For dealing with Windows and Microsoft Office without getting into full on programming VBScript or Windows PowerShell scripts are most likely your best bets. A quick Google search turned up: http://birbilis.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2335BBEF59B92C54!1457.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=139160928 You can turn up an example for doing just about anything you can think of with VBScript. PowerShell is Microsoft's newer scriping technology but there are no shortage of examples out there. If you were going to pick one to learn I'd go with PowerShell. That seems to be the future of scripting on Windows. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us IT Outhouse Blog Thing | http://www.itouthouse.com