Does anyone know how to do this, I was thinking along the lines setting a value of 1 initially in a separate count.txt file, then every time my prog.bat ran telling it to read count.txt and add 1 to the existing value. Then to continually check if the value goes over 5 and delete the prog.bat. I have tried to do this myself but don't know the proper code, can anyone help - Thank's

I'm working on it...

Ok, thank's I will await your reply

Just send me an e-mail or give me your e-mail, it might take me a bit and by then the message will be on the 5th page if not more, hehe :)

This one will delete itself after the 5th run. Doskey must be in the path (or running). :: delme5.bat :: deletes self after the fifth time run @echo off ECHO %0 |FIND.EXE ":\" >nul IF errorlevel=1 ECHO Enter complete path to %0 IF errorlevel=1 GOTO end :: This example counts up to five and will echo a message to the :: screen every fifth time it is run. SET cnt= :check SET cnt=%cnt%* MEM/C |FIND.EXE "DOSKEY" >nul IF not errorlevel=1 GOTO start IF "%cnt%"=="**" GOTO nodoskey LH DOSKEY.COM GOTO check :start SET cnt= SET src= IF exist %0.bat SET src=%0.bat IF "%src%"=="" IF exist %0 SET src=%0 IF "%src%"=="" ECHO "%0" must exist as entered IF "%src%"=="" GOTO end :: * your code for every run goes here * SET key=::# ECHO %key%# Do not remove or change this line!>> %src% :: Change the 5's below to set the counter. FIND/C "%key%#" nul %Set counter here% IF errorlevel=1 GOTO end :clear FIND/V "%key%#" %src% :: ECHO %src% has run 5 times :: *your code for run 5 goes here* GOTO delete GOTO end :nodoskey SET cnt= ECHO. unable to load doskey.com GOTO end :delete SET key= ECHO. Deleting %src% ::doskey delme=del %src% $t exit $t set src=$t doskey delme=$t cls ::echo delme | command /k :end SET key= SET src=

Try again. Watch for wrapped lines. Note: You must uncomment the lines in the delete module to do the actual deleting. :: delme5.bat :: deletes self after the fifth time run @echo off ECHO %0 |FIND.EXE ":\" >nul IF errorlevel=1 ECHO Enter complete path to %0 IF errorlevel=1 GOTO end :: This example counts up to five and will echo a message to the :: screen every fifth time it is run. SET cnt= :check SET cnt=%cnt%* MEM/C |FIND.EXE "DOSKEY" >nul IF not errorlevel=1 GOTO start IF "%cnt%"=="**" GOTO nodoskey LH DOSKEY.COM GOTO check :start SET cnt= SET src= IF exist %0.bat SET src=%0.bat IF "%src%"=="" IF exist %0 SET src=%0 IF "%src%"=="" ECHO "%0" must exist as entered IF "%src%"=="" GOTO end :: * your code for every run goes here * SET key=::# ECHO %key%# Do not remove or change this line!>> %src% :: Change the 5's below to set the counter. FIND/C "%key%#" nul %Set counter here% IF errorlevel=1 GOTO end :clear FIND/V "%key%#" %src% :: ECHO %src% has run 5 times :: *your code for run 5 goes here* GOTO delete GOTO end :nodoskey SET cnt= ECHO. unable to load doskey.com GOTO end :delete SET key= ECHO. Deleting %src% ::doskey delme=del %src% $t exit $t set src=$t doskey delme=$t cls ::echo delme | command /k :end SET key= SET src=