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Does anyone here use bart's boot disk?  If so... I have a question.  The disk has worked wonders for me across all different operating systems.  However I am now trying to use it to ghost im...
Where can I down load a full version of MS-DOS that works???  I really need one, someone deleted it off my computer.
Here is a quick 50 points. What is the maximum file size limit for fat16 and fat32? I have tried to copy a 4gb file to a fat32 drive but it pukes. I suspect it is a file size limit. Thanks.
BELOW IS A COLLECTION OF MANY  MS-DOS FILE-RENAME ROUTINES,  from EE, FOR A VARIETY OF NEEDS. ALL HERE IN ONE PLACE, FOR YOUR EASE & PLEASURE    : ) The compilation, plus my own code that fo...
I found the below article on another site (Link provided at the bottom of my post) Essentially it talks about creating a wait command however when I follow the directions it says that " "CHOIC...
We are running ACCPAC on Windows workstations on a network. Multiple users, needing to work from any workstation. The program settings are in a directory. The command line that starts the prog...
I have this little loop to copy and delete files to a zip disk.  I am using this to test the longevity of the disk.  I would like to add a counting routine to this loop to display how many tim...
How do I create a batch file that will read a csv or txt file as input to ping a list of computers and then output a file of the computers that did not reply? I will not be pinging IP addresse...
Previously I recieved help from SteveGTR to create the batch file below which changes the UserName variable into a different format then calls on a standard PRF file and creates a new one with...
Hi, I want to have a batch file that will: 1. Check to see if the file exists 2. Try to delete it if it does exist 3. Output what happened I got something here but it's not doing what ...
Hi All, I'm not going to pretend that I know much about DOS batch files other than fairly simply operations. Here's the situation at hand: I need a file that will loop through a directory a...
Hello How can I get the return (or exit) code of a batch script when it completes? In this case I'm calling a batch script within another batch script (using 'call batch_prog.bat') and I ...
Experts, In a DOS command window running Windows XP, I can enter the command:   notepad filename.txt & and notepad opens a file with the name filename.txt for editting, but allows me t...
Hi, How do I obtain the yesterday date for MSDOS batch? I am curently doing the following which is faulty. I am not sure how I can deduce the date correctly. Please advise. Thanks. CM...
If I have environmental variables like: X3DESTDIR="C:\Destination Folder" X4DESTFIL="\zzzfiles\SubfolderLevel2\SubfolderLevel3\file 553.zzz" how can the two strings be concatenated.  Th...
hello, i have a very tough problem.  i have to update about 500 computers (1 msi file) and would like to do this with a bat file (user will execute the bat file,  ill send an email to the us...
I am requiring a DOS boot disk (to get a true DOS command line) that has NTFS support so that I am able to go through windows files using DOS (but not using the windows DOS). I was wondering i...
I'm running a perl script from a Windows 2000 Dos Prompt. This script generates output on stdout and stderr. I want to capture both of these into a single file. I can capture them both into se...
I am trying to do the following but it just does not seem to work. SET BASE_DIR=C:\MemberCommit SET SRC_LIST=member_commit.2* SET FLIST=DIR /b %BASE_DIR%\%SRC_LIST% FOR /F %%Z IN (%FLI...
I need to create a batch file to execute two exe's (file1.exe & file2.exe).  These files are zip archives that self-extract.  The important thing here is that file1.exe needs to be unzipped fi...
echo 'hello \n there' doesnt appear as hello there Why ?
Hi, I have winzip 7 and winrar. Is there a way to zip a file using the command line? cmd? i know it is possible through winzip 10.. but i was hoping there would be a free tool that can d...
Hi, I need a batch file that does the following: 1.) append some text (html code) before and after every filename in a directory, like this : <a href="filename.jpg">filename.jpg</a> (as you ...
I'm building a logon script for my network and want it to display the following information after it runs: Username Domain Current Date/Time OS Version w/SP Level Processor Type Processo...
Hi... I'm trying to create a batch file that is supposed to check a directory for specific file extensions and then delete them or move them to a different folder.  After that it is suppose...