1. gotos are BAAD!!

try this

Code:

IF EXIST("C:\WINFISH\AUTOUPDT.FLG") OR EXIST("C\WINFISH\NOUPDT.FLG")
	;do nothing
ELSE
	OPEN(1,"C:\WINFISH\AUTOUPDT.FLG",1)
ENDIF


If the files are found.. the ELSE statment will never be ran. So there is no need to GOTO around the ELSE statment.