This post is not a request to change the following functions in the File.au3 UDF but about looking at an alternative route to getting the same results of the respective functions. As the idiom says "There's more than one way to skin a cat." Note: For these functions to work correctly you will require to be added to either the Include folder located in the install path of AutoIt or the location of where you save these functions. Even though some of these examples aren't 'speedy' I decided to