Thank you! Problem solved! Tom

The strange thing is, the %1 that I define into the alias is not stored. If I print out the alias the %1 is gone, so how do I pass a parameter to an alias on the command line? I want to "kill deskpins.exe" but when I type it as a command, the alias doesn't contain the %1 so there's no place...

[C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD13x64]alias kill taskkill.exe /im %1 /t /f [C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD13x64]kill deskpins.exe ERROR: Invalid syntax. Value expected for '/im'. Type "TASKKILL /?" for usage.

Sorry, I guess I should have stated that I am running TCMD 64-bit. Interestingly, if I put the same text into a btm file, it works fine. It seems that only the alias won't work. Tom

OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit C:\Windows\System32]alias kill 'c:\windows\system32\taskkill.exe /im %1 /t /f' [C:\Windows\System32]kill TCC: Unknown command "'c:\windows\system32\taskkill.exe" taskkill is a Vista command, and when I try to create an alias called "kill" to invoke the...