Indignity

DotBet, thanks that's what I was looking for... Much appreciated(especially the feedback on the switches)!!!! dman, I'll look into that... for now, this is for me and maybe a friend or two, but that's it. And thanks for the welcome... actually been reading topics here for some time, but not actually dove into doing something myself. {edit} I need to read the license agreement... doh!!{/edit}

First off, let me start by saying i've never dabbled too far in scripting beyond the most basic tasks, so please be easy on me Here's what I'm trying to do.. I'm not at the point of trying to create an unattended Windows install yet. What I am attempting to do is create an application CD that contains various Applications, Codecs, .dll's and a few add-ins. In a nutshell, an "auto-run" cd with the fancy interface. My issue is not with the standard installers, it's with the "stand-alone" applications (and the add-ins, ect.) that you usually extract into their own directory. Since this is something that will install from the CD-Rom drive, the drive letter might differ from time to time. My thought was to create a simple batch file that will use the xcopy command to copy the directory on the CD to the desired directory on the Hard Drive. The issue that I'm having is how would you go about aquiring this & place it into the batch file. I've got this much so far, but I haven't gotten it to do what I want done. set /p userin=Please Enter Your CD-Rom Drive Letter and Press Enter: xcopy /e /s /w %userin%:\Support_Apps C:\Support_Apps I would appreciate any guidance & maybe a little help with the commands. I would honestly love to have the file discover the drive on it's own, but my searches have yeilded nothing Appreciate your time & assistance!