That coupled with using winset to define variables when you are only using them within kix itself.. Let kix do the hardwork...

code:

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IF @INWIN="1"       ; IF OS is NT
   SET $CURRENTVER="5001.txt"
   SET $OLDVER="5000.txt"
   SET $CURRENTUPDT="UPDT5001.exe"
   IF EXIST (%WINDIR%+$CURRENTVER) 
      GOTO "SKIP1"
   ENDIF
   DEL "%WINDIR%\$OLDVER"
   COPY "S:\UPDT\$CURRENTVER" "%WINDIR%"
   ? "Updating to version "+$CURRENTVER+"..."   
   SHELL "S:\UPDT\"+$CURRENTUPDT
:SKIP1
   SET $CURRENTAHVER="AH101b.txt"
   SET $OLDAHVER="AH100n.txt"
   SET $CURRENTAHUPDT="AH101b.exe"
   IF EXIST (%WINDIR%+$CURRENTAHVER)
      GOTO "SKIP2"
   ENDIF
   DEL "%WINDIR%+$OLDAHVER"
   COPY "S:\UPDT\"+$CURRENTAHVER" "%WINDIR%"
   ? "Updating to version "+$CURRENTAHVER+"..."
   SHELL "S:\UPDT\"+$CURRENTAHUPDT
endif        ; end if OS = NT
:SKIP2
IF @INWIN="2"    if OS is 95/98
   SET $CURRENTVER="5001.txt"
   SET $OLDVER="5000.txt"
   SET $CURRENTUPDT="UPDT5001.exe"
   IF EXIST (%WINDIR%+$CURRENTVER) 
      GOTO "SKIP3"
   ENDIF
   DEL "%WINDIR%\$OLDVER"
   COPY "S:\UPDT\$CURRENTVER" "%WINDIR%"
   ? "Updating to version "+$CURRENTVER+"..."
   SHELL "S:\UPDT\$CURRENTUPDT"
goto skip4     ; already currentver
:SKIP3
   SET $CURRENTAHVER="AH101b.txt"
   SET $OLDAHVER="AH100n.txt"
   SET $CURRENTAHUPDT="AH101b.exe"
   IF EXIST (%WINDIR%+$CURRENTAHVER)
      GOTO "SKIP4"
   ENDIF
   DEL "%WINDIR%+$OLDAHVER"
   COPY "S:\UPDT\$CURRENTAHVER" "%WINDIR%"
   ? "Updating to version "+$CURRENTAHVER+"..."
   SHELL "S:\UPDT\$CURRENTAHUPDT" 
endif     ; end if OS is 95/98
:SKIP4    ; end of the updating....

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Paul Moxey
POS & Senior Network Administrator
Taubmans Pty Ltd
Paul_Moxey@taubmans.com.au