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It's a matter of opinion really. I believe that you should be polite, i.e ask for an action only if its needed, so my preference is to see if the file exists prior to asking for it to be deleted. However checking if the file exists, is an action in itself, so some would see it as no less efficient t...

The following alternative, will work with your output: @SetLocal EnableExtensions @For /F Tokens^=3 %%G In ('Dir /S/A-D/-C 2^>NUL')Do @Set /A $=#,#=%%G 2>NUL @Echo %$% bytes @Pause I'm not sure if all system languages output the filesize as the third token, so if this is going to be used for any oth...

I suppose that this is technically an answer to your question.

How bad would an anti-malware product be if a script was able to turn it off, (until it had completed tasks unhindered by that anti-malware product)?

Based upon your provided example, I do not see any need for the start command in this case: Del /F /A "%ProgramFiles%\glarysoft\malware hunter\mhtray.exe" The del command is internal, so effectively you're opening a new cmd.exe window with the /K option, which would then require closing afterwards, ...

The returned date from date /t is not consistent across PC's or users. I'm assuming that you were previously seeing ddd and trying to ignore it by selecting the second token. You can still use the same method, if you like, by just checking for an empty value for the second token: For /F "Tokens=1*" ...

You're setting the variable %watch% , whilst in a parenthesised block of code. In order to use the new value, you need to delay the expansion of the variable at run time, as opposed to read time. @Echo Off Title BulBot Color 70 :MasterLabel Set /P "input=" If /I "%input%"=="clear" ClS If /I "%input%...

Similarly, but using /X instead of /B and/or /E, as long as your filenames do not themselves contain any space, (or poison) characters:
Or alternatively…

Here's an untested example script which may output the required uninstall key. It is based off the information you've provided, except for one assumption, that being the string "Java" will be contained within the same REG_SZ string as "D:\" @Echo Off SetLocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion...

What version of Windows are you using? I can't replicate your results on Windows 7. I have confirmed the behavior on several different OS's over the years, and agree with sst , that you must have modified settings on your Windows 7 system. My settings are the defaults, 0 for the volume state, and 2...

What is the recommended method to get only the files in a directory with the extension .doc ? I often see, and use , examples of For loops like this: For %A In (*.doc) Do @Echo %A or this: For /F "Delims=" %A In ('Dir /B/A-D *.doc') Do @Echo %A However in the real world that does not do what is aske...

sst, the point of my very simplified answer to the SO question was the use of %W and I'm also aware that it included a possibly unwanted new line, although it wasn't stated, (only the doublequotes) , which mine didn't have, or a possibly unwanted trailing backslash . BTW, the powershell example I pr...

As an opening comment, I think that the SO answer from sst was overly complex for the task , given that %W does what was needed, (the other two answers show it in use)! Here's something from an answer I used here , which creates a context menu entry for making a new directory with today's date: @Pow...

You could use the Dir command as provided by penpen: (For /F "Delims=" %A In ('Dir /B/S/A-D *.jpg *.mov *.mp4') Do @Echo %~nxA)>"j.txt" You could also use the RoboCopy command: (For /F "Delims=" %A In ('RoboCopy . null *.jpg *.mov *.mp4 /S /XJ /L /NS /NC /NDL /NJH /NJS') Do @Echo %~nxA)>"j.txt" Or m...

Using ForFiles, whilst not the most efficient command, is a simple command to use, (Enter ForFiles /? at the Command Prompt for usage information).

If it works then it cannot really be made more efficient, other than not setting variables unnecessarily . I suppose it may look tidier to some, by breaking those long lines down into smaller portions , and could possibly be made a little more robust: @Echo Off CD /D "%~dp1" 2>Nul || Exit /B Set "cd...