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Brian, Sorry for not getting back to you earlier.It's been a crazy week…I managed to find the problem. Thank you all for responding. >>Why not just have the proper 3DS.SET file for each machine be on each >>machine? Could you explain why you need the set= statement again. Good question. I am running all my copies of 3D Studio R4 from the network. There IS no local 3D Studio installed anywhere in the labs. That is why I need different SET files with configs. I have 37 3DSR4 locks, and 72 PCs on this network with different combinations. So as you can see, we have to use different set files for the different configurations we have here. Basically we have four different types of graphics cards: ATI VGA Wonder XL, ATI Turbo VLB (Mach 32), ATI Graphics expression (Mach 64), and the Matrox Impression+. The default setting is the ATI VGA Wonder XL, and that is what the 3DS.SET is configured for. The other ATI cards both work with the Mach 32 vibrant configuration, and this is in a file called M64.SET. I'm building a third SET file with the Matrox config. My original problem: I could not get 3D Studio running with 3DS set=M64.set on the appropriate machines. After some digging, I found out why: The batch file parameters was passing the lines wrong. For example, if you type: 3DS set=M64.set at the command line and 3DS.BAT file responds, you will find that this is what the batch file sees: 3DS set M64.set No wonder it never worked. Even typing in "3DS set=M64.set vibcfg" wouldn't work, as 3DS got "3DS set M64.set vibcfg" through the batch file. After a lot of "if !%1!=="set" goto…" statements in the batch file we got it working just fine. I've since improved the system: now we have a DOS environment variable in each PC that sets the station number and config to use, and the whole thing is purring along. I have some issues to raise regarding Network rendering and a wishlist request, but that's for another time. Thanks again, Brian. Mark K. CAD Program Coordinator Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario CAD/CAM Institute ATC, MMATC.