Yeppers a .cmd file is going to execute twice as fast as a .bat file, be more efficient. JK Ray at home <listray> wrote: Is that what the difference is? I've been wondering for years! Thanks Jim! Ray at home --------------------------------- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:57 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: *.bat files under windows! And instead of .bat make the file extension .cmd so it doesn't run in 16 bit mode. Jim Kenzig