I have a simple problem. What I need to do is remove the extension from a variable such as %a (contains a filename) and put this into %b. For example: When %a is abc.jpg %b is abc Thanks In Advance! Stefan

This is so cool! I just guessed, but it works. Little things like this is why I like DOS so much....even in our GUI world. Just use a wildcard. Example... rename *.doc *.txt will change the every .doc extension of the files IN THE CURRENT DIRECTORY to a .txt extension. LIKEWISE rename *.doc * will simply remove the .doc extension of every file (which has a .doc extension). HOWEVER, be VERY, VERY careful not to remove it from files which you DO want to have it. This is a very unforgiving command. MAKE BACKUP COPIES OF THE FILES YOU PLAN TO MANIPULATE.

Here goes a more secure way: (I'm using %a% and %b%) @echo off set b= if "%extout%"=="1" goto parse set extout=1 echo ; |choice /c;%a%; %0;>out.bat out.bat :parse IF "%1"=="[" SHIFT IF "%1"=="]?" goto end IF "%1"=="." goto end IF NOT "%B%"=="" SET B=%B%%1 IF "%B%"=="" SET B=%1 SHIFT GOTO parse :end set extout= if exist out.bat del out.bat That's it. That weren't made by me. Laurence Soucy did it (just a little different) and I have adapted it to your case -- Secret_Doom --