Excel->{DisplayAlerts} = 0; I still get: --------------------------- Microsoft Excel --------------------------- A file named 'C:/lab/msd\H38C85441.txt' already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it? --------------------------- Yes No Cancel --------------------------- #use strict; use Getopt::Std; use Win32::OLE qw(in with); use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; use Cwd; $Win32::OLE::Warn = 3; # die on errors... my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject ('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new ('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); $Excel->{'Visible'} = 0; #0 is hidden, 1 is visible $Excel->{DisplayAlerts} = "False"; #0 is hide alerts # application or open new opendir DIR , '.' or die "Could not open current dir: $!\n"; my @FilePattern = grep(/RTM001XLS/i, readdir DIR); closedir DIR; my $x=""; foreach $x (@FilePattern) { my $file = $x; my $out = (split(/\./,$file))[0]; print "in $file\n"; print "out $out\n"; my $dir = getcwd(); my $book = $dir . "\\" . $file; my $new = $dir . "\\" . $out .".txt"; my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open({FileName =>$book, ReadOnly => 1}); # open Excel file my $Sheet = $Book->Worksheets(3); $Sheet->Activate(); $Book->SaveAs({Filename => $new, FileFormat => xlText}); $Book->Close; $Excel->Quit(); #rename($file, "Original\\" . $file); }