I may be missing something. I have been archiving some of my topics, but found a couple of old ones wouldn't go. Digging deeper into Table FORUM_TOPICS using SQL Server Management Studio Express I found those particular topics had T_ARCHIVE_FLAG set to 0, although most of the others were set to 1. Once I changed the 0 to 1 for the offending topics I could archive them. But I cannot see where the flag is set within the forum, and where I could have changed it. Although I am content to use SQL Management Server Studio Express I am reluctant to steer my other admins in that direction. Is there a way to change the flag within the forum code?