What I am trying to do is I have a variable that is in the format of FS/SYS\Homedir\username and I need it to be in the format of F:\Homedir\username. Is there a way to do this with batch programming? Thanks

Just via the following single statement Set MyVar=%MyVar:FS/SYS=F:% assuming MyVar is the name of variable to be rearranged.

Sorry! I missed to look at your operating system; my solution works under Win NT/2K/XP only while Windows 98 is a DOS-kernel environment. To achieve the job here using a batch script is a tricky job.

Hi frank664 The only way I've figured to perform your task is with a third party program called Change.com which lets you change text within a text file. It came from an old PC Magazine floppy I have and works in XP ok. It you can't find it on the net, let me know and I'll email you a copy. -------------- @echo off if not "%1"=="" goto makepath rem Line below for Testing Only set xx=FS/SYS\Homedir\username echo test.bat %xx% > tmp.bat rem change "/" to a space rem so can be treated as parameters. change tmp.bat "\" " " > nul call tmp.bat goto end :makepath set xxx=c:\%2\%3 echo %xxx% :end ---------------