ok cool ill check it out thanks....... any idea though why everytime i record an setup.iss file and them move it to the setup directory where the setup.exe file is ... then i run setup.exe -s from dos prompt and it does not install??? i have also tried to run the said command from <start> , <run> but windows doesnt allow the execution of the setup file with the -s added on???? i don't know wht i am doin wrong???? thanks