Hallo Claus
CM> and the winner since dos 2.11 is:
CM> 
CM> COM  (yeahhhh)
CM> 
CM> 
CM> followed by exe followed by bat folluwed by btm
I would not have believed this without running a few quick tests, but you are 
right, of course: COM EXE BTM BAT is the order of execution. So your batch 
(belfry, Gotham) directory should be very early in your path...
Grsse aus Ostrhauderfehn, 
*Klaus Meinhard*
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