Thanks for your suggestion Stuart. I did try this, but it turns out this
doesn't close the channels. I even cloned the code to make two seprate
routines and called them from a third one - no luck. I just don't seem to be
able to close the channels until the code runs out.

" wrote:

What about counting the first 240 items, then closing and setting to
nothing your folder, explorer window, and application. Then recreating
your folder, exp window and app, then doing the next 240.

Inside your loop you would have an item counter 'y', which increments
every time. Then have an if statement, if y 240 then close
everything, open everything, reset y to 0.

It's a clumsy workaround, and I haven't tested it, but it's an idea.