Ok, after missing the proper link and posting this in the gfx forum (bad move), here is my question presented to you all in the correct place. How do I pack all of my data files, art, etc into the main executable file of my program? If it helps, here''s some specific info Platform: win32 Compiler: MS Visual C++ Star sign: Taurus Fave Color: Blue and do I have to do anything special in my code for opening these files? [at the moment i just use fopen()] --------------------------- Was that your fart or mine? It smells familiar but mine don't linger that long.