Mark,
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>This may not work in all cases. The desktop, start menu and program files may not always be in these locations, and in a scenario where you have multiple users on the same machine probably won't. All of these are virtual folders and their actual path can and do vary from machine to machine.
>George
>Foxtools & Dark Beer Club
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>Yeah George,
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>I am aware of that. But the work that i do is customer specific, which I am in a relatively good position to keep a tight control of the reigns. but on saying that i must have a look at the other solutions which you have provided

Unfortunately, I haven't had any experience other than second hand with Win2K machines. However, some the information I have tells me that installation procedures are significantly different from Win9x/NT. Because of this, on these types of machines, I'd rely solely on the WScript.Shell. One reason is that it's (the WSH) built into Win2K.

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>P.S.
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>The Dark Beer Club sounds good. I am in one simular to that here, Dark beer with a white creamy head club ( Guiness is good for you) 8-)

< g >Stop it! You're making me thirsty and it's far too early in the day for that kind of thing.:-P