A friend and i have been working on a file system. when you run query.bat, you are asked what is the server name? and what is the pc name? (local pc) It then saves the two as temp batch files. with set command in each. The varibles SHOULD then be passed onto the install.bat, but somethings notworking, would you be kind enough to take a look? its for windows 98SE is there a way of making it more simple! I have tryed to do the prompting in dos, but 98 doesnt have the prompt command... At the end of the day, i just want the %server% and %pcname% to be chosen ONCE by the user, when query is run, then i want install.bat to be able to reuse the inputed data. This is the starting batch file: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>query.bat>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> :: start query @echo off start /w wscript.exe test.vbs call ~server.bat call ~pcname.bat del ~pcname.bat del ~server.bat call install.bat %pcname% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The first batch file calls this one, passing on the varibles it has gained from the user: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>install.bat>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo" goto %2 %comspec% /e:4096 /c %0 GoTo start goto eof :start for %%? in (%SERVER%\PACKAGES\*.exe) do call %0 GoTo process %%? goto eof :process FIND "%3" nul if not errorlevel=1 goto eof call %3 echo %3>> %server%\LOGS\%pcname%.txt exit :eof >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>