> You have to save it as a .bat file in order for it to work. Yeah Hugh....that much I know. ;-) LOL. Strange it works for you. At the command line I get: "The syntax of the command is incorrect.". Are you on XP? You don't need any of those "echo" lines in it or @ or nothing else, just **exactly** as you put it? -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Vandervoort" You have to save it as a .bat file in order for it to work. It works perfectly just as it is for me. If you write it the way you did at the command line, it will also work, as long as the path is correct. The .bat file should show as a DOS Batch file with the special Batch file icon. Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote: > Thanks Hugh, but that's not working, I though it looked a bit > too simple. I tried on a test file, just as you put it: > > ren E:\Backups\test.txt test1.txt > > Even tried this with the full paths of both: > > ren E:\Backups\test.txt E:\Backups\test1.txt > > I click them and nothing happens. ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-