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Works as expected. c:\temp>a >Enter the 'File Type' [Suffix] including the decimal point and Asterix if applicable and press <Enter>: *.xls* *.xls* >Enter the 'File Type' [Suffix] including the decimal point and Asterix if applicable and press <Enter>: .xls* .xls* >Enter the 'File Type' [Suffix] inc...

Works for me too.

Windows 10, 64-bit.

Saso

Did you see this note from Aacini: A small drawback in the scheme used is that the maximum lenght of nested names (260 characters) may be reached if you use very long names with several levels deep. If the "Windows-DOS Commands Help" menu system don't show full names or don't works correctly, try to...

EDLIN.COM 2392 bytes.

Those were the days.

Saso

Thank you. Very interesting. I also checked other videos he has.

Saso

I am very impressed! Though I don't understand the code at all (I don't even know how to do it 'by hand').

Saso

@einstein1969:

Thanks.

Makes sense.

Saso

Another link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... cc4d1915f9

Saso

Unfortunately that has nothing to do with my problem. Info in the link: Seems for Win11 it is turned off to use SLEEP function due to Modern StandBy S0 mode and I went into BIOS and changed the sleep mode to Linux (S3) just to see what happens. Then I was able to put the PC to sleep. Read entire th...

Does this help?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... 736f96e2c8

Saso

I don't know if parenthesis ( "(" and ")" ) are part of the string. So if they are not then maybe you could just remove strings 'wallpaper' and 'reg_szs' and you have a result. Or maybe take a colon (:) as a delimiter. Take the first argument and take the last character and then add the second argum...

Thanks again!

You always have a clever solution (short and efficient).

Saso

I checked your FOR solution. It is great. And as you mention I can add additional check for the current directory.

The idea with the 2>nul is also great.

Thanks for the help.
Saso

Thanks Steffen. Of course code could be shortened: disableX.exe 1 set errlev=%errorlevel% if "%errlev%"=="99" if "%username%"=="JOHN" disableX.exe if "%errlev%"=="99" if "%username%"=="JANE" disableX.exe if "%errlev%"=="99" if "%username%"=="MARY" disableX.exe if "%errlev%"=="99" if "%username%"=="J...