#batch-file

Answer: Do Windows batch files have a %* construction? #solution #fix #it

Do Windows batch files have a %* construction?

In a batch file, do I have to do (e.g.) the following?

@echo off call other.bat %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

Answer [by Roger Lipscombe]: Do Windows batch files have a %* construction?

Windows batch files (since Windows XP, but possibly earlier) support the %* construct, which evaluates to all the parameters from %1 onwards.

Unfortunately, this…

How-to: How to pipe program output to the screen AND to a file under Windows #computers #solution #programming

How to pipe program output to the screen AND to a file under Windows

I have a command which I need to inspect in real time (i.e. see its output in the command prompt MyProgram.exe) and to have a log file for later inspection (MyProgram.exe > log.txt)

How can I make a single instance of the program to write to both outputs?

Answer [by vartec]: How to pipe program output to the screen AND to a…

Answer: How to create batch file that delete all the folders named `bin` or `obj` recursively? #computers #dev #fix

How to create batch file that delete all the folders named `bin` or `obj` recursively?

I have the need of deleting all bin & obj folders in a folder on my PC. So, I’m thinking of a batch file to do that but I’m not famaliar with batching file in Windows. Please help.

[Edit]

After discussion with user DMA57361, I got to the current solution (still having problem though, see our comments):

Create…

How to: How to delete files from a folder using a list of file names in windows? #answer #development #solution

How to delete files from a folder using a list of file names in windows?

i have a folder with 2K+ files in it, i need to delete around 200, i have a txt file with all the file names i need removed ordered in a list, how do i remove the specific files from the folder using the list? (OS is windows 7)

Answer [by kingchris]: How to delete files from a folder using a list of file names in windows?

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Answer: What scripting language do you use for your logon scripts in your Windows enviroment? #development #programming #dev

What scripting language do you use for your logon scripts in your Windows enviroment?

I wonder what scripting languages is most used as logon scripts these days. Is people still hacking away in batch-file files or vbscripts, or do you use PowerShell or something completely different?

Personally, I have pretty good experience with vbscript, it works across almost all Windows versions, but…

Fix: How can I permanently append an entry into the system's PATH variable, via command line? #it #dev #answer

How can I permanently append an entry into the system’s PATH variable, via command line?

What I need to do:

Append a folder to the %PATH% environment variable at the SYSTEM level.

Make the change permanent.

How I need to do it:

Using the command prompt, or another method by which all necessary commands can be written to a .BAT file.

Using onlytools which would be available on a bare install of…

Solution: Mass delete mapped & local printers #development #programming #answer

Mass delete mapped & local printers

Is there any way to mass remove all local and network mapped printers from all workstations on a domain via group policy or a batch file?

I need to remove local Windows 7 printers such as Fax, Microsoft XPS Document Writer, Send To OneNote 2010.

Answer [by MDMarra]: Mass delete mapped & local printers

There is a Delete All option in Group Policy Client Side…

Solution: Checking parameters in a DOS batch file #fix #development #programming

Checking parameters in a DOS batch file

We have a batch file that takes parameters.

We then read the value of the parameter using %1 for the first parameter.

Question is: How can we check that %1 has a value?

Answer [by Roald van Doorn]: Checking parameters in a DOS batch file

According to http://www.robvanderwoude.com/parameters.php you can check them with an if:

IF “%1″==”” for non-quoted…