maybe use a .bat instead of .txt for config data then have each line in "LASTGAME .BAT " like SET line1=blah SET line2=weee SET line3=splat YOU. ARE. A. GENIUS! Since in my environment I am the only one who would modify the file, that would serve just well, because my main .bat would write valid …

I want to save the contents of the file in a variable, so i can jump to the right part of the file

Well how could I read a file using batch then? It's just one line that I need.

Really sorry for this, but: Bump. I searched everywhere I could and no site other than the two I mentioned in my earlier post talk about CHOICE to read files. How would I use this command to read the file?

SET /P is a NTVDM construct. Not support in MS DOS 5.0 Use choice Okay, thanks! Will edit the post if it works. EDIT: Could you provide an example? I don't understand how I would get the file contents out of CHOICE. Googled it and couldn't find a place that explained this. The most relevant things …

Okay, the problem with SET /P was answered by Qbix: SET /P is a NTVDM construct. Not support in MS DOS 5.0 Use choice And the actual problematic functionality was solved by aqrit: maybe use a .bat instead of .txt for config data then have each line in "LASTGAME .BAT " like SET line1=blah SET line2= …