Hello all and thank you for reading my post. I have a question about a batch file. I have a batch file that will uninstall certain programs by selection. I work on people's computers and most of my work is uninstalling spyware. I install tools like ad-aware, spybot, spysweeper, etc. When I’m done working on their computers I run my batch file to uninstall my tools. My problem is I would like the batch file to automatically see if the customer already had ad-aware or spybot installed by looking at the date modified and run the uninstaller if the program was installed less than a week ago. Here is an example of my batch file below: @ECHO OFF CLS :LOOP ECHO A. Uninstall Ad-aware ECHO B. Uninstall SpyBot ECHO C. Uninstall Spysweeper ECHO D. Uninstall MS AnitSpyware ECHO E. Uninstall GIANT ECHO F. Uninstall Crap Cleaner ECHO G. Uninstall Avast ECHO Q. Quit ECHO. :: SET /P prompts for input and sets the variable :: to whatever the user types SET Choice= SET /P Choice=Type the letter and press Enter: :: The syntax in the next line extracts the substring :: starting at 0 (the beginning) and 1 character long IF NOT '%Choice%'=='' SET Choice=%Choice:~0,1% ECHO. :: /I makes the IF comparison case-insensitive IF /I '%Choice%'=='A' GOTO Ad-Aware IF /I '%Choice%'=='B' GOTO SpyBot IF /I '%Choice%'=='C' GOTO SpySweeper IF /I '%Choice%'=='D' GOTO MSAnitSpy IF /I '%Choice%'=='E' GOTO GIANT IF /I '%Choice%'=='F' GOTO CCLEANER IF /I '%Choice%'=='G' GOTO avast IF /I '%Choice%'=='Q' GOTO End ECHO "%Choice%" is not valid. Please try again. ECHO. GOTO again :Ad-Aware C: echo Uninstalling Ad-Aware... if exist "c:\program files\lavasoft\ad-aware se personal\Ad-Aware.exe" goto filefound echo. echo Ad-Aware not installed goto again :filefound CD "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE Personal" UNWISE.EXE /S CD "C:\PROGRAM FILES" RD /S /Q LAVASOFT echo Ad-Aware uninstalled GOTO Again :Again PAUSE CLS GOTO Loop :End

What is the question? M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

I would like to have to batch file look to see when the program was installed ie: look and the date modified on the .exe file. If the program was installed less than a week ago, goto uninstall program. I guess my question is, what command do I need to use to do this? Thank you M2 for the help, Kyle