Of course as soon as I post this, I sorted out the logic needed for my first issue to go away.

Logic was changed from:

$variable1="c:\@userid1.txt"
$variable2="c:\@userid2.txt"
$Message="You have both files"

IF EXIST ("$variable1") AND ("variable2")

TO:
$variable1="c:\@userid1.txt"
$variable2="c:\@userid2.txt"
$variable3=EXIST "C:\@userid1.txt"
$variable4=EXIST "C:\@userid2.txt"
$Message="You have both files"

IF $variable3 = 1 AND $variable4 = 1

Works fine now.

Any thoughts on my RUN issue?

much thanks,

TS