All, I'm looking for assistance with putting together a batch file to be loaded at logon or system startup that will: 1)Search the local C drive for an exact file path/folder 2) Write the search results to a log file to review both successful and unsuccessful hits by PC hostname 3) Terminate when search is unsuccessful, but continue for successful hits 4) Copy/Move folder contents to a backup folder 5) Copy another set of files to the target folder to replace previous files I need this script to execute ONLY for successful search hits. I plan to use Active Directory Services for Windows Server 2003 to push this batch file out to an OU containing Windows 2000/XP target machines. Any leads or ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks. ckltd740

I did find a post similar to what I need, but need to find a way to prefix that script with the required local C drive search string and logfile update I need. Post I'm referencing is titled "batch file to copy and move certain" on this site. ckltd740

@echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/s/b/a-d c:\somefile') do ( if errorlevel 1 goto :eof echo move %%a c:\bakup echo copy c:\newstuff %%~Pa ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanx M2Go. This looks good; we'll give it a go and check the result. ckltd740