You can sometimes run into the same problem where you have "All User.COMPNAME" as the All users folder. When you use the $DOCS folder, it will copy into an All Users folder, which may not be used. I do something similar to what Nick2588 said. Except I extract to the %ALLUSERSPROFILE%, rather than a predetermined user. This condition is rare, an usually only happens when you don't erase the documents and settings folder before installing xp, from a clean install. SiMoNsAyS is right on about why you should go to the all users profile. lol i didn't know it because first i tried myusername\desktop in the $OEM$ folder and it was renamed to myusername.mycomputername then i tried allusers\desktop folder and it worked perfect