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call batch file and run using its own path/directory
You are a bit unclear where app1.exe is located.
If it shares the folder with run1.bat change run1.bat
to either
@Echo off
Pushd "%~dp0"
app1.exe
popd
or
@Echo off
"%~dp0app1.exe"
%0 refers to ...
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How to sleep in a batch file?
You can sleep in Batch using powershell:
Milliseconds
powershell -nop -c "& {sleep -m Milliseconds}"
Seconds
powershell -nop -c "& {sleep seconds}"
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Check for file by wildcard and store as variable in batch file
Doesn't directly answer your question about a batch file but this would work easily in a PowerShell script:
$validFile = Test-Path "C:\path\to\your\file"
if ($validFile -eq 'True') {
$path = C:\...
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Rename files to add date modified to filename with Windows CMD or simple .TXT
In Powershell you can do this with a One-Liner:
Get-ChildItem |Foreach-Object { Rename-Item $_ -NewName ("{0}-{1}{2}" -f $_.BaseName,$_.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyyMMdd'),$_.Extension) }
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Check for file by wildcard and store as variable in batch file
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion enableextensions
set LIST=
for %%x in (%baseDir%\*) do set LIST=!LIST! %%x
set LIST=%LIST:~1%
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Change current directory to the batch file directory
You can do pushd "%~dp0" to go to the directory of a batch file -- even if it's on another drive. Additionally, that allows you to popd to go back to where you came from.
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Is it safe to write batch files with Unix line endings?
It seems that batch labels are skipped when LF (Unix line-ending) is used in a .bat file.
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Is it safe to write batch files with Unix line endings?
For batch files there is no big difference between unix line endings and windows line endings.
Currently, there is only a glitch known for the behavior of GOTO and CALL, while searching for a label.
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Change directory to "This PC" / "Computer" from .BAT batch file
This works on windows 10, I am not sure if it is version specific.
explorer =
Also:
explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
explorer /root,
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Is it safe to write batch files with Unix line endings?
Kinda, but...
You will have to be a paranoid and
always duplicate your label lines!
never use colons outside of label definitions!
Eg.:
@echo off
goto main <- No use of colon
...
:main
:main <...
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How to get all processes under a session of a particular process that is using a port in Windows cmd
That's actually pretty easy in PowerShell:
# Get the process of the listening NetTCPConnection and the session ID of the process
$SessionId = (Get-Process -Id (Get-NetTCPConnection -State Listen -...
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Run Log-on Script with Admin Rights
This is a poor use case for login scripts. A startup script or a scheduled task can both easily run as the SYSTEM account take care of your software installation.
Generally I suggest using some kind ...
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copy file with date appended
Your %date% contains some reserved character(s), e.g. / (forward slash). As %date% strongly depends on user's locale settings, I'd use next locale-independent solution with date in yyyymmdd format:
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Script for renaming files and adding a timestamp (server 2012 r2)
This bit of powershell does what you want. Just put the full path to the source and destination directories at the top between the quotation marks.
Edit: added the bit about file creation time.
Edit: ...
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How to check that mstsc.exe has successfully set up a RDP connection?
You can check if the RDP logon was sucessful by querying the security log of the target system. Logon events are ID 4624, RDP logons are type 10. Other logon types https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity....
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call batch file and run using its own path/directory
The answer to your question can be drawn from a similar question on Stack Overflow.
What is the current directory in a batch file?
Using the variables mentioned here, you can update run1.bat to call ...
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Rename files to add date modified to filename with Windows CMD or simple .TXT
Here is the code you need to use to iterate the text files, obtain the modified date of each file, copy each file using the modified date as part of the file name, and delete the original files. You ...
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How to sleep in a batch file?
Disclaimer: this is not the "ideal" solution, so don't bother beating me over the head with that like done to those recommending ping...
When possible, use timeout for sure. But as noted in the ...
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Batch file IF %time% not working
Try this:
SET "ADJUSTEDTIME=%TIME: =0%"
IF "%ADJUSTEDTIME:~0,5%" GEQ "19:58" GOTO :SHUTDOWN
IF "%ADJUSTEDTIME:~0,5%" LSS "08:58" GOTO :SHUTDOWN
GOTO :EOF
:SHUTDOWN
MSG * "Your device has not ...
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Trigger a batch file when a user choose "Switch User" in windows
Best choice is to configure Advanced security audit policy and windows will register for you events about:
User logon
Workstation lock/unlock
User logout
and many others that may be useful to you.
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Robocopy - All data marked as modified
After lots of trial and error I think I found the reason: the Archive attribute.
When Robocopy comes across a file with the Archive attribute set, it will systematically display the file as "Modified"...
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Run a batch file from network shared folder depending on MS outlook bit version
While debugging batch scripts, don't just launch them by clicking the icon, but from the command line (cmd.exe). Otherwise, you won't get to see the error messages. Now, for the actual problems...
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Windows batch file scripting: how to get directory named with latest date (yyyy-mm-dd format)?
for /f %%d in ('dir /ad /o-n /b .') do (
echo %%d
goto break
)
:break
/ad - Displays files with specified attributes. (D: Directories)
/o-n List by files in sorted order. (n: By name (alphabetic)...
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Command understanding in Batch script
That one line has a lot of functionality in it. An plain-English summary would go something like this:
Ask Java what version it is. This gives multiple pieces of information.
Find the line in Java's ...
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How do you wait for an exe to complete in batch file?
I had the problem @John Gardeniers Had or described, where my exe called another exe and terminated, therefor start /wait didn't work. I created a "while loop" to check if its running and then move on ...
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How can I edit local security policy from a batch file?
I looked for so long too. I figured out the answer!
To check the current state :
auditpol /get /subcategory:"Process Creation"
This next line will make the change. It will set the process creation ...
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command line REGEDIT command (edit) without a popup
If you are accessing locations in the registry that does not require admin privileges you can use __COMPAT_LAYER environment variable.Just execute this before using regedit:
set __COMPAT_LAYER=...
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7zip logging & left-over .tmp files
Use ">>7zip.log" instead of ">7zip.log", this will make the output to be appended to the text file, and not overwrite the previous one.
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How to get an EC2 Windows machine's instance-id into a batch variable
So I found another way of doing this:
$instanceId = Get-EC2InstanceMetadata -Path '/instance-id'
It seems a lot cleaner and result contains just what you expect "Instance ID"
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How do I script a change to the msmq storage location on Windows 2008 R2 server
Source: http://www.erbrech.com/blog/2016/05/29/Move-msmq-storage-location-with-powershell-and-Desired-State-Configuration.html
$Location = 'E:\msmq\storage'
If(!(test-path $Location))
{
New-...
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