Dear All: when I create a message queue named with "Global\\abc",there is a interprocess exception,said that "The system cannot find the path specified." but if I named it "abc",it can be created My Os is Windows XP,because I want to use message queue between service and applicaiton,I must create a global shared memory. is there somebody can help me tackle with the problem? thanks a lot. is it an error of naming rule? Bruce