[quote="jeffz"] James McKenzie wrote: > GamezR2EZ wrote: > hi James > > batch files may have their history rooted in DOS, but they are very much a part of modern windows, supported by cmd.exe > > Those parameters %1 %~1d11% etc... are part of the batch programming language, you can't just pass them to lame. correct, and as stated running from an exe is no problem i have been able to do that, however that would require a one by one conversion, very time consuming, instead i turned the .bat into an exe, thus enabling a good run PS for those who would like to turn there .bat's into exe found an even easier way to do it! if you have a windows console (meaning you have to have one) goto Start>Run and type "iexpress" it will do it for you