Ok, I am having the toughest time with this. I need to find all the installs of a program on my network. this is what I have so far. the <computer> variable is for replacing with the real network computer name. @echo off IF EXIST "\\<computername>\c$\Program Files\EMGames\EMMedia1-3\dirs\playerwin.exe" GOTO :beer ELSE IF GOTO :vodka :beer IF EXIST "\\<computername>\c$\program files\emgames\memedia4-6\dirs\playerwin.exe" GOTO :rum ELSE IF GOTO :whiskey :vodka IF EXIST "\\<computername>\c$\program files\emgames\memedia4-6\dirs\playerwin.exe" GOTO :scotch ELSE IF GOTO :bourbon :rum echo <computername>. >>z:\emgames1-6.txt :whiskey echo <computername>. >>z:\emgames1-3.txt :scotch echo <computername>. >>z:\emgames4-6.txt :bourbon echo <computername>. >>z:\emgamesnone.txt

I am sure you do not have angled brackets around the computer name, right? After each "echo computername. >>z:\filename" put a statement called "goto :eof" that should work. Your exact problem is not clear btw. -- Holla.

I am sorry. I was just frustrated by the time I posted that I could not think straight. when I run it under it's current state against computers I know that have both files that I am looking for. both will show up in the emgames1-3.txt,emgames4-6.txt and the emgamesnone.txt files. so I know my if/else statements are not working right. I am trying to get it so that if the computer has just the 1-3 it shows up in that file if it has just the 4-6 then it shows up in that file. and if it has both then in the 1-6 file it will go. and if there is no emgames on the machine then it should go in the emgamesnone.txt. But it is not working properly. I know that it must be my syntax as I have not tried to write a batch file in many, many years and have forgotten most of it. So any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

You said it is not working properly. Is it working improperly? How? What is not working properly? The whole batch file or commands within it? Which commands? Can you reduce the batch file to just one single command that is not working and post the response.... -- Holla.

Remove every instance of "ELSE IF", leaving just the GOTO <whatever>