Thank you for your view, Ken.

.............. so if they *could* be, would they be identified by an
anti-virus scan?

I think not. You may know different - I'm still willing to learn!

Please see my response to Michael. Thank you.

David
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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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Although it's possible that such
commands *could* be mailicious, there's nothing about their being in a bat
file that makes them so, and most bat files by far are completely
innoucuous.

Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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