Just a thought - I have not used SMO in many years but does the restore process drop all other connections to the database, I know if you try and restore via SSMS and there is an existing connection it fails, generates a warning but it does fail. Also the connection YOU are using may need to be to the master database not the one you are trying to restore! I love you exception, I wonder what it says :laugh:
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
