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Hi GeoffVass, :D Firstly many thanks for the reply, as you say you raise some good points in respect of the registry backup which extend beyond Gud-Ole-WinXP which many would rebuke me for using in the first place but YES you are right because many websites I have looked at extract the registry from...

Many thanks for the reply Penpen. Firstly & most importantly :mrgreen: can I express my congratulations on your birthday, I wish I was 46 again! Happy Birthday to you!!! Do you know what truthfully I would never have guessed that the "/y" switch was the item that was causing the above batch-file to...

Hi All, I was wondering whether a kindly soul would help me out with a interesting section of batch code (for XP as far as I know) which employs for-in-do, it backs up registry keys the code & is as follows, I found it elsewhere on the net but it does have potential: @echo off setlocal set BackupFol...

Hi folks :D , I'm sorry that this request survey slipped under the radar for me, I would have liked to put forward additional suggestions for small ASM/debug scripts that would compliment batch-files in both Dos & CMD. I think Debug is present in OS's up to Windows7 Me thinks, along with a more rece...

Hi folks :D Just to give an update to where I am up to with trying to write a batch file that is both compatible in XP & Windows 98SE, Although I think with the right skill set it can be done, I have decided to write respective batch files for each OS and branch with a "goto" :label to make things m...

Hi Penpen ,

I have tried to send you a private message, well several in fact but when I click on the send button it doesn't seem to flag up that something has been sent in the outbox. Edit - I think it may have been sent finally phew

Best Regards,

Ispy

Just reporting back with feedback :D @ Saso As Jeb has stated %CD% is affiliated to Win-XP as is "cd /d" also (without quotes & just for info) these nuances are a little bit confusing, when attempting to write batch files for NT & Dos. Anyway - @ Penpen tried your script in XP it very briefly opened...

Hi Folks :D , I think I may have a solution to this problem I have adapted a script which I have found on PC-Mag article which I think was in the main for 9X but it seems to work reasonably well in XP as well even though it uses command.com rather than native CMD (& one other caveat it reports back ...

Hello all just Posting feedback on the replies to my initial post many thanks for taking the time and trouble to post your replies, it is appreciated!, @pieh-ejdsch(Phil) - Tried your script albeit within Vbox/Win98SE & the script did not work, all that was returned was a flashing cursor at the comm...

Hi everyone :D , Pc SPEC: Current OS WinXPSP3 working within CMD.EXE & I have also tried to use Command.com from CMD window. PC is Small-Form Factor Intel core i7 vPro with 8 gig ram usb non-wireless mouse setup on dual boot "grub for dos" non-bootsector dual boot mechanism with Q4OS Linux OS. I hav...

Sorry in addition I forgot to also mention as a P.S. I found this Web page link entitled - "DOS Remove Linefeed And Carriage Return ?" if you scroll to the second post by a person that goes by the handle of MechaniX2Go. He or she (to be PC correct) also uses debug in a batch format to remove CRLFs a...

General comment - Apologies for not being attentive to this post but I have been distracted with other life issues lately which needed immediate attention & action @pieh-ejdsch - Please excuse my ignorance here I'm not quite sure what you getting at here. I clicked on the link you have kindly provid...

@Penpen Yep - Many thanks the what I now call the Penpen.bat compiled from your code now works & might I add with LFN format, Great Job! Your quote - You should check, if the environment variable TMP is initialized correctly (to a path with read/write permission). Ans not sure how you do this but wo...

Hi Penpen & Eureka, Many thanks for sharing your knowledge firstly... @Eureka - I tried to use the truename as outlined here: https://www.robvanderwoude.com/truename.php - but it only returns the same information in SFN format C:\MYDOCU~1\ZERO.BAT. I have thought of piping the output through ODI's L...

@Penpen, Firstly can I take this opertunity to thank you for your response to my posting. I am really grateful! Can I ask for your further help please? Oh so "%0" is the name of my Batch script not the path & as you rightly say could give unpredictable results. I have managed to use the script in a ...