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windows defender antivirus folder missing on local group policy editor
gpedit.msc was missing, i added it with using .bat
after restart i could enter to gpedit.msc but windows defender antivirus folder is missing
i need that folder to disable windows defender. pls help
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Is there a difference between combining commands with & and running them one at a time?
Say I want to run multiple, computationally complex commands on Windows command line.
Does it makes a difference, performance wise, if I combine them with &:
doSomething1 & doSomething2 & ...
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Sorting Windows Explorer's file checkboxes output
I'm writing a rough .cmd batch to do an operation with a few files (4 or 5) in Windows. I want to mark the desired files in Explorer's checkboxes, and drag-and-drop them to the batch file, that will ...
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A batch file with an executable file checks if it is not in the processes in order to run another batch file (or code from it)
There are two batch files. Need to add a condition to the first file if the process is running nvcplui.exe then nothing, and if it is not running, then the second file (or the code from it) will be ...
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Creating a bat file to force close microsoft excel
First of all, i am sorry if i post this in a wrong community as i am new to this.
So i am trying to run a bat file whenever something goes wrong, the code for the bat file is as follows:
taskkill /IM ...
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Powershell in bat file closing console
I have a bat file that normalizes several audio files in one folder.
I create txt files with the same names as the audio files and I need to delete some lines from a txt file that will be used to ...
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Why does an `echo` with brackets `()` break the `if` statement?
The if statement in following code shouldn't trigger, but it does. If I change echo () to echo [], it works as intended. So apparently it has something to do with the brackets ().
set a=1
set b=2
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How to extract a part of a line that is between two specific strings using a batch script [closed]
I am trying to extract strings which are between <meta property="al:ios:url" content="snssdk1180://live?room_id= and " data-rh="true">.
Example Input:
<meta ...
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Windows Batch Script: how to recursively go through all files except certain file types and folders?
I'm trying to do a replace string operation on all files except those in .git folder and all pycache directories which can appear nested in any nested directory. I'm executing the script in the root ...
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Copy and rename batch file
1folder (cover.jpg)
2folder (cover.jpg)
3folder (cover.jpg)
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There are so many jpg file with same name cover.jpg in multiple folders.
I am trying to copy and rename all cover.jpg in another folder ...
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What Equivalent %* of Batch in PowerShell
Batch Script:
@echo off
if not "!!"=="" setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=4*" %%a in (
'dir /AD "%USERPROFILE%\" ^| find "DIR" ^| Find /...
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If I created a task on a user called "A" and I want it to be executed on user "B", how do I do it?
I'm looking for help with "Task Scheduler" Windows 10
I don't know how to do it but basically, I have two users, "A" has admin rights and "B" does not.
I also saved the ....
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Send input to running program Batch
I would like to start a cmd line program in Batch and be able to communicate with it.
Currently I am starting the program with start /b cmd /c "cli_program.exe" > log.txt. I am currently ...
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Trying to find .exe over multi drive wide search in a bat file. Tried with relative path commands
As stated in the title I have a bat file set up to locate and run 2 separate exe's. One is located in the same folder as the bat file which for this %~dp0 works just fine. The second exe is one to a ...
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How can I echo the actual logged in user if running batch as administrator?
I would like to know which user is logged in to Windows from the bat script I launch with right click and "Run as Administrator". If I try echo %username% the script obviously output "...
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Any way to do a Batch file move operation only when the HDD is idle-ish?
I know how to check if a specific program is running like winrar which might indicate usage on drive d: but is there a better way to determine if a drive is relatively idle enough (via Batch or other ...
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Windows Terminal: Open cmd.exe then run script
I want to create .bat file to open cmd.exe in Windows Terminal and activate python environment
cd D:\pythonApp
venv\Scripts\activate
this successfully open cmd in Terminal and set the directory
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(SOLVED) how to enable and disable device in one batch file [duplicate]
I want a shortcut that enable/disable a network card according to its status. I figured out how to enable or disable using either devcon, wmic and pnputil or found some Q&As here that suggest ...
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Copy single file in to sub folders of destination root folder
I need to copy a single text file inside a (source) folder in to all (480) sub folders of another parent folder.
To keep it simple (I will amend the correct paths later) as I try to work out how to do ...
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Xcopy: Copy last modified file from folder
I need to copy the last modified file of a particular extension from a folder. For example a folder contains:
File1.cas
File1.txt
File2.cas
File2.txt
File3.cas
File3.pptx
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File100.cas
File100.pptx
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Improve bat script
I'm try to improving this and make it looks better. I have two issues
When I run as administrator the file that I need won't copy in the user profile (I just run as admin to run the .bat script.
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Display switch with a timeout in a Batch script
I have my PC connected to my monitor and TV. I want to be able to switch my display to the TV and launch an application through a script.
As I do this, I would like to set the audio to be the TV ...
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Running a batch silently, but how can I get process ID to show a specific name?
I have followed this here to run a batch file silently, in the background and doesn't show on taskbar, it's great.
How to run a batch file without launching a "command window"?
The thing is, ...
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Weird effects when one CMD script runs another, from inside a function
When one BAT or CMD script runs another (without call), that should not return, right?
It sometimes does!
And it searches the same function label in that other script?!?
Example: (what do you think ...
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"dir like" sorted by time in a batch file (.bat) using a piped string command: Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object -Property LastWriteTime, not working
I'm trying to build a trivial batch file in Windows for command line to execute a "dir like" command to list the directory contents sorted by time, avoiding typing: Get-ChildItem | Sort-...
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Batch script to take first & second part of folder name and create new folders from them
Any wizards out there that can help with this?
I have some music folders labelled like this "Taylor Swift - 1989" etc with just the music files and folder image in the one folder.
I need ...
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Windows taskkill not finding titled cmd.exe
I'm starting a lot of .bats, in which I execute, for example:
title Waterfall-Proxy
I do this, to have an easier closing the right cmds when I want to shut them down.
To shut them down, I'm using:
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Switch screen being mirrored by command line
In my setup I have two monitors stacked vertically, and a TV, hooked up to my PC. The TV mirrors the top screen usually. I want to write a script (so that I can set a keybind) to switch the screen it ...
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How to verify if a variable is equal to an other variable or a Windows variable in batch files?
I am making a "locked" batch file that only certain user can use so what I am doing right now is to check the condition if what the user write is == to %username% or other variable like this:...
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MultiMonitorTool.exe questions
I am using Multimonitortool.exe to switch between displays, to be precise: i got 3 Monitors, while Monitor 1 and 2 are permanentely on and Monitor 3 is turned on only when i need it. If i need it, ...
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