Questions tagged [batch]
Batch processing is the execution of a set of commands or software programs without user intervention. A batch file is a text file containing a sequence of such commands or programs invocations. Please use the tag [batch-file] for that.
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Batch script does not output file when limited user runs it from an administrator task manually
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I want to let a limited user restart a Service. This requires admin privileges, and thus the limited user is unable to restart individual services. I also want to create a timestamp file ...
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redirect echo in a cmd batch file to a variable fail
I use the below function to check if echo is set on or off, and as you can see it pipes echo statuse and then uses the output to set a flag:
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:echos
echo > echo.txt & rem pipe ech ...
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Running a batch script from a network drive
I'm trying to install printers through command line which looks like:
start \\servername\\printername
I have to run cmd.exe as admin or it won't install drivers. This works well when running it ...
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How to set a folder name into a variable to use it in the same Batch file?
i want to make a batch file, This Batch file must look out, into a folder with the name "Draft" and for every sub-folder will be make a search for a .txt file "list.txt" and when finds this .txt file, ...
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Add backslash if a string doesn't have it
I'm developing a command line Batch file on Windows 7. I'm trying to add \ to a dir if it hasn't.
This is only a test:
@echo off
set solutionDir=%CD%\
echo %solutionDir%
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Programatically associate file extensions with application on Windows
I've just recently reinstalled Windows and in setting up my environment I've noticed that all my associations for the various programming languages I edit in Notepad++ have gone (naturally).
I am ...
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Downloading all files from URL Folder to local folder
I want to download all contents from a url using Windows 10, like
https://example.com/folder
This folder may contain 100 files, and I want to put them all into
C:\backups
I am going to schedule this ...
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Make a .vbs running in background visible to be able to cancel it
I have a .vbs-Script that is running in the background endlessly. This script does not have any way for the user to interact with it; a regular user won't even notice something is running in the ...
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Windows batch, How to rename a directory to date and time with seconds
Windows batch,
How to rename a directory to date and time with seconds
Current drive and directory is S:\1 = a backup.
via batch, How to automate, How to rename a directory, not a file?
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Windows batch extract zip files, into folders based on zip name and combining similar zips
I have been searching for a way to bulk extract zip files in a directory and extract them into individual folders based on their zip file name.
I found: Extract all Zip's in a directory (incl. ...
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Linux command line tool to batch rename MP3 files based on ID3 tag info, or give random name if no ID3 info present
I have a bunch of recovered mp3 files that have system generated filenames. I want to use any embedded ID3 tag info in the files to rename each one to something human readable.
I've tried 'mp3rename' ...
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Batch Script to Pause and Resume One Drive Sync?
Is there a batch script or other way to Pause or Resume OneDrive local sync? I have some folders that are synced on One Drive. But I do not want it to continuously sync. I would like to have a a ...
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move copies instead of moves
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (%file_list%) DO (move "%src_folder%\%%i" "%dst_folder%")
This resulted in copy instead of move.
I need to remove the files from the source ...
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How to copy Folder directory including Root volume folder on Windows?
I would like to copy Recursively the full C:\Test Folder with all subdirectories including the Test folder and the folders permisions. I tried using the following commands but it only copies the files:...
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Using wildcards with the rmdir or rd command
Let's say there are some folder in the D: drive:
D:\Air
D:\Abonden
D:\All
D:\Whatever
I want to delete all folders starting with "A" (including all subfolders and files). I tried this command:
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