hm. try to specify as argument ProgId. smth like, "SHDocVw.SHDocVw" or "{A21A4187-5A86-4E26-B40A-856F9035D93B}" - clsid of your component. 4apai There're no impossible tasks. There're tasks that required infinite period of execution time.

Try registering SHDOCVW.DLL using regsvr32 utility and then running your app. ------------------------- Have a great day ahead! Regards, Sohail Kadiwala

Hi, I am trying to navigate to a particular web site and populate the web form fields from my MFC application. BTW, this code works fine on W2K and XP/SP1. Regards SenPy

Maybe you now need to CoInitializeSecurity() ? XP2 now has a more secure web browser system and this is a good thing.