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Thanx for the tip Larry .. Seems that all my bottleneck code needed was to include the command set tagfile=\ which in my case i used set tagfile=\win51 and had the win51 file on the root of the CD-ROM Drive with included Installs folder of files. Below is a snippet of my working batch file. @ECHO OF...

Need to auto-install a bunch of sfx files from a cd-rom drive and not off the hard drive. If anyone has done this let me know. I have a code that runs off the Hard drive but errors out when trying to find the cd-rom drive. @ECHO OFF cls && Color 4f echo |set/p=Date and Current Time: %DATE% &...

You used rd /s /q "C:\temp\"
which is good if your system drive is Always C: but I perfer
doing the rd /s /q "%systemdrive%:\temp\"
That way you can have multiple drives and don't error out.

special characters and symbols would need the help of a 3rd party app just google around and should be something out there to help u ..

Thanks for the help...
go it working now.. just love access is denied errors.. lol

Thanks! for the reply Larry, but after much head scratching solved my problem.. Turns out that all I needed to do was use the MENU label So instead of GOTO :EOF I used GOTO :MENU and then it worked like a charm! even Added a few more apps afterwards to run then converted with a batch compiler to .ex...

What OS are you using? Here's a working code that works for me when doing a clean install of XP. @ECHO OFF REM Automatically clean-up "Temp" , "Internet" and "History" files. Rem Gives Full Rights to ALL "Local Settings" Folders. ECHO Y| cacls "%systemdri...

Hey Guys , Have written a batch installer with 3 parameter prompts to install 1 of 3 .exe files, which works and installs the app but at end of batch instead of stopping and saying congrats the console just flashes and disappears off the screen, any Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!, Bill @...

Doing a Unattended Install of Windows 7 and I need to register multiple .dll files in the System32 directory. Without listing each .dll one by one does anyone have a Batch .cmd file that would do this automatically??

Thanks avery_larry made some minor changes on your code and works great! @ECHO OFF cls && Color 1E REM | Sets date and timestamp in 12 hr format on same line | ECHO/|set /p =%DATE% & %TIME/t echo. echo. SET USBDRIVE= REM +==================================================+ REM | Finding ...

I am using the below script and it works good in printing out the start and end time of running my scripts but I would also like to have it do the math and say how many minutes it took to complete etc. If anyone has any input on this i would greatly appreciate it.. @echo off set starttime=%time% ec...

Insert thumb drive go to run box or command line and type in diskmgmt.msc and jot down disk# and usb drive letter. open up txt file and input disk# on the Select Disk option and drive letter on the Assign Letter option. Use the example below for your script file (In this exampple I used Disk 2 and F...