Hmmm. Try putting a "start" in front of the pingplotter...<br><br>start pingplotter /trace:www.pingplotter.com /minimize<br>(more of these)<br><br>and see what that does. Some of this is OS specific, I think - on whether or not a batch file waits for a command to complete or not before it goes on. Obviously, Ping Plotter is still running - so it's not going to complete until you close it. start should take care of that, though.<br><br>