Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") oFSO.CopyFolder cSource, cTarget, TrueSteve already pointed you to the article on the VFUG site regarding the Shell.Application. Also there are the first two installments (of 5) on the Windows Script Host that Ed and I are writing. The first article (Sept. 2000) tells how to find out if it's installed and how to get and install it if it isn't. It's a lot easier to both tell if it's installed and install if it isn't.