This what is tried extracted outpost setup to directory and clicked outpost.exe it threw an error messsage with 1. install.exe /u 2. restart 3. install.exe 4. restart 5 run outpost.exe when i did that and clicked on outpost i got outpost running fine in the systemtray. so i think scripting autoit to do above actions 1,2,3 and 4 would be enough infact 2-restart step can be skipped and still the outpost would work i think There are also a lot of ini files in the directory which can be used to configure outpost.... like logging etc one other thing if /u stands for uninstalling then what happens when insall.exe is executed? are there anymore switches? i'll check it in detail when i go home