vbs script solution ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 strComputer = "." Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut Set objReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &_ strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv") strKeyPath = "Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Application" strValueName = "StartUpPath1" objReg.GetExpandedStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,_ strValueName,strValue strValue1 = "C:\blah1\blah2;" & strValue objReg.SetExpandedStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,_ strValueName,strValue1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------