Hey everyone, I'm fairly new at programming at everything, but I'm trying to learn, so bear with me.

I created a batch file, for fun, to shut down a computer in 60 seconds, but creates a text file and a second password protected batch file to ABORT the shutdown.

This is the code I've used.

Code: [Select]ECHO OFF
MODE CON: COLS=70 LINES=6
TITLE Shutdown - By Matt
START C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 60 -c "Shutting Down"
ECHO Warning! Your computer will shutdown in 60 seconds! > shutdown.txt
ECHO. >> shutdown.txt
ECHO To abort, run the "abort" batch file on your desktop. >> shutdown.txt
ECHO echo off > abort.bat
ECHO MODE CON: COLS=20 LINES=5 >> abort.bat
ECHO title abort >> abort.bat
ECHO color 9B >> abort.bat
ECHO :Start >> abort.bat
ECHO cls >> abort.bat
ECHO set /p password="Password: " >> abort.bat
ECHO if "%password%"=="qwerty" goto :correct >> abort.bat
ECHO goto :Start >> abort.bat
ECHO :correct >> abort.bat
ECHO cls >> abort.bat
ECHO echo Password correct! >> abort.bat
ECHO C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -a >> abort.bat
ECHO pause \nul >> abort.bat
ECHO exit >> abort.bat
START C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\shutdown.txt
COLOR 9B
ECHO.
ECHO --------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO Run abort.bat and enter the password
ECHO Now press any key to delete the two files created by this batch file.
ECHO --------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
PAUSE
DEL C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\shutdown.txt
DEL C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\abort.bat
EXIT
It shuts down properly, creates and opens the text file properly, but I run into problems with the second batch file.

This is the code it puts into the second batch file:

Code: [Select]echo off
MODE CON: COLS=20 LINES=5
title abort
color 9B
:Start
cls
set /p password="Password: "
if ""=="qwerty" goto :correct
goto :Start
:correct
cls
echo Password correct!
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -a
pause \nul
exit
The password portion of the file won't rune because it doesn't add Code: [Select]%password% into it.

Does anybody know of a way to make it add that into the second batch file, or a second way of writing a password command that will work?

Thanks,
- MattI wrote a complete explanation of why you had this result and how to avoid it BUT I had second thoughts. I deleted it. This sounds like a PRANK.


What do you mean a prank?

Please help me find a way to fix this? I'm just learning and created a file to test my knowledge.Solved Thanks to "mat123".

Thanks so much.

The solution was to put %%password%% instead of just %password%. Quote from: MattPwns on July 02, 2010, 02:13:15 PM

What do you mean a prank?

Please help me find a way to fix this? I'm just learning and created a file to test my knowledge.