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Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows ...

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Having trouble with robocopy.

byhrolsons
27

I’m having trouble with robocopy. I issue the command and it runs and looks like it’s transferring

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Need to repair Win XP machine with HD bad sectors

bypajkico
10

Repairing manufacturing plant Win XP hard drive machine with bad sectors.

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Issue command line function

byhrolsons
10

I'm trying to issue a command line function.


When I'm in a shell I issue "mkdir w:\derek9" and

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Dynamic pick the date in msdos batch file

byRocking Buddy
2

Hi,


Need to create a windows scheduler to take backup of db, the sql file should be created with

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dos command or powershell  to copy file

bySam OZ
3
looking a dos script (which should run as a bat file) for following ( powershell scipt is equally …
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create folder and move file

bySam OZ
1
looking dos comand to
create a folder under c drive mydest , if not existing
copy a file myfile.xml…
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move files to a single folder destination

bySam OZ
4
I need to move all files in a folder ( including files in a sub folder)  to a single folder at …
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I want to make a simple batch file that compares the date/time stamp of two files.

byalevin16
4

How can I make a simple batch file that compares the date/time stamp of two files and copies the

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unable to add printer to dosbox net use: \\computer or ip\LOTUS /persistent:yes bad command I feel as if dosbox on 11 is not communicating with the printer even tho pings work.

byJoel Bud
3
dos box mega build and lotus

dosbox installed locally on a pc
lotus (lpt1 printer) unable to get …
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I want to create a directory if it does not exist.

byWilliam C Johnson
2

Within a DOS batch file, I have the following command.  It fails with the message:

 

The syntax of the

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Display correct characters of Text file in Notepad and other apps

byjana
9

Hi Experts!


I have been having problem understanding and getting to display come characters in CMD.

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Place shortcut from batch file to Windows 10 taskbar

byjana
24

Hi Expert!


I think I have placed this question before, but I cannot find it (sorry).  I am trying to

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Batch file command to open webpage using user id and password

byAsatoma Sadgamaya
3

Hi,


I am looking for batch file command which can execute below tasks.


1. open up a webpage


Many thanks

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Help identifying printing sequence and best way testing them

byjana
14

Hi Experts!


I need to test some escape sequence for printer via command prompt (using “echo xxx

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ROBOCOPY not working in Windows 11

byWilliam C Johnson
2

Doc1.docx

I am running these MS DOS commands from a batch file.


echo off
ROBOCOPY /S

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Output directory of parent folders and subfolders of a network drive

byjaguar5554
5

Hello- I am requesting assistance with generating a directory listing of parent folders and

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Need DOS Script to move files in directories to the base directory and rename the files based on the directory name.

by9thTee
7

I have a Toshiba MFP that we scan documents sets as pdf's to a windows share.  A scanned document

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Batch file to copy folders/files with very long paths (how to automatically reduce path lengths?)

byDoug Van
5

I created a batch file to synchronize the multiple "\packaged" folders in multiple directories

In

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In Windows 10, how do I automate multiple file creation based on contents of a file (plus an extension I will specify)

byTom Knowlton
7

I have a text file with the following entries:



I am looking for a free utility or built-in

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FindStr (Windows Command Line DOS Tool) - Failing to search a few MSG files

byAlan
2
Hi All,

I am using FindStr (Windows Command Line / DOS) to search for a string in all files in a …

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