Looking to use a dir command in the prompt that will write a txt file that includes the below info for ALL files:

File Name/ File Path / Last Modified Date/ Creation Date / Modified By

This should go through the entire subfolder structure of the directory.

I am trying to install a DOS program under W7 on a particular computer. I did this successfully on several other computers by increasing the number of file handles for DOS entering files=140 in C:\Windows\system32\config.nt. On this particular computer I did the same but the DOS program still crashes because of lack of file handles. So as it seems the system did not recognize the files=140 entry in config.nt. I certainly restarted the system after making the change, but no effect. Can somebody please help me? Thanks.

I'm writing a batch file that needs to read In a text file with multiple lines (2-3 or more) and assign them to variables (i.e. Line1, Line2, Line3).  which will then act on those to run jobs based on the variables read in.  What is the easiest way to do this preferably without for loops or delims. etc.

Thx,
Brian

We have a computer who is accessible by placing   '\\pc-name\j$'  in the Windows Explorer.  We also have that same location mapped using the command 'net use j: \\pc-name\j$'.

When in the command prompt we use   'Dir \\pc-name\j$'   or   'Dir J:\'   works excellently - total access.

However, if place   'J:\'   in the Windows Explorer or if we type   'start.', in order to open explorer at that point, it gives the following error:





How can we successfully use Windows Explorer to access this   'J:\' ?

Here is a solution to this problem - dated 2010.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/25015022/Execute-Dos-app-from-delphi.html

I tried the functions ExecProcess and ExecWaitProcess - but they seem to no longer work under Delphi XE8

Here is my code:

var
  s1: string;
begin
  Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass;
  s1 := 'dir c:\*.* ';
//  ExecProcess(s1, True);
  ExecWaitProcess(s1, True);

  Memo1.Lines.Add(s1);
  Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
end;

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Either they fail, or they complete instantly. Any better solutions?

I am trying to get the following DOS command to produce Unicode file names in its output:

CHCP 850 - Multilingual (Latin I)
DIR C:\*.* /b/s > c:\temp\filex.txt

filex.txt does not contain Unicode

Hi,

I have a textfile (tab separated), I want duplicate KeyNR to be joined according to the last field.

So I have:

FirstNM        LastNM        KeyNR        Group        Location
John              Doe1            6576            Testgrp      1
John              Doe2            6543            Testgrp      3
John              Doe4            3243            Testgrp      3
John              Doe1            6576            Testgrp      3,4
John              Doe2            6543            Testgrp      2

I want this to result in:

FirstNM        LastNM        KeyNR        Group        Location
John              Doe4            3243            Testgrp      3
John              Doe1            6576            Testgrp      3,4,1
John              Doe2            6543            Testgrp      2,3

As you can see the second and the fifth line and the first and the fourth have the same key, the location needs to be merged with a comma in between.

I need to install a usb boot disk to run a bat file to install winodows updates and Surface Tablet firmware updates

I am looking for best solution to subtract a date from a timestamp in my batch file. I have read calling a vbscript to make the calculation is a better option. Any help would be appreciated.

below is part of my script.

rem Setting the Start Date & Time that the batch was launched
===============================================================
set yyyy=%date:~10,4%
set mm=%date:~4,2%
set dd=%date:~7,2%
set hh=%time:~0,2%
set mn=%time:~3,2%
set ss=%time:~6,2%

set yyyy=%date:~10,4%
set mm=%date:~4,2%
set dd=%date:~7,2%
for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=: " %%a in ('time /t') do (set hh=%%a& set mn=%%b)
set ss=%time:~6,2%
set dstamp="%yyyy%"-"%mm%"-"%dd%"_"%hh%%mn%%ss%"
set dstamp2="%yyyy%"."%mm%"."%dd%"
set dstamp3 = dstamp2 - 6 days                  REM<---------------------------------------------------------this is the parameter i need changed
===============================================================

ren  "TRD_Cost.PSV"  "TRD_Cost_%dstamp3%_%dstamp2%.PSV"     REM<----------------------------------------------------renamed here
rem zip -j %exepath%\..\HostTran\Export\Dunnhumby\TRD_Cost_%dstamp2%.PSV.zip  %exepath%\..\HostTran\Export\Dunnhumby\TRD_Cost*.PSV >> %log%
rem move %exepath%\..\HostTran\Export\Dunnhumby\TRD_Cost_%dstamp2%.PSV.zip   %exepath%\..\HostTran\Export\Dunnhumby\backup\ >> %log%
rem del %exepath%\..\HostTran\Export\Dunnhumby\TRD_Cost*.PSV >> %log%

REM so this is what i want to rename the file: TRD_Cost_dstamp3 _dstamp2.psv where dstamp3 = 

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is there a way on a windows 7 machine to get the connection speed via the command prompt? I'm wanting to check the speed of several computers remotely
I'm looking for the results that look something like this:
thanks!

Hi,

We are trying to take a regular path and convert it to "short name".  For example:

The normal path:    


Convert  it to:


We understand fir /x returns the short name of a folder or file, but  we are  trying  to convert specific path.

How can we go about this?
(we use Windows 10)