Thank you so much.. I am amazed at the support I am getting from end users.. I will look into this lang. I understand bat very well so things like copying the files if necessary will be easy for me.. however I was thinking of a control entry in the reg because that would be faster that checking dates on files right? Then when I changed the files I would mod the control check in reg.. sort of cookie!

Thanks again I will come back often with questions I am certain.

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Austin Henderson