Lyndon:

Are you retrieving from Adagio Ledger or Simply Accounting?

Current version of FX v9.0B?

I have many clients using FX, the auto-retrieve does not create new default financial specs. The only process that would do this is creating a new database.

If you brought the client's data and batch file into your office and ran it (only changing the batch file for difference in drive letter) does the problem repeat. My guess is that the workstation running the auto retrieve to think that a new database was not completed successfully and needs to finish the process (by creating the default financial specs).