[/quote] Great list, thanks! I should've mentioned that zipped files are a bit hard, since Autohotkey doesn't have an unzip function, requiring either importing of a zip library, or installing 7-zip first. That's why completely standalone applications are the easiest. -- -Austin[/quote] I see what you mean Autohotkey doesn't seem to have an easy way to open archives. Here is a bunch of links to discussions and possible solutions in Autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic23741.html http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic35296.html http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic16065.html http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic15135.html http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic23742.html - Nat