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- 20 May 2025 04:07
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: edit command (CLI text editor) returns to Windows
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6598
- 18 Nov 2024 08:45
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: pcalua command line options.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11877
pcalua command line options.
pcalua is part of "Program Compatibility Assistant" and as I understand its work - it checks pcalua.pdb in order to apply shims , start the program and then release it. To check/edit the compatibility db you need the compatibility administrator which on MS page leads to a dead link and I don't know ...
- 18 Nov 2024 08:43
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: UNZIP anywhere in 200 bytes, embedded (XP and onwards)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10141
Re: UNZIP anywhere in 200 bytes, embedded (XP and onwards)
You might be interested in this: https://github.com/npocmaka/batch.scrip ... /zipjs.bat - a script that uses windows capabilities to zip/unzip files and I've wrote long ago.
- 06 Aug 2024 02:08
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Looks like dostips is extensively on AI training?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 20952
Looks like dostips is extensively on AI training?
I think there's a spike in the views even on the newer threads here - even on the newest topics ,despite the niche and obscure thing that the batch scripting is. https://i.imgur.com/wg7H20X.png I see increase also in the SS64 forums ,but not so big. My guess they are using the data here on AI traini...
- 20 May 2024 06:35
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: dir ????????.txt does not show only files with length of 8 characters
- Replies: 7
- Views: 25813
Re: dir ????????.txt does not show only files with length of 8 characters
By default 8.3 notation is turned on Windows and all files have two names the short one and the real one. -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-fscc/18e63b13-ba43-4f5f-a5b7-11e871b71f14 with dir /x and dir /n you can list short names or long names respectively. Eventual...
- 29 Jan 2024 06:28
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: is there a DOS command for running a program with windows 98 compatibility?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 30059
Re: is there a DOS command for running a program with windows 98 compatibility?
isnt compatibility layer set by __COMPAT_LAYER variable? -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/378 ... ctually-do . Though this not work so well ... Can be set also through a shortcut settings.
- 21 Dec 2023 11:42
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Why for loop wmic get processid return an extra invalid value?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13383
Re: Why for loop wmic get processid return an extra invalid value?
I think I saw you asking the same question in SO and suggested in a comment to check this thread:-> https://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4266 wmic sets an extra CR at the end which messes the output. But can be stripped with additional for loop: for /f "usebackq skip=1 delims=" %%a in ( `wm...
- 19 Jul 2023 12:06
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Deleting files with sending them to Recycle Bin [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11885
Re: Deleting but with sending items to Recycle Bin
try this: https://github.com/npocmaka/batch.scripts/blob/master/hybrids/jscript/deleteJS.bat What does the present in it "Usage (prints with default printer a file if possible)" suppose to have anything to do with deletion of items and Recycle Bin ? There's a CLI program called binit that sends thi...
- 19 Jul 2023 02:39
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Deleting files with sending them to Recycle Bin [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11885
- 02 Jul 2023 16:04
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: How to escape comma in wmic?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16067
Re: How to escape comma in wmic?
At the moment I'm using macbook (it's atrocious) and I cannot test it. Though for the where clause the escape symbol is backslash but I'm not sure if this will work for call but you can try it.
- 14 Oct 2022 03:09
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Complete control of cmd windows
- Replies: 88
- Views: 112248
Re: Complete control of cmd windows
Another approach could be a creation of lnk file and editing the ConsoleaDataBlock : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-shllink/e6b432b4-5a49-4826-9c25-e28695e8dd0c - it requires binary editing of that block. Here's an old C# hybrid that tickles the quick edit mode - ht...
- 20 Sep 2022 14:49
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Lunar Lander in the copy dialog
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4295
Lunar Lander in the copy dialog
https://github.com/Sanakan8472/copy-dialog-lunar-lander - that's mad.. (to play it you need an SSD)
- 07 Mar 2022 10:17
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: progress bar while copying (xcopy)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15740
Re: progress bar while copying (xcopy)
for (big) single files
can be used.
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esentutl /y "FILE.EXT" /d "DEST.EXT" /o
- 18 Aug 2021 04:43
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: DOS batch file or something else?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6081
Re: DOS batch file or something else?
Check this
https://github.com/npocmaka/batch.scrip ... ipInfo.bat
With passing the number for the rating you can get the rating
https://github.com/npocmaka/batch.scrip ... ipInfo.bat
With passing the number for the rating you can get the rating
- 27 May 2021 14:18
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: For /F to process multiple lines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6029
Re: For /F to process multiple lines
you havent defined the tokens you want to get.
try with
tokens option will assign the string before the first `:` to the %%G and everything else to the %%H
try with
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For /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%G in (
'systeminfo'
) do (
set "%%G=%%H"
)