START /WAIT is "supposed" to wait until iexplore terminates and then continue with the next line in the batch file. Webster From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hamilton, Ronnie Subject: [THIN] Re: Script question Hi Andrew, have tried this and it still gets the 2nd copy of the config file. does the /wait command mean wait till IE launches before continuing with the script of wait for a period of time before launching ? Ronnie _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Wood Subject: [THIN] Re: Script question Does this help? e.g. --- copy <source> <dest> start /wait iexplore http://www.bbc.co.uk copy <source> <dest --- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hamilton, Ronnie Subject: [THIN] Script question Hi I am publishing a cmd file to copy a file to the users profile and then run IE. My question is how can I copy the original file back to the users application after IE runs. I have tried to put the copy command at the end but IE hasn't opened with the settings from the first file.