ok guys. heres what I am trying to do. I need to create a simple program that will let a user input the name of a file in one location, and then have it run OLD pkunzip in another location on that file. after that file is unzipped, I need to have the new file printed to LPT1. If i make it any harder on the user they will explode, so it just needs to ask them the file name, then print it to lpt1 after its uncompressed. Any advice on the simplest and easiest way to do this will be greatly appreciated. I would prefer, if possible to just use a batch file, but I do have Visual C++ 6.0 if you think that will be better. This program will need to run on Windows XP. Lay it on me Gents, I'm a newbie.