC (CDatabase) ?!?! Don't have a good idea now, but it has definitly to do with the DB-Open. Maybe it's a bug? This works great on XP or better on any machine with IE>5. Ingmar