It must be old age!

[Bruce]

Why would the line of code turn everything below it null and void?

tblFiles = Folder.Find(_DesktopFolder.."\\IPT\\Offices"*.*", false, nil);

[Worm]

You've got an open quote in the line
try this:

tblFiles = Folder.Find(_DesktopFolder.."\\IPT\\Offices", "*.*", false, nil)

Why would the line of code turn everything below it null and void?

tblFiles = Folder.Find(_DesktopFolder.."\\IPT\\Offices"*.*", false, nil);