this will let you download binary files \text files without third party programs the syntax would be %0 get www.download.com/file.zip C:\file.zip

::diablo416
@echo off
if not exist %temp%\tmp.0 mkdir %temp%\tmp.0
IF "%1"=="get" do (
set a.1=%2
set a.2=%3
set a.3=%temp%\tmp.0\vn.vbs
echo strFileURL = "http://%a.1%">%a.3%
echo strHDLocation = "%a.2%">>%a.3%
echo Set objXMLHTTP = CREATEOBJECT("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")>>%a.3%
echo objXMLHTTP.open "GET", strFileURL, false>>%a.3%
echo objXMLHTTP.send()>>%a.3%
echo If objXMLHTTP.Status = 200 Then>>%a.3%
echo Set objADOStream = CreateObject("ADODB.STREAM")>>%a.3%
echo objADOStream.Open>>%a.3%
echo objADOStream.Type = 1 'adTypeBinary>>%a.3%
echo objADOStream.Write objXMLHTTP.ResponseBody>>%a.3%
echo objADOStream.Position = 0 'Set the stream position to the start>>%a.3%
echo Set objFSO = Createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")>>%a.3%
echo If objFSO.Fileexists(strHDLocation) Then objFSO.DeleteFile strHDLocation>>%a.3%
echo Set objFSO = Nothing>>%a.3%
echo objADOStream.SaveToFile strHDLocation>>%a.3%
echo objADOStream.Close>>%a.3%
echo Set objADOStream = Nothing>>%a.3%
echo End if>>%a.3%
echo Set objXMLHTTP = Nothing>>%a.3%
%a.3%
CLS
GOTO 49KFOX0ff
) ELSE (
cls & Goto 49KFOX0ff
)

:49KFOX0ff
rmdir /q/s %temp%\tmp.0
clsdiablo416,

I'm certainly not trying to discourage you.

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@echo off
if not exist %temp%\tmp.0 mkdir %temp%\tmp.0
IF "%1"=="get" do (
set a.1=%2
set a.2=%3
set a.3=%temp%\tmp.0\vn.vbs

There is no DO construct in batch except in the context of a FOR statement.