ok...here is my setup. these files are on the root of my c: drive pc.txt, code.bat, run.bat (pc.txt) \\pc1\c$ \\pc2\c$ (code.bat) md install (run.bat) For /f "tokens=1,2" %%a in (c:\pc.txt) do call code.bat so basically 1. pc.txt which contains all my puters on my network. 2. code.bat is what i want to "execute" on the puters 3. run.bat can be executed manually or through scheduled tasks from my puter or a server ect.... i'm kinda new learing the "for" command...and can see that it does allot...hehe any input to what i have wrong here? thanks