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@echo off
if not exist "d:\MUSTSAVE\" md "d:\MUSTSAVE"
if "%~2"=="folder" (
robocopy %1 d:\MUSTSAVE\%~nx1
) else (
copy /b /z "%~1" "d:\MUSTSAVE\"
)
pause

This worked for me with the above line void of quotes.

Thanks a bunch Foxi.

. My goal is to have a right-click context-menu-item called 'BACKUP'... Every file and folder, when right clicked, will have access to this menu item. And each item will be sent to the same location. D:\MUSTSAVE\ USING REGEDIT Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\SHELL Right click 'shell' and choose 'New...

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Thanks all. But I'm still struggling.

I have a text file containing colour codes.

a=44
b=17
c=29
d=4f

etc.

And a text file containing simple ascii art.

How can I compare the two files and print the ascii art to the command window with the colours I specify?

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If you type SET at the command prompt and hit ENTER.
You can see all the variables that are currently active on your system.

The text before the = symbol is your variable name, so...

%SystemRoot% is equal to the path 'c:\windows'

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Well done ABC! and thank you very much. That's exactly what I wanted.

It has a few problems when I enter garbage into the text file.

But this will give me everything I need to work with, thanks again.

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I'd like to colour specific words and variables in the CMD window.

Maybe even use FINDSTR to search a file, highlighting the string as found.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.

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Regardless of the input file size, computational power...

This,

@echo off
echo %var%>test.txt
copy test.txt d:\test.txt
::This is green!
pause
exit

should look like this...

@echo off
echo %var%>test.txt
copy test.txt d:\test.txt
::This is green!
pause
exit

Thanks.

. Can we use this to type a file or command to the CMD window, highlighting only the word/s we have chosen? e.g Runing tasklist to highlight any process with MEMUSAGE above 100mb. or Notepad++ for batch Type specified batch file to screen, highlighting variables in orange, commands in blue, notes in...

. Highlighting does not show the characters. Yes. I would like to know more please Foxi. You can't usually loop a change of color . But here it works fine. Why is that? I mean, to be honest. I am struggling to follow any of this code @ECHO OFF Set "text=DosTips.com" :clear set fg=0 set bg=...

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I can set my text the same color as the background...

Can we now use this to hide password characters somehow?

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Sokoban is a game I used to have on my high school Win3.1 computers.

Push all bricks to the marked areas, in as few moves as possible. No pulling.

Well done Carlos.

. Yeah. I'm stuggling to get this to work with Vb. But I'm sure it can be done. If you have Win7, you can activate extended desktop, then launch an app... DisplaySwitch.exe /external calc.exe But not sure how much help that is.... Will keep you posted on the Vb script. More DisplaySwitch; Extend Dis...

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This worked for me...



You can use /y at the end too, this will overwrite existing files without prompt.

Type xcopy /? at CMD for help

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IF NOT EXIST C:\MyFolder\Notes\Responses MD C:\MyFolder\Notes\Responses

Even if none of the folders exist, Myfolder, Notes and Responses, will all be built.

MD = Make Directory

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Cool. Can we also echo to a file this way?

A caret also has a function as a line continuation character.