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by kobryan
28 Sep 2012 15:05
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Downloading files and unzipping them
Replies: 8
Views: 10387

Re: Batch file help

Awesome thanks for the help. I had a little trouble getting it to do a passive install but after playing with it for a while I was able to complete that.

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:: Install 7 zip
"%temp%\DownloadedFolder\file.%zipExt%" /passive
by kobryan
26 Sep 2012 23:00
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Downloading files and unzipping them
Replies: 8
Views: 10387

Re: Batch file help

If i wanted to add another step to this would it be a large challenge to get it to see if 7zip is installed and if not download it then install it? Something like this after downloading the main file. IF 7zip is installed to C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe Continue with other code ELSE Download 7 zip ...
by kobryan
20 Sep 2012 20:24
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Downloading files and unzipping them
Replies: 8
Views: 10387

Re: Batch file help

Sorry for the mistakes you had, i wrote that code directly without testing, I Edited the 2nd Code up, and i tested it it's now working. Not a problem what so ever. Thanks a lot for the follow up it worked great! Plus this also lets me learn a lot more about the batch files so i can do more on my ow...
by kobryan
20 Sep 2012 15:20
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Downloading files and unzipping them
Replies: 8
Views: 10387

Re: Batch file help

I tried to use the one with vbscript. the first thing I got was the error with the "goto eof" I had to remove this and after I did this it would flash up on the screen the cmd with the following message '"ziptempzipFile_name\"' is not recognized as an internal or external command...
by kobryan
20 Sep 2012 07:15
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Downloading files and unzipping them
Replies: 8
Views: 10387

Re: Batch file help

thanks for the help! I will try them out and see if they work ok and let you know.
by kobryan
19 Sep 2012 20:33
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Downloading files and unzipping them
Replies: 8
Views: 10387

Downloading files and unzipping them

I have never tried this before but looking up stuff online for batch files seemed to be really interesting. However with that being said Im having trouble getting it to work the way I want it to. What im trying to get my batch file to do is go to a link that will download a zip'd folder. Then I want...