Summary: OK, thanks for the reply .. but please put the remarks about the other program (the one with the 'most recent file on disk') in the other thread .. Ca...
Summary: I want to add a couple of lines to my batch files that move files from one directory to another. I want to use FIND or FINDSTR to search the file it i...
Summary: Kenny, Unless the networking program was a trojan horse with a virus hidden in it, I doubt it did anything to your computer to make the hard drive unr...
Summary: You say you do not have an installation CD-ROM. Too bad. That would be the easiest way to go. But here is what I would do. From what I read in your...
Summary: If the target is just to catch into the variable ALL the command tail, use the following Set topdir=%* that disregards blanks before and after the las...
Summary: There are many ways, depending on exactly what it is you want to do. The following example shows how to set a variable from data input from the keybo...
Summary: G'day, Have you tried deleting it in Windows Explorer?? That should work unless Windows is protecting it for some reason. If that doesn't work then t...
Summary: I have only been able to find one reference to the Einstein Word Processor. That was dated 1992 and refered to using it to do word processing in Hebre...
Summary: Hi. What I'm trying to do is to append the number of lines from a file to a variable. The file's lines would have only one character (and always the ...
Summary: I am looking for a way to convert a directory of files to the DOS 8.3 length. I have tried different commands, and can manually do it using winfile.e...
Summary: Hi Chris. Laurence Soucy did post the following script a couple of days ago (snipped script): @ECHO off :: ASCII Assembler by Laura Fairhead ECHO XPYP...
Summary: Sorry, but I got my know how just reading the in-famous on-line help. Many people is looking for such a source of knowledge, but that seems to be like...
Summary: Hi, If you can define the varible yes. A user would type in "gost their name <-enter) It would then go to a label. The label being their name or desti...
Summary: How do I close the black DOS window and return to the session of Windows from a .BAT file? I tried EXIT. It stops the command.com, but doesn't close t...
Summary: Hey, Im trying to limit the amount of characters someone is allowed to use to 1. This is what im working with SET Choice= SET /P Choice=What would you...
Summary: the ribbon cables for both drives should have a wire marked in red this is wire one it connects to pin one on the drive pin one is usually marked b...
Summary: True really long files names can be a pain, at least with a batch you don't have to type it every time. On the xp command line I find it's even easier...
Summary: This is an old reference I found... I've used it and it's pretty helpful. ------------------------- USING THE ANSI DRIVER by C. Scot Giles 875 Lake St...
Summary: File "testfile" contains only one row with the name of another file "testfile2". I want to put the name of "testfile2" (example 200308190000) into a v...
Summary: Reset jumpers as recommended above or pull battery. open case, look at motherboard, check mobo manual if you have one -- it may list the cmos reset ju...
Summary: I am unable to get most of my dos games to work either under win9x or from dos boot disk (win98)they either dont even start to run or the ones that d...
Summary: Unless your Windows printer driver supports printing from DOS applications by hooking the printer hardware port and emulating it, then you can not do ...
Summary: Hi zeemar I have an old dos program call Change.com from a PC Magazine floppy. It allows you to change text within a text file. in your case the synta...
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