I have created a batch file to install updates from a mapped drive as follows: :start CLS ECHO Please enter correct update... ECHO. ECHO 1: Update 1 SET /P CHOICE= IF %CHOICE% EQU 1 GOTO A :A ECHO. net use q: \\test\update xcopy Q:\updates4xp\winxp.ini pause GOTO start Its working fine but I want to allow more options and for the user to enter the path of the updates. Any ideas on how to do this?

I wanted to do this a while back but I dont think there is any way. With XP they cut out the user input commands with cmd. I used this site to get all my batch stuff http://www.ss64.com/nt/ (it is XP) regards Strick80

"I wanted to do this a while back but I dont think there is any way. With XP they cut out the user input commands with cmd." LOL ::== @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion cls echo 1: Update 1 echo 2: Update 2 set/p u=Please enter correct update: set/p p=Please enter path goto !u! :1 echo here's where you do update !u! on path !p! goto :eof :2 echo here's where you do update !u! on path !p! ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks guys i got through with it