All sorted :) Did a complete re-install.

Just incase anyone was going to answer this question, I have found a way of doing it. Instead of using IP address, I use 'computer name' strHubComputerName = "main-computer" strHubComputerMp3Folder = "mp3" strRemoteDirectory = New DirectoryInfo("\\" & strHubComputerName & "\" & strHubComputerMp3Folder & "\") If strRemoteDirectory.Exists Then............ This only hangs for 2 seconds if the 'folder' isn't found. This is far better.

But why do you have to have a disk in one of the drives, and with 2 DVD drives, which one is the one that it uses? DirectShow can be used to play DVDs, can anyone post a small code snippet to get me started, as I don't understand all the filter graph stuff that I was reading on the Microsoft site. Thanks again

Set the parent property of the label to the panel you create. Set the parent property of the panel to the form on which you want it to appear. The labels location coordinates will be relative to the top left corner of the panel. If you want the panel to show on the form you must set its visibility property to true and call BringToFront. You must do the same for the label so it shows on the panel.

Yes, WMP works fine Confusing....!

That's odd.  It's not how your code is calling WMP ? Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

Excellent work. Thanks So easy, with such a small piece of code. I did also have to use the next line of code to build a list of the directories, if anyone else needs to use it. Dim dir As ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection(Of String) dir = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDirectories("f:\mp3",FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories)

Create a class that implements the interface IComparer. The class needs to have a method named Compare that does the comparison of the properties you want to sort. I usually don't program VB, but something like this: Class MyObjectComparer Inherits IComparer Public Function Compare(A as Object, B as Object) Return String.Compare(DirectCast(A, MyClass).SomeProperty, DirectCast(B, MyClass).SomeProperty) End Function End Class This you can use to sort your array of MyClass objects: Dim comparer as new MyObjectComparer() Array.Sort(TheArray, comparer) --- It's amazing to see how much work some people will go through just to avoid a little bit of work.