Still no luck? I watch my batch execute & appears to install PM* however once VPC reboots shows all other programs but fails to install PM8. My setup.iss file was a little different to the posted one by Spachter I used that one with my reg details but still to no avail heres my bat to call pm8 ECHO. ECHO Installing Partition Magic 8 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\INSTALL\APPLICATIONS\pm800\setup.exe /S /v/qn REBOOT=Suppress Any ideas fellas this ones really s***ting me off?