Is it possible to create a self destructive batch file or even automatically delete all the contents from that batch file after the batch file has finished its job. Any help would be appreciated.

You can put del at the end of your batch file. It will say that the file is missing, but it will still delete it. Anything after the delete will not be processed.

Sorry, be sure to include the file name of your batch file right after del.

It worked. Thank You.

There's a way to make a batch file self-delete without that message comming up: @echo off echo Main batch goes here! echo %0? |FIND/i ".bat?" > nul if not errorlevel=1 set THIS=%0 if errorlevel=1 set THIS=%0.BAT del %THIS%[eof] [eof] is reperesenting the END-OF-FILE character, which you can get on EDIT.COM by pressing CTRL+P+Z. Everything after the [eof] is ignored, so if in your batch file you need to exit without self-deleting it, this will NOT work: @echo off echo We will exit without self-deleting goto end echo %0? |FIND/i ".bat?" > nul if not errorlevel=1 set THIS=%0 if errorlevel=1 set THIS=%0.BAT del %THIS%[eof] :end In order to be able to exit the batch file without self-deleting it, use this: @echo off type nul> %TEMP%.\batexit.bat echo We will exit without self-deleting %TEMP%.\batexit.bat echo %0? |FIND/i ".bat?" > nul if not errorlevel=1 set THIS=%0 if errorlevel=1 set THIS=%0.BAT del %THIS%[eof] Got it? This information was extracted from Laurcence Soucy's batch FAQ #2. http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/ -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br