;XLBookAddExample1.au3 #include"ExcelCom.au3" $s_File=@ScriptDir&"\book3.xls" _XLCreateBlank($s_File) _XLRead($s_File,1,1,1,0) $s_NewPath=@ScriptDir&"\book4.xls" _XLCreateBlank($s_NewPath) _XLshow($s_NewPath,1) msgbox (0,"$FilePath=","$s_NewPath now ="&$s_NewPath) ;_XLclose($s_NewPath,0); no changes and close workboot; not Excel