Thanks for replying cj & kholm!

The sad part is that I didn't get any of the suggestions to work , perhaps I did some serious BDU error?! I tried this:

code:

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$sFilename = "D:\temp\test\Acrobat Assistant.lnk"
; open file for reading
$fText = VAL("&" + OLECALLFUNC(OLECREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject"), "OpenTextFile", "s", "$sFilename"))
; read ALL of file
$sText = OLECALLFUNC($fText, "ReadAll")
; close file
$ = OLECALLFUNC($fText, "Close")
?" the text: $sText."
IF INSTR("$sText", "AcroTray.exe") <> 0
	?"AcroTray.exe were found in [$sFilename]"
ENDIF

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code:

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BREAK ON
$Dir = "D:\temp\test"
$Links = "$Dir" + "\*.lnk"
$Program = "AcroTray.exe" 				; Include drive and path in searchstring if you can
;$Program = %WINDIR% + "vncviewer.exe" 			; Include drive and path for program in searchstring, if you know it
$Found = 0
$FileName = DIR("$Links")
WHILE $FileName <> "" AND @ERROR = 0 AND $Found = 0
	IF OPEN(1, "$Dir" + "\$Filename") = 0
		$Content = ""
		$Line = READLINE(1)
		WHILE $Line AND @ERROR = 0
			$Content = $Content + $Line
			$Line = READLINE(1)
		LOOP
		$Err = CLOSE(1)
		IF INSTR($Content, $Program)
			?" String found in link [" + $Dir + "\" + $FileName + "]"
			; DEL $Dir + "\" + $FileName
			;IF @ERROR <> 0
			;	?" Didn't manage to dele the link [" + $Dir + "\" + $FileName + "]"
			;ENDIF
			$Found = -1
		ENDIF
	ENDIF
	DIR() ; retrieve next file
LOOP

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[This message has been edited by masken (edited 08 May 2001).]