Is there anyway to popup a message with a batch script where the user has to click OK for the batch file to run? I current have it so that it pops up a message and the user has to click OK and then Enter in the command prompt but this is a problem because the command prompt gets hidden behind another active window. Any help is appreciated. ============================================================ msg %username% Click OK and then Enter to start backup. pause ============================================================ Also, if you can tell me if the following script can be shortened or rewritten so it is closer to scripting standards, that woudl be great. ========================================================== msg %username% Click OK and then Enter to start backing up your Outlook Email pause if not exist "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\null" mkdir "c:\Documents and Settings\% username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup" if not exist "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Archive\null" mkdir "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Archive" xcopy "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current" "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Archive" /d/e/c/q/h/r/y rmdir /S/Q "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current" if not exist "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current\null" mkdir "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current" if "%TODAYDATE%"=="" set TODAYDATE=%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~10,4% if "%date:~2,1%"=="/" set TODAYDATE=%date:~0,2%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~6,4% mkdir "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current\%todaydate%" taskkill /IM outlook.exe ping -n 60 127.0.0.1>nul xcopy "c:\documents and settings\%username%\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook" "c:\Documents and Settings\% username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current\%todaydate%" /d/e/c/q/h/r/y for /f %%i in ('date /t') do ( if %%i==Fri if exist "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Current\**-**-****" rmdir /S/Q "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\Outlook Backup\Archive\" ) msg %username% The backup has completed. Click OK to close. ============================================================

Remove the PAUSE and add the flag /W to the MSG command.