Thanks Z/G. No, maybe it was my line break:
It's the line you mentioned Zack, but only the 1st instance of the word wbOpen on that line you cited correctly. I meant it was highlighting in blue the word "wbOpen" (no quotes) of that line when I hit F5 (run macro), giving that compile error (and I still get it if I run GTO's version on even a different folder, ie "Compile error: only comments may appear..." thx, Ben