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Thanks again aGerman , your code works great straight out of the box +++++ I'm in the process of compiling a definitive list of the 'correct' files to look for, it's taking long time; I'm double checking everything ! I'll update my 2nd post when I do. One last thing if you don't mind... Could you ex...

aGerman , your code works nicely, congratulations ++++ It's nicely written too; it looks clean and uncluttered ++++ Could you show us how to extend the code... What I mean is (I know this is laborious) to add the list (of List1.txt) into the batch file itself and to also dump 'List2.txt' and 'List3...

Hi guys, Somebody got me thinking the other day... He could not run some simple DOS batch files on his XP system, further questioning revealed he was running a customized bare bones XP. Anyhow, that leads me to my enquiry... I'd like to run a batch file which will do the following: Search these dir...

Hi !k, thanks for the tip about ntcmds.chm ++++
Very nice, I understand now.

So... the colon [:] is optional !
You can choose /a-d -OR- /a:-d

Wacko ...

Thanks for the answer avery_larry. When I typed dir /? at command line I got: DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]    [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4] How am I supposed to figure out that switch from that output !? ...and to thi...

The code by avery_larry works; it just has a small typo error... he forgot the single quote ending at the bracket: ('dir /b . . . . . jpeg"') Place this batch file in a new folder anywhere you like (and click on it). . .    --------------------code start------------------------------    @echo o...

How do you set the Keyboard key [ESC] as a global "GOTO" into the code of a batch file? Why am I asking? Let's say you have a simple DOS menu which asks user to choose a number, then press [ENTER]. The instructions complete, then we see the classic "Pause" line before exiting: P...

DccD ... Great DOS Coding !! ~~~~ WORKS LIKE A CHARM ~~~~ I tried my best to "test/fool" your code by running command line from this test "parent directory" (which also had "illegal character name" child folders): C:\USERS\Administrator\Desktop\!make batch file playlis...

Thanks for that info avery_larry . I had a suspicion it was what you mentioned. So I played around with the folder/file names and discovered: -------------------------------------------- Ampersand      & Excalamation       ! and Round Brackets/Parenthesis       ( ) ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE . BATCH WIL...

Hey avery_larry (and DccD), The Batch file doesn't quite work (in all instances) !! I dumped the batch at root of the following folders (and double clicked on it): D:\_DESK\!uTorrent\Steppenwolf - (1970) Born to be Wild [Vinyl Mono45 192..44-16]-pbthal and D:\_DESK\!uTorrent\the B-52's - (1979) the ...

MORE: Make this a Windows Shell Extension _______________________________________________ Right Click on any folder and create a listing (with relative paths) of everything including subdirectories !! This is really useful for people who play with portable applications. In the example batch code ab...

Well done DccD +++++ Thanks a lot for your contribution. Your added details are cool. I like a bit of interaction with scripts like this one. And another thankyou to avery_larry . Thanks for EVERYTHING +++++++ If anyone wants to copy and paste this and share it... Make sure you give credits to these...

Thanks for taking the time to write ALL of that !! The last code example. Yeah, it works flawlessly, adding only this part to your previous code: Set "foldervar=%CD%" for /l %%a in (1,1,10) do call set "foldervar=%%foldervar:*\=%%" Ren listall.txt "%foldervar%.m3u" What...

Spot on avery_larry your code works !! Thankyou ++++ I needed to change line 5 to append (>>) rather than overwrite (>) the text file. I made the code echo the results line-by-line in the console and added pauses between each line so I could visualize the runtime. Yes sir, she kept outputting and ou...

Excellent Man ++++
Very useful tool.
A great little minimalist launcher.
well done.