renaming a file

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Jim Brown
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A bit ugly but this seems to work. It uses the DOS ren command:

REN drive:\folder\filename.ext newfilename.ext

oldfilename$="temp.txt"
newfilename$="BlitzPower!!.txt"

q$=Chr$(34)
ExecFile "cmd /c ren "+q$+CurrentDir$()+oldfilename$+q$+" "+q$+newfilename$+q$

If FileType(newfilename$) Print "Renamed!"

a$=Input$("Done ..")
End

NB: The above is from WinXP
Not tested on Win98 but I think you need
ExecFile "command /c ren "+q$+CurrentDir$()+oldfilename$+q$+" "+q$+newfilename$+q$