Thanks Ed...I collected some info on the WSH and will take a look at it. J

>>I'm writing a program to convert file and directory names from DOS and WP 5.1 and am having trouble figuring out how to rename a directory in VFP...I need to rename a directory like c:\client\0016 to something like "Sablan vs. Smith"
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>>Can this be done in VFP/a batch file/Windows? I've looked at using !RENAME...but the spaces cause problems (also tried the "_" character). The new filename gets truncated at the space.
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>>It seems the RENAME command in VFP won't work on a directory.
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>You can using the Scripting.FileSystemObject from the WSH (see my sig for ref sites) or the MoveFile() API call.