Help! Is this batch code safe?

[4649]

Hi, I would like to know if this batch code is safe to run. Thank you.

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taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul

if not exist "%UserProfile%\Documents" mkdir "%UserProfile%\Documents"

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Personal" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents" /f

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "{f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756}" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %%USERPROFILE%%"\Documents" /f

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "Personal" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %%USERPROFILE%%"\Documents" /f

attrib +r -s -h "%USERPROFILE%\Documents" /S /D

timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul

start explorer.exe

[aGerman]

You left no word about the aim of this snippet. So nobody can tell if it is even able to do what you expect.
From what I see it doesn't seem to be malicious. However, it updates your registry settings and the behavior of the explorer shell. So I strongly suggest you to backup the keys which get changed. That way you're able to roll back if the updates aren't satisfying.

Steffen

[4649]

Hi, thank you for replying, I downloaded this from a site to separate my documents folder and local drive after I accidentally merged them. It worked fine but I wanted to make sure the file didnt make any malicious change, that doesnt seem to be the case right?

[aGerman]

As I wrote, I can't see anything that would be dangerous.

Steffen

[isidroco]

I don't like attrib line, will make all documents read only, I would change +r to -r there.