>Dim oFSO, oLocal, oRemote, cExe, cLocal, cRemote, oShell, cParm >cExe = "MY.EXE" >cLocal = "C:\LOCAL\" >cRemote = "F:\REMOTE\" >cParm = " -cC:\LOCAL\MY.fpw" >Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >Set oRemote = oFSO.GetFile(cRemote & cExe) >If Not oFSO.FileExists(cLocal & cExe) Then > oRemote.Copy cLocal >Else > Set oLocal = oFSO.GetFile(cLocal & cExe) > If oRemote.DateLastModified > oLocal.DateLastModified Then > oRemote.Copy cLocal > End if >End if >oShell.Run(cLocal & cExe & cParm) >John,