Yes, from its behavior so far it appears to be a system file. A command like attrib -rs filename.bat should fix this for you. The attrib command will have to be run from a dos command prompt in windows. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 23:57 To: bprogramming Subject: .bat files I have a .bat file that I downloaded from somewhere. Not wanting to unleash something I didn't know about, I tried editing it, but no matter how I opened the file, it gave me the run dialog and asked if I wanted to run it. I don't know how to analyze this file. Does anyone have any ideas? Thx. --le __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind