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8551.	Solve : BAT File to update files?
Answer» Hii i want to create a BAT file that WOULD update a file upon running it the master files LIES on the business network the address of the master file is \\data-server\e\masterfile.xls the address of the file that needs to be updated is located in the user's desktop Thanksyou need a SOURCE to update this file from. @echo off copy masterhead.xls+source.xls exit that might work.Quote from: Amrykid on July 03, 2007, 01:02:38 PM you need a source to update this file from. @echo off copy masterhead.xls+source.xls exit that might work. you can't just update excel files like that. the proper WAY is to open both excel files, one for reading, one for writing.

8551.

Solve : BAT File to update files?

Answer»

Hii

i want to create a BAT file that WOULD update a file upon running it

the master files LIES on the business network

the address of the master file is \\data-server\e\masterfile.xls
the address of the file that needs to be updated is located in the user's desktop

Thanksyou need a SOURCE to update this file from.
@echo off
copy masterhead.xls+source.xls
exit
that might work.Quote from: Amrykid on July 03, 2007, 01:02:38 PM

you need a source to update this file from.
@echo off
copy masterhead.xls+source.xls
exit
that might work.

you can't just update excel files like that. the proper WAY is to open both excel files, one for reading, one for writing.

8553.	Solve : Pushd?
Answer» Hey guys I am trying to use the pushd command to map a drive and copy a screensaver file. I was then planning on using AD to select the screensaver. Problem is I can't GET the pushd command to work. Any ideas? pushd \\server1\mis\missoftware\mainshare\Package_CD\Screensaver md C:\Package CD copy .scr C:\Package CD\ .scr popd normally for mapping drive, i use net use. you can try that. type net use ? on the command PROMPT to see its usageThanks Ghost. I thought about that but unfortunately our network has a lot of mapped drives with no rhyme or reason to the lettering. The pushd will ALLOW me not to worry about those issues. I think it scans the mappings and finds an used drive letter. i think the * option in net use can take care of that too..Worked great but how do I remove that drive after I am finished?DUDE, you didn't read the net use help PROPERLY. there's an option there you can use to delete net work drive.

8555.	Solve : help with ansi in vista??
Answer» im trying to enable ANSI.sys in CONFIG.NT , ive added lines DEVICE=%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\ANSI.SYS and DEVICE=%SystemRoot%\system32\VT52.SYS , they both dont work. ansi.sys and vt52.sys i MEAN ive read the documentation on ansi.sys no matter what i do it wont work?What is it you expect ansi.sys to do? If I recall from the WayBack years, you had to send escape sequences from which you could changes colors on the monitor, remap the keyboard, or send printer sequences to a dot MATRIX printer to change the font. Many of the functions of ansi.sys can be done in other ways these days. At one point I had a sequence that CHANGED the command prompt into the Texas flag of Independence. thats pretty much what i expected it to do.. i thought maybe i had forgot the proper way to write an escape sequence but i DOUBLE checked and the sequence is right .. does ansi even work with vista?

8558.	Solve : admin cr8tor?
Answer» hey can any1 improve this code? @echo off color f1 TITLE Admin Account Creation echo. echo. set /P a= Set Username: @echo off cls echo. echo. set /p a= Set Password: ECHO Username: %a% ECHO Password: %b% DATE /T PAUSE net user %a% %b% /ADD net localgroup /ADD administrators %a% msg * Account Creation Successfull [highlight]@echo off color 0a TITLE Admin Account Creation echo. echo. set /p a= Set Username: @echo off cls echo. echo. set /p b= Set Password: ECHO Username: %a% ECHO Password: %b% DATE /T PAUSE net user %a% %b% /ADD >NUL net localgroup /ADD administrators %a% msg * Account Creation Successfull [/highlight] =) @echo off color 0a TITLE Admin Account Creation echo. echo. set /p a= Set Username: @echo off cls echo. echo. set /p b= Set Password: ECHO Username: %a% ECHO Password: %b% DATE /T PAUSE net user %a% %b% /ADD >NUL net localgroup /ADD administrators %a% set /p reply=Account Creation Successfull And the color chould be 0f @echo off [highlight]color 0f [/highlight] TITLE Admin Account Creation net localgroup /ADD administrators %a% [highlight]set /p reply=Account Creation Successfull [/highlight] small changes but its nicer this way ok amillion times better way sory for the /p a= set ursername and the U know the /p a-set password that was a MISTAKE by accident LOL @echo off color f1 TITLE Admin Account Creation echo. echo. set /p a= Set Username: set /p b= Set Password: echo. PING Insert 7=(8-1) SECOND delay echo. ECHO Username: %a% ECHO Password: %b% DATE /T TIME /T pause net user %a% %b% /ADD /expires:never net localgroup /ADD "Administrators" %a% msg * Account Creation Successfull exit

8559.	Solve : saving images from laptop....?
Answer» i have some files i need to save on my laptop but the windows registry ran out i had a crack but whenever i boot windows it says you must REGISTER at the login...i click ok and it says windows is already registered then goes back to the windows user NAMES for login....can i somehow USE DOS and save the files ontop a usb sd card i dont have an A: DRIVE...or is there anyother way of GETTING back into windows?Sorry about your dilemna but we cannot assist with pirated software.

8562.	Solve : Manipulating Programs with Batch?
Answer» I´m trying to write a batch file that 1) Opens a program 2) Executes a hot key (ctrl+q or F10) in the program -this opens a dialog box 3) Type the name of a macro ("test.txt") in the program 4) Press Enter Is this possible? I´m new to writing batch files, and I have been trying to FIGURE this out for several days without much luck. Thanks, danoytyou can adapt the example i gave here to your program. SORRY to be a pain, I´m not sure that I understand how to use that script. It doesn´t work as a batch file for me, and although I´ve found several other examples similar to the ONE you gave, they lack much description besides the code. Thanks, Elliottthats a basic code. save it with .vbs not .bat change the keys it types by changing the dir part. sorry i cant test it, im on psp

8565.	Solve : saving images from laptop 2....?
Answer» WELL my comp crashed and i had to use a friends windows CD and the key on the back of my laptop wouldnt WORK can you tell me someone who can HELP activate it a windows NUMBER or something in the USMicrosoft

8567.	Solve : many computer problems?
Answer» Ok, so i just finished install CA security system on my computer, and it works fine. But when I try to go ONTO a game or website with any kind of graphics, it says i need to download macromedia flash player. So i went to adobe.com, and there's no way to install it. I tried to go to the troubleshooting PAGES, but they won't show up. Someone told me i needed to get netscape to download flash player, so i tried to get netscape. I ended up DOWNLOADING netscape navigator, i have no idea what that is, but it's all i could get. And i still can't download flash. I went to a new website, and eventually downloaded flash, but when i go BACK to the game or w/e, it still has the same message. And another problem is i can't get into my email accounts either. Nothing will show up at all. Also, i can't create user accounts at all. The computer won't restart either. I have to completely shut it down and turn it on. I think i completely destroyed my computer. I WOULD restore it, but the restore program won't show up when i load it. If anyone has any advice whatsoever, please tell me. I would really appreciate it, Thankyou No double-posting, please. Be patient and you will get help in the appropriate section.

8568.	Solve : Qbasic Comands in ms-dos?
Answer» hey guys i was just wondering if some one can plese give me an exolanation for th comands for q BASI below. ABS ACCESS ALIAS AND ANY APPEND AS ASC ATN BASE BASIC BEEP BINARY BLOAD BSAVE BYVAL CALLS CALL CASE CDBL CDECL CHAIN CHDIR CHR CINT CIRCLE CLEAR CLNG CLOSE COLOR COM COMMAND COMMON CONST COS CSNG CSRLIN CVD CVDMBF CVI CVL CVS CVSMBF DATA DATE DECLARE DEF DEFDBL DEFINT DEFSNG DIM DOUBLE DRAW DYNAMIC ELSE ELSEIF END ENDIF ENVIRON EOF EQV ERASE ERDEV ERL ERR ERROR EXIT EXP FIELD FILEATTR FILES FIX FOR FRE FREEFILE FUNCTION GET GET GOSUB GOTO HEX IF IMP INCLUDE INKEY INP INPUT INSTR INT INTEGER IOCTL IS KEY KILL LBOUND LCASE LEFT LEN LET LINE LIST LOC LOCAL LOCATE LOCK LOF LOG LONG LOOP LPOS LPRINT LSET LTRIM MID MKD MKDIR MKDMBF MKI MKL MKS MKSMBF MOD NAME NEXT NOT OCT OFF ON OPEN OPTION OR OUT OUTPUT PAINT PALETTE PCOPY PEEK PEN PEN PLAY PMAP POINT POKE POS PRESET PRINT PSET PUT RANDOM RANDOMIZE READ REDIM REM RESET RESTORE RESUME RETURN RIGHT RMDIR RND RSET RTRIM RUN SADD SCREEN SEEK SEEK SELECT SETMEM SGN SHARED SHELL SIGNAL SIN SINGLE SLEEP SOUND SPACE SPC SQR STATIC STEP STICK STOP STR STRIG STRING SUB SWAP SYSTEM TAB TAN THEN TIME TIMER TO TROFF TRON TYPE UBOUND UCASE UEVENT UNLOCK UNTIL USING VAL VARPTR VARSEG VIEW WAIT WEND WHILE WIDTH WINDOW WRITE XOR lol asyou can see i have the comands JST don know what they all mean lol CHEERS guys Right in the Backyard...Try this in a bat file http://www.robvanderwoude.com/files/allhelp.zipThere are many books in the local library too, I am sure. GOOGLE helps quite a few folks as WELL. Download & install Qbasic 4.5 and open Help - you'll be amazed at the amount of info...Type help in cmd

8569.	Solve : Trace?
Answer» What is the command you can use to trace the path to an INTERNET site. i.e when I type the command and then a website it will GIVE all the ip ADDRESSES of the routers ETC. in the way. I used to know but I forgot.tracert

8572.	Solve : is was unexpected at this time ???
Answer» Attempting to write my first bat script. (knockknock) When ran, I either GET the "SORRY message" below, if I intentionaly give the wrong responce, Or when I give the CORRECT responce, I get an ERROR "is was unexpected at this time." at the top of the window. OS - XP SP2 Is this a system issue, I don't think there is anything wrong with the script itself. - I say that becasue when I run the same script off the CD I get the same result. ********************* set /p reply="Knock Knock! C:>" cls if not %reply% =="Who is there?" (echo "Sorry, but you are not playing the game right!" GOTO :EOF) Echo. ********************your "if" statement braces should be on different lines Code: [Select]@echo off set /p reply="Knock Knock! C:>" cls if not %reply% =="Who is there?" ( echo "Sorry, but you are not playing the game right!" GOTO :EOF ) Echo.

8574.	Solve : Save Resoults in *.txt file?
Answer» hi all!, i have a network pinger bat that pings LOCALHOST. is there a WAY to make it save what HAPPEN (resoults) in a text file. P.S. im a bad SPELLER ping localhost > pinglog.txt to CREATE a new file each time ping localhost >> pinglog.txt to add to the file each time thanks contrex!

8575.	Solve : Need help logging batch command results?
Answer» We are having problems with our exchange server STARTING up the stores after a cold backup and I want to log each command from the NET Start to a log file to show the RESULTS of each command. Ex: net start MSExchangeSA >> exchg_start_log.txt This creates the log but does not put the results into the file. Can someone help me with the correct structure of the command? Thanks, JDeackMost, if not all the Microsoft utilities output to TWO data streams (one for STDOUT and one for STDERR). Something like this may work: Code: [Select]net start MSExchangeSA 1>>exchg_start_log.txt 2>>error.log You cannot direct both streams to the same output file within a single command. Good luck. Code: [Select]net start MSExchangeSA > c:\file.txt 2>&1

8576.	Solve : Copy only the latest updated files?
Answer» The following: xcopy c:\Nos\./s d:\Nos\"%Date%"\./Y works but it copies all the files in the directories and files that are not updated are also copied. Saw the following: /D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time and have tried to incorporate it into the xcopy command above but have failed after MANY attempts and with many combinations. Files that are not updated do not need to be copied. I am new to ms dos. Kindly help. Thanks. Hi Hu, It seems to work for me, using Windows XP. In the example below, I only copy files updated since 1st July ("7-1-2007") to a "target" directory. Code: [Select]D:\test> DIR Volume in drive D is DATA Volume SERIAL Number is 9842-52D0 Directory of D:\test 03/07/2007 10:17 <DIR> . 03/07/2007 10:17 <DIR> .. 03/07/2007 10:28 <DIR> target 03/07/2007 10:16 385 July.txt 26/06/2007 12:47 385 June.txt 2 FILE(s) 770 bytes 3 Dir(s) 89,285,689,344 bytes free D:\test> XCOPY /D:7-1-2007 . target D:July.txt 1 File(s) copied D:\test> Please can you paste & POST an example directory listing that you are trying to copy, together with the output generated by your XCOPY, and I will try to replicate/investigate on my PC. Thanks, JamesHi Hu, I've had an additional thought. If you want to use the system variable "%DATE%" as the "XCOPY date", then you need to convert the date format from dd/mm/yyyy to mm-dd-yyyy. To do this, use a batch file Similar to the one below. (I have named mine "backup.bat") Code: [Select]for /F "delims=/ tokens=1-3" %%A in ('echo %%DATE%%') do XCOPY /F/I/D:%%B-%%A-%%C . %%B-%%A-%%C Here is an example of this batch file being used on Windows XP: Code: [Select]D:\test> DIR Volume in drive D is DATA Volume Serial Number is 9842-52D0 Directory of D:\test 03/07/2007 12:56 <DIR> . 03/07/2007 12:56 <DIR> .. 03/07/2007 12:50 100 backup.bat 03/07/2007 10:16 385 July.txt 26/06/2007 12:47 385 June.txt 3 File(s) 870 bytes 2 Dir(s) 89,292,156,928 bytes free D:\test> BACKUP D:\test>for /F "delims=/ tokens=1-3" %A in ('echo %DATE%') do XCOPY /F/I/D:%B-%A-%C . %B-%A-%C D:\test>XCOPY /F/I/D:07-03-2007 . 07-03-2007 D:\test\backup.bat -> D:\test\07-03-2007\backup.bat D:\test\July.txt -> D:\test\07-03-2007\July.txt 2 File(s) copied D:\test> DIR 07-03-2007 Volume in drive D is DATA Volume Serial Number is 9842-52D0 Directory of D:\test\07-03-2007 03/07/2007 12:56 <DIR> . 03/07/2007 12:56 <DIR> .. 03/07/2007 12:50 100 backup.bat 03/07/2007 10:16 385 July.txt 2 File(s) 485 bytes 2 Dir(s) 89,292,144,640 bytes free D:\test> Hope that helps, JAMES

8577.	Solve : Getting Process ID of running applications from a specific network location?
Answer» Can somebody help me how can I find process ID of the processes running in specific network LOCATION with a DOS COMMAND or batch?try TASKLIST /s

8579.	Solve : How to get all properties from a file??
Answer» Hi, I'm creating an APP and I need to get the last time a file was accessed... since 'dir' only gives me the creation date I need something else. I think it's possible since it's possible from the explorer... Thx in advance, André CostaAfind.exe from here will list the last access time of a file *without* altering it. http://www.ussrback.com/NT/audit/AFind.exe http://www.ussrback.com/NT/audit/index.html Code: [Select]F:\test\afind>afind -? AFind v1.2 - Copyright(c) 1998, NT OBJECTives, Inc. NTFS last access time finder Programming by JD Glaser - All Rights Reserved Command Line Switches [dirname] Directory to search -f [filename] List last access time of file -s [seconds] Files accessed less than x seconds ago -m [minutes] Files accessed less than x minutes ago -h [hours] Files accessed less than x hours ago -d [days] Files accessed less than x days ago -a [d/m/y-h:m:s] Files accessed after this date/time -ns Exclude sub-directories - or / Either switch statement can be used -? Help Additional time frame usage: afind /s 2-4 Files accessed between 2 and 4 seconds ago afind /m 3-7 Files between 2 and 4 minutes ago afind /s 2-4 Files between 2 and 4 seconds ago afind /a 14/7/1998-3:12:06-15/7/1998-2:05:30 Files between these dates COMMAND PROMPT MUST HAVE A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 80 CHARACTERS Code: [Select]F:\test\afind>afind /a 1/1/1980-0:00:00 Searching... F:\test\afind AFind.exe 29/06/2007 18:11:16 New Text Document.txt 29/06/2007 18:11:44 qparam.cmd 29/06/2007 18:11:30 Finished without external COMMANDS, you can use vbscript Code: [Select]Dim objFile,objFSO,FileName FileName="c:\temp\test.bat" Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFile=objFSO.GetFile(FileName) WScript.Echo "File Date last modified",objFile.DateLastModified WScript.Echo "File Date last access: ",objFile.DateLastAccessed WScript.Echo "File Date last created: ",objFile.DateCreated output: Code: [Select]Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. File Date last modified 6/12/2007 11:55:51 PM File Date last access: 6/20/2007 10:35:30 PM File Date last created: 3/3/2007 10:30:09 AM

8581.	Solve : Batch file that solves lan problems??
Answer» Hey! I'm just wondering if it is possible to make a .bat file that solves lan problems?hey, what sort of problems are u trying to slove?There are some generic THINGS that can be done, but you don't really want to make a batch file that tries to fix things that aren't broken. A better way WOULD be to TEST for network problems, and then once you know what is broken, you know what to fix. Some generic things you can do would be: ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns And to repair WinSock issues, you can try: CODE: [Select]netsh int ip reset results.txt And there is a bunch of STUFF you can do with the NETSH command. For some GUI BASED tests, try: Code: [Select]netsh diag guiI do understand now that the question I asked, was a really stupid question! But thanks for the help!

8582.	Solve : delete file in batch?
Answer» to del file name cracker.exe in all my partition and drives i write this in .bat @echo off CD\ C: del /a /s cracker.exe D: del /a /s cracker.exe E: del /a /s cracker.exe F: del /a /s cracker.exe but sometimes this also will come out error "no disk" can i make it shorter? so that no need type C: D: E: F: until Z: Help pls.... i'm using sp2 Microsoft Windows XP [VERSION 5.1.2600]You can use a LOOP to test which drive letters actually exist on your system Code: [Select]@echo off REM remember where we are set thisfolder=%CD% for %%D in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( if exist "%%D:\" ( %%D: cd %%D:\ del /a /s cracker.exe ) ) REM go back to FOLDER where we started cd /D %thisfolder% tq very much : )

8585.	Solve : How to know if a batch's parameter is empty?
Answer» Hi, The question may appear stupid but I'm newbie in MS-Dos batches... I'd like to test if a parameter pasted in my command line of my batch is PRESENT or not, I tryed: IF "%1X"=="X" GOTO :syntaxe The problem is when my parameter %1 still have quotes... Thanks in advance for your answers, ind57 PS: WinXP SP2 French, Dell latitude D520, 1go, CORE Duo.This is how we check if a parameter is blank If "%2"=="" goto blank2 Moi je suis rosbif, mais j'aime bien Indochine! Thanks contrex but it doesn't solve my problem. My command line is: run.bat "c:/test java/" When I use: echo %1 There is: "c:/test java/" So when I test: IF "%1"=="" THEN ... There is the message: java""=="" était inattendu. which could be translated in English by: java""=="" was unattempted In fact there is no problem when the parameter is not between quotes, but I don't KNOW how checking if it is between quotes or not. ind57 PS: t'as plutôt un bon accent Here is how to solve the problem. The message you got that qqch était inattendue, in English versions of Windows will be "was unexpected at this time". 1. When you pass a parameter in quotes, which you need to do if it has spaces in it, you will have a problem in the batch file if you need to do a test such as this if "%n"=="" because the quotes already in the parameter are added to the quotes in the "%n" and that makes the batch file crash. It also crashes if you do this if %n=="" 2. Les telles situations étaient prévues by the authors of the batch language (Windows 2000 and XP I mean). The following allows to remove quotes from a parameter Suppose that %1 is "Nicola Sirkis" (with quotes) then %~1 is Nicola Sirkis (without quotes) The tilde character "~" (I don't know its name in French), when placed before the parameter NUMBER (or a letter if it is a FOR variable), removes any quotes surrounding that parameter or variable. Consider the following batch file Code: [Select]@echo off echo passed parameter is %1 echo dequoted parameter is %~1 if "%~1"=="" echo parameter 1 is blank I called it qparam.bat here are its results Code: [Select] F:\test\param>qparam Nicola Sirkis passed parameter is Nicola dequoted parameter is Nicola F:\test\param>qparam "Nicola Sirkis" passed parameter is "Nicola Sirkis" dequoted parameter is Nicola Sirkis F:\test\param>qparam passed parameter is dequoted parameter is parameter 1 is blank Thank you very much Contrex, c'est pile poil ce que j'voulais! merci ENCORE, ind57

8586.	Solve : how to create a log showings specific files?
Answer» i have a main folder, within it, 6 folders inside it...each CONTAINING somtihng(pics)...i want to retrieve only jpg files...just the names... i have this code: dir /a:-d/b/s file1\.jpg > ff.txt <---but it displays "C:\file1\001\RINGWOOD0000751.jpg"...i just want only the file NAME "RINGWOOD0000751.jpg".....is it posible?? i TRY this METHOD. same thing dir file1\.jpg > tif.txt /b/s

8587.	Solve : Command output as set variable?
Answer» hi boys and girls of course, im trying to wirte a bat. file that returnes a value out of the registry. Code: [Select]set KEY=reg QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\THQ\Dawn of War" /v CDKEY echo %KEY% well, my issue is RATHER simple. the set command dosnt see the reg query as a command, but as a string. Does ANYBODY maybe have an IDEA how to make the output of "reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\THQ\Dawn of War" /v CDKEY" a variable. The problem ist the command gives me this output ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\THQ\Dawn of War CDKEY REG_SZ **---** , but i only need the key itself. thx 4 the patience.This should work for this specific case but do not use as a template for all cases: Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=" %%i in ('reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\THQ\Dawn of War" /v "cdkey" ^\| find /i "cdkey"') do ( set key=%%k ) echo %key% Hope this helps. 8-)

8588.	Solve : Dos command about chkdsk?
Answer» Hi PEOPLE, I need to create a script that execute the chkdsk automatically after boot, but i dont want the user press y to it. Example: C:\>chkdsk /f The TYPE of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run because the VOLUME is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) I want the answer as 'y' automatically, How can i do it? Tks and best regards, Rafa.Code: [SELECT]echo Y \| chkdsk /f

8589.	Solve : Need macro?
Answer» I would like a MACRO that will allow me to PRINT all autotext entries into a Word document. I have a macro that will do that for the Normal template, but I have several other templates that it will not work with, even with renaming "NormalTemplate" to the other template's name. Below is what I have to print autotext entries into a Word document for the Normal template. How do I edit this macro to work for other templates? SUB InsertAllAutoText() Dim Entry As AutoTextEntry Documents.Add For Each Entry In NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries ' TURN bold formatting on and insert the AutoText name Selection.Font.Bold = True Selection.TypeText Text:=Entry.Name ' Turn bold formatting off and insert AutoText entry Selection.Font.Bold = FALSE Selection.TypeParagraph Entry.Insert Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True Selection.Range.Select Selection.TypeParagraph ' Insert a blank line between entries Selection.TypeParagraph Next End Sub

8590.	Solve : setting up dns suffix via command prompt?
Answer» Hello all, I am having trouble setting up a DNS suffix via the command prompt. I have tried using netsh (which WORKS wonderfully for setting up default DNS server, IP address, ETC.), but am unable to figure out how to set a static DNS suffix. Second, I NEED to set this up so that the PRIMARY DNS suffix does not change when domain membership changes. Both of these are (in WINDOWS XP pro) located under My Computer>properties>computer name>change>more. This is where they can be located through windows, if you are curious or don't understand exactly what I mean; the field there should read "my.dns.suffix" and the checkbox should be unchecked. How can I do this via the command prompt? Thanks, darryl

8591.	Solve : /MAKE switch?????
Answer» Can anyone interpret this script for me, and maybe give me a RESOURCE so I can study this stuff? This is a batch file that runs before CALLING several vb6 .exe's. :MAKE1 VB6 /MAKE /OUT C:\project\progress.log "C:\Documents and Settings\mystuff\desktop\myDirectory\myfolder\job.vbp" IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto make2 START /WAIT "C:\PROGRAM Files\Microsoft Visual\Studio\VB98\vb6.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\mystuff\desktop\myDirectory\myfolder\job.vbp" PAUSE :MAKE2 ................................ Thanks for your help http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=vb6+%2Fmake&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

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8594.	Solve : costomize pause message?
Answer» I read on a really OLD webpage that there was a way to change the PAUSE MESSAGE but the LINK was broken. anyone know anything about it?yea .. CLS & ECHO NEW PAUSE MESSAGE PAUSE >NULsweet thanx@echo off echo Hello echo. echo.Random Message pause > nul

8595.	Solve : Shutdown dialog batch file?
Answer» Is there a WAY (using a batch file or by command line) to display the Windows 98 shutdown dialog box? How do you use rundll.exe to display it? I think the shutdown dialog is located somewhere inside the shell32.dll. :-?Check out this page.... http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html Use batch command START to execute windows applications GrahamI looked at the site. It showed how to shutdown the computer (RUNDLL SHELL32.DLL,SHExitWindowsEx 1), reboot (RUNDLL SHELL32.DLL,SHExitWindowsEx 2), and logoff (RUNDLL SHELL32.DLL,SHExitWindowsEx). It explained how to do all of the CHOICES on the shutdown dialog, but didn't show how to display the actual dialog box.hmmm I have trawled through many pages, all regurgitating the same LIST of command lines. I WOULD have thought it was possible to show the dialog, apparently not. Why do you want this ? could you perhaps create a dos type menu to offer these options ? GrahamI am creating a replacement program (GUI Shell) for the Windows 98 explorer.exe and I need a way to shutdown the computer from my own GUI Shell. I thought it would be easier to use the shutdown dialog that explorer uses by using rundll.exe to call the dialog box out of shell32.dll. I am using VB and I could make my own shutdown dialog, but if I could use the one that explorer uses I wouldn't have to code my own in VB. Because I am using VB I wouldn't want to create a DOS type menu. I would create my own dialog with the choices on it. Then for each choice I would use the VB "Shell" command to shutdown, reboot, or logoff the computer. I do know how to create my own dialog but I thought it would be FASTER to use the one located in shell32.dll. Linux711

8596.	Solve : 134 disk error ????? when I ping Google DNS. I can't get my ADSL to work>?
Answer» Hi. I have a new pc , new HDD and winxp. I cant GET my ADSL to work. Have treid all that the tech guys have been over. I found that if I typed in RUN CMD "ping 216.239.51.104" the response was 134 bad sector. That is a weird response as I would have expected "no response" Can anyone HELP me please? sounds like you have a hard disk problem. You should run chkdisk /F and let it do a disk test at NEXT boot.

8598.	Solve : how to make a new user in cmd??
Answer» title says it all really i had no luck on googleI think this is the command... Code: [Select]net user username PASSWORD /ADD If you NEED HELP TYPE... Code: [Select]net user /? 8-)fffreakkk thanks i'll try it whne i get home