I believe the quotes are not needed. See here: http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/rename.html On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Jacob Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have written the following commands to a batch file: > if exist "C:\windows\system32\drivers\file.sys" > rename "C:\windows\system32\drivers\file.sys" "file.wassys" > > else > rename "C:\windows\system32\drivers\file.wassys" "file.sys" > I run it as administrator, and I've also typed it into the terminal in > admin mode. Neither one does anything, no errors or prompts, nothing. I > know that the file exists and will for a long time. I've written a few > variants trying to change the working directory first, but they didn't work > either. what am I missing? I've run the rename command alone and it worked > fine. > > -- > Blessings, > Jacob Smith > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com