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rmdir favorites Access is Denied
Command prompt:
CD C:\Users\Example\
rmdir favorites
Access is denied.
How do I delete the Favorites folder via the command prompt?
Yes, I want to do this.
Yes, I know this folder is for Internet ...
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Understanding why the DIR command behaves this way
Why does:
dir "test.txt "
dir test.txt.
dir "test.txt . . ."
all lists test.txt with no error on Windows prompt?
Are there any other suffix that are ignored by Windows?
(please note that I ...
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Dir piped into Set
Im trying to make a program that selects a file name, then pipes it into a variable.
My Attempt:
Dir /B "C:\Program Files (x86)\ServerMaster\Internals\Versions\Van1" | (set /p myVar= & set myVar)...
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What is wrong with this Batch file
e:
cd \My Files
dir a:\ >\Prt2Txt\adrv1.txt\
pause
results in:
E:\My Files>nhm
E:\My Files>e:
E:\My Files>cd \My Files
E:\My Files>dir a:\ 1>\Prt2Txt\adrv1.txt\
The system ...
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Batch File, dir | findstr within a for loop
Let me preface by admitting that I am a complete noob at batch files... and programming language in general.
I am trying to write a batch file that allows the user to input a partial filename, and it ...
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How to not show file path with dir /b /s command in batch file
Is there Any way I can bypass displaying file paths when using the dir /b /s command into a file?
Currently, when I run dir /b /s C:\WinPE_amd64 >dir.txt it outputs something like this:
C:\...
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dir folders at a certain folder depth in a batch file
I want, with a batch file, to be able to search and display the files in a bunch of folders called "error" located in a bunch of different places.
The error folder is always at the same folder depth ...
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Is it possible to pipe a list of files to RMDIR on Windows?
I am writing a batch file for the Windows command prompt to delete all directories matching a certain expression.
I am first using DIR to return a plain list of directories matching the expression. I ...
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