I am trying to run this script in PowerShell. I have saved the below script as ps.ps1 on my desktop. $query = “SELECT * FROM Win32_DeviceChangeEvent WHERE EventType = 2” Register-WMIEvent -Query $query -Action { invoke-item “C:\Program Files\abc.exe”} I have made a batch script to run this PowerShell script @echo off Powershell.exe set-executionpolicy remotesigned -File … Read more
In a batch file, I have a string abcdefg. I want to check if bcd is in the string. Unfortunately it seems all of the solutions I’m finding search a file for a substring, not a string for a substring. Is there an easy solution for this? 12 Answers 12
I want my batch file to only run elevated. If not elevated, provide an option for the user to relaunch batch as elevated. I’m writing a batch file to set a system variable, copy two files to a Program Files location, and start a driver installer. If a Windows 7/Windows Vista user (UAC enabled and even if … Read more
I create a.bat on windows 7, the content of a.bat is: @echo off npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/ and then run a.bat, but not working, I find the word “set” is special keyword for npm and bat, is there any methods to resolve this question? 10 Answers 10
What is the Windows batch equivalent of the Linux shell command echo -n which suppresses the newline at the end of the output? The idea is to write on the same line inside a loop. 20 Answers 20
Can somebody remember what was the command to create an empty file in MSDOS using BAT file? 13 Answers 13
I need to test if a variable is set or not. I’ve tried several techniques but they seem to fail whenever %1 is surrounded by quotes such as the case when %1 is “c:\some path with spaces”. IF NOT %1 GOTO MyLabel // This is invalid syntax IF “%1” == “” GOTO MyLabel // Works … Read more
In the same vein as Quickly create a large file on a Linux system, I’d like to quickly create a large file on a Windows system. By large I’m thinking 5 GB. The content doesn’t matter. A built-in command or short batch file would be preferable, but I’ll accept an application if there are no other … Read more
I would like to know how to loop through each line in a text file using a Windows batch file and process each line of text in succession. 12 Answers 12
I have a storage folder on a network in which all users will store their active data on a server. Now that server is going to be replaced by a new one due to place problem so I need to copy sub folders files from the old server storage folder to new server storage folder. … Read more
