I would like to report a dead link in your original post: The link to kb824994 describing the /B switch. While you're at it, I happened to notice a typo also, 3 lines above the dead link, I believe it was supposed to say "This has been tested." I have a question too. What does it do when you include both the /q and the /u switches? How is it different than only the /u switch? another question: Why the quotes around each line? I would also like to say: Wow! I didn't know that Hotfixes and updates do NOT need to be named in the 8.3 standard, as it states in The Guide. Good thing I used a batch renaming program to make mine conform to the 8.3 standard. I would have been plssed I wasted so much time!