hmm, i c, i wasnt sure bout that, because i had thought that a while ago, i think it was a previous version of mirc, and whatever i was trying to do, $nopath for the folder name wasnt workin, so i had to do it the other way, but i see it works fine now/in this version, thanks again, and i will play with it a little to see if i can get what i want, and will also eep checking back here to see if you came up with anything , thanks alot again online smile