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batch current directory when starting as administrator
Background:
I like to have my computer clean. Especially I don't like programs and services starting with my windows, but I still want to use all my programs without having to manually start ...
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cmd error "The system cannot find the path specified."
I am getting this error when I am doing a cd into a directory I stored in environment variables.
But the thing is, when I cd into the same directory using the same ev using vim, I can successfully cd ...
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How to tell whether machine is on AD Domain when running as SYSTEM
I have a batch script run as the SYSTEM user, and I need to find out whether the machine is on an AD Domain or not. I don't know, or need to know, the AD Domain name, just whether it's on any AD ...
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Is there a way to reverse lookup which executable is being called?
I have multiple JDK's installed on my machine and I'm running on a system that has a pretty long path environment variable. Is there a way to see what my call to java resolves to?
I'm looking for ...
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Windows - How to use user defined environment variables in system path
As the question states, I have some variables defined in my user environment in windows 8.1. Now I want to have something like this as a path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;%USER_V1%;C:\...
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Batch script to take the output of a command and create a variable out of it?
For example, I want to search for a file
where /r C:\ "myfile.txt"
and then make the output of that command which would be the file path to "myfile.txt" a variable I choose,
So then the path to ...
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Why are the PATH environment variables handled differently when I run cmd.exe as admin?
Original post:
When I start cmd.exe normally, my PATH variable only contains the paths from the system environment variable. Only when I start cmd.exe as admin does PATH contain a concatenation of ...
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Name "wmplayer" is not recognized as an executable file
I cannot run wmplayer from either cmd or PowerShell. My OS is Windows 7 64 bit. I can do it using
start wmplayer
but I cannot use parameters. Please, help me to handle it.
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Driving me crazy. SETX /?
Rosalee is no longer a user, but her name remains everywhere.
I am thinking of exporting the registry and performing a Find/Replace on all Rosalee's or trying to use setx, but I cannot figure out the ...
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Why doesn't environment variable get updated in cmd without restart?
CMD commands:
setx SOMEVARIABLE "newpath" /M
setx SOMEVARIABLE "%SOMEVARIABLE%;newpath2" /M
Expected output on ECHO %SOMEVARIABLE%:
newpath;newpath2
Actual output:
%SOMEVARIABLE%
Actual value ...
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How put path changing .bat file inside %PATH%?
I have a problem described here (you can read it for better understanding). I need to write .bat file that change path.
For example:
While sending a command in cmd: cd ~
I want to go to %HOMEPATH%. ...
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IF statements in batch files
I am currently using Cruise Control to schedule 'builds' for various internal websites. I use batch files to kick off each of these 'builds' (build meaning a specific webhelp output). Let's say ...
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Why unload variables in Windows batch files
Is it considered necessary or good practice to unload variables used in Windows batch files?
For example in the following code, is the set myFolder= at the end necessary?
@echo off
set myFolder="C:\...
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Using a system variable with spaces without truncating prematurely
I need to do something similar to this:
dir > %USERNAME%.txt
But what I get is that if the filename has a SPACE(" ") in it, then the name is cut there.
I know that if I do this:
set tmp=%...
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How to set the arithmetic precision in "set" batch files variables?
How do I set a precision to the SET arithmetic operation on divisions?
eg. SET /A t=3/4
But that gives result as '0' and not '0.75' ( I want at least 2 decimal places )
Or is there any other ...
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