thanks for the help guys,
no luck at this stage though

here is my zinc config file,
extension=.zip
path=C:\Games\Zinc\zinc.exe
send rom path=1
send exit keys=1
command line options;--use-config-file=zinc.cfg --use-renderer-cfg-file=renderer.cfg --roms-directory=F:\Zinc\roms
i cannot even boot a zinc game at this stage through command propmt, it tells me there are missing zip files in the /roms directory..... any ideas??