Patricia wrote:It's perfectly simple to have separate shortcuts to cmd.exe and command.com on your XP desktop. IIRC, command.com is in c:\windows\system32. Anyway, you can search for it until you find it, then drag and drop to create a shortcut.Tried that from the outset. Didn't work. But never mind because:Carl has solved the problem.Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx