I have a script that checks for a registry entry and dumps the results to a log file (results.log). the output is really ugly and I need to clean it up. What I...
To All, I am sorry for some of the recent lags in posting that several long-term members have experienced. This has been due to an additional feature that...
Gosh this group has become quiet - I can hear the fan of my PC whirring now! ;) Where's the thrust and parry of Sir BobB's cutlass, and that devil-may-care ...
Hi, I am trying to create a batch file that will go to one text file and pull a line then compare it another file and based on the line matching copy a file to...
I have a bat file with the following command: netsh firewall add portopening TCP 5900 UltraVNCTCP5900 enable all I'm getting an error saying: The following...
H. What I am trying to do (unsuccessfully thus far) is to create a simple batch file that collects a listing of all the files in a directory, along with...
I have a simple batch file that is scheduled to run every 15 Minutes during working hours, I would like to skip the backup if the file has not changed. Copied...
Hi, I have a BAT file that is asking me to answer a Choice 3 times. I can't figure out why it's going through there three times. Does anyone know how I can...
Hi, First hi to all, i am new member in this group. working on DOS, DPMI, DJGPP compiler and facing a problem. I am using DJGPP compiler in DOS, want to create...
Hi Expert, can you help me guys how to filter result in "dir" command? for example, if i list files on a certain directory, i want to remove all files that...
hi experts, i want to use some batch file which will use msessenger service in it but by default this service is disable in windows XP Profficenal how to...
I have a small script which searches for files & then based on filename moves them to another directory for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir abc* /a:-d /b') do call...
Hello Everyone: I wonder if someone can help me in writing a batch script that can check the size of a particular file (ABC.exe) and page me. I have pager ...
I have a directory with several thousand files and a few subdirectories that also have files. I need to encrypt all of these files. However, encrypting changes...
I don't know if this is the right forum. but maybe somebody does know the asnwer: I am trying to print text to the above printer from an xp cmd window. the job...
Hi All. My question this time is specific to the o/p of dir command. Here's what I observed: I have a few folders being created by a batch file and in each...
I have made an attempt to accomplish what I want but I can't get it to do what I want and there is probably a much easier way to do it. Could someone please...
Hi, My problem is that I have to use a DOSKEY macro created within a batch file in another batch file which is calling the first. So suppose I have the...
I have 2 large network shares that each has 10000 empty directories in them. I need to find and delete those directories, any help would be appreciated. I can...
I'm trying to create a bat file that will: 1. Check the existence of a few files. 2. Let the user know if any of the files are not there. 3. Exit the bat file...
I posted earlier about a job I have to convert a couple unix shell scripts to windows. Here is some more detail. I need to read a plain text file. Each...
Hi, I am getting this error need to move only the first file D:\MSTD\ocftp>for /f "delims=" %a in ('dir c:\ocftp\upload /b /o-n /a-d') do set file=%a ...
Does anyone know how to create a batch file that will add users to the local administrators group to Windows Server 2003? Also, how would you add users to the...
See this link..... http://www.robvanderwoude.com/files/admingrp.txt If you just go to http://www.robvanderwoude.com you'll need to drill down but Rob has a ton...
Hi All, I just got back from vacation, I hope everyone is ok. Hi Mic. Does anyone know if I can transform the following code into a much simpler form using...
Hi, I would like to do something like move or del the first file of the list produced by doing dir *.* example : (This is how my list txt file looks) ...
