wouter van ooijen wrote: >> There is no command.com on XP, there is a cmd.exe instead. > > actually there is still the old command.com (or at least something that > quacks the way command.com did), and there is also the new cmd.exe. It always surprises me how few people (even of the more technical/computational inclined ones) seem to have had a look at what comes with Windows. Run for example "dir *.exe;*.com" in /system32, then consult the documentation (or the web) for each app you don't know. May be revealing :) Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist