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| Batch file examples | |||||||
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| 💾 | ❔ | Name | Version | Description | OS (1) | Last modified | Remarks |
| 💾 | ❔ | Scheduld.bat | 1.00 | List all scheduled task and their main properties | W2K | 2003-11-19 | Requires STRINGS. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SCList.bat | List the properties of all shortcuts on an NT machine | NT | 1999-10-01 | Requires SHORTCUT. | |
| 💾 | ❔ | Screen.bat | Demo: different ways to display text | NT | 1999-11-03 | Also available as OS/2 Rexx script. | |
| 💾 | ❔ | ScrnRes.bat | 1.02 | Change remote PC's screen resolution | NT | 2004-08-25 | Requires PSEXEC and Resolution Changer. |
| 💾 | ❔ | ScrnSavr.bat | Install a Windows screensaver and open Control Panel's screensaver settings page | 95 98 NT | 1999-10-23 | ||
| 💾 | ❔ | ScrSzDOS.bat | 1.00 | Save current screen size (lines and columns) in environment variables | DOS | 2002-03-17 | |
| 💾 | ❔ | ScrSzNT.bat | 1.00 | Save current screen size (lines and columns) in environment variables | NT | 2002-03-17 | |
| 💾 | ❔ | SCSI.bat | 1.10 | Enumerate disk drives (IDE and SCSI) | NT | 2006-09-11 | Requires EGREP. Also available in KiXtart and Rexx. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SCSI.bat | 2.10 | Enumerate disk drives (IDE and SCSI) | W2K | 2006-09-11 | Also available in KiXtart and Rexx. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SecondChoice.bat | 1.00 | Present a list of choices, and wait for the user to either pick a choice by number or to press Enter for the default choice. | XP | 2016-03-03 | |
| 💾 | ❔ | SecLogin.bat | 1.00 | Make Windows XP's logon more secure by using the "classic" login dialog instead of the welcome screen, disabling the display of the last user name at logon, and requiring Ctrl+Alt+Del to logon. | XP | 2009-08-19 | See the Related Stuff section for a note on "Force Ctrl+Alt+DEL" and "Don't display last user name" in Vista and Windows 7. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SecStat.bat | 2.20 | Display a SecurityCenter status overview | XP | 2010-01-18 | Requires Windows XP Professional SP2 or SP3. Use WBEMTEST.EXE to find all properties for a specific AntiVirus or Firewall product.Also available in KiXtart and VBScript. |
| 💾 | ❔ | Servers.bat | 2.02 | Display size, free space and used space (both in MB and as a percentage of disk size) for every partition on every server. | NT | 2001-05-24 | Requires SRVINFO. Also available in Rexx and VBScript as FreeSpace.*. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SetOwn.bat | 1.00 | Restore ownership and permissions for roaming (TS) profile directories. | W2K3 | 2005-07-02 | Requires CHOWN, TSCMD, XCACLS and NLTEST. You will be prompted for download if any of the required (third party) tools is not available. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SetWallp.bat | 1.00 | Make the specified file Windows' wallpaper | W2K | 2007-01-30 | Use Wallpapr.bat to use a random bitmap as wallpaper. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SHA1.bat | Calculate the SHA1 checksum for the specified string | NT | 2010-07-15 | Requires PHP. | |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShareMig.bat | 1.00 | Migrate all non-printer shares from one server to another. | W2K | 2005-11-02 | Must be run on the server, fails on share names containing spaces, but is "universal" for both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. For printer migration, read the Printing section of my Unattended Installations page, for Scheduled Tasks migration, read the Scheduled Tasks section. |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShareMg2.bat | 2.00 | Migrate all non-printer shares from one server to another. | W2K | 2005-11-02 | Requires ShareMg2.vbs 2.00. Requires manual modifications for Windows 2000, but it can be run from any computer in the domain and it won't fail on share names containing spaces. For printer migration, read the Printing section of my Unattended Installations page, for Scheduled Tasks migration, read the Scheduled Tasks section. |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShDsktop.bat | 1.00 | Restore the Show Desktop shortcut in the Quick Launch tray | W2K | 2003-06-10 | |
| 💾 | ❔ | Shortcut.bat | 2.10 | List the (UNC and fully qualified) path that shortcuts point to | NT | 2005-07-11 | Use SCList.bat if you need all properties, not just the path (requires the NT Resource Kit). |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShortExt.bat | 1.00 | Display or modify "extension truncation" registry setting | NT | 2002-03-02 | Based on a tip from the Windows Registry Guide. |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShowPRN.bat | 1.00 | Display all physical printers | W2K | 2004-01-17 | Requires DEVCON. Also available as VBScript script. |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShowPRNT.bat | 1.00 | Display all physical printers in tab delimited format | W2K | 2004-01-17 | Requires DEVCON. Also available as VBScript script. |
| 📦 | ❔ | Shuffle.bat | 1.00 | Shuffle the order of the lines in a text file | NT | 2011-03-14 | Written by Jiri Hofreiter. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SID2User.bat | 1.00 | Return the SID for the specified user ID | XP | 2010-07-26 | Requires WMIC. Also available in VBScript. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SimpleSitemap.bat | 1.10 | Create a basic sitemap.org compliant sitemap | W2K | 2010-09-03 | Much faster than Sitemap.bat, but limited to (all) PHP and HTM(L) files in a single folder. |
| 💾 | ❔ | Sine.bat | Calculate the sine for the specified angle in radians | NT | 2010-07-15 | Requires PHP. | |
| 💾 | ❔ | SineDeg.bat | Calculate the sine for the specified angle in degrees | NT | 2010-07-15 | Requires PHP. | |
| 💾 | ❔ | Sitemap.bat | 1.00 | Create a basic sitemap.org compliant sitemap | W2K | 2009-02-17 | Slower than SimpleSitemap.bat, but supports exclude list and multiple folders and filespecs. |
| 📦 | ❔ | Snake.bat | 1.00 | ANSI demo for Windows 10 | W10 | 2018-06-04 | Written by Robert Van Etta |
| 💾 | ❔ | SNDisk4.bat | 1.00 | Save a full computer inventory in XML format | NT | 2010-12-27 | Requires IBM's EGatherer2 2.51. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SortDate.bat | 5.01 | Store "sorted" date (YYYYMMDD) in a variable, independent of Control Panel's "Regional Settings" | All | 2010-07-10 | Take a look at DateTime for a "real DOS" version. Much simpler in KiXtart, Perl, Rexx or VBScript. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SortTime.bat | 3.40 | Store "sorted" time (HHmm) in a variable, independent of Control Panel's "Regional Settings" | All | 2010-07-10 | Take a look at DateTime for a "real DOS" version. Much simpler in KiXtart, Perl, Rexx or VBScript. |
| 💾 | ❔ | Spider.bat | Display the validity of hyperlinks in a group of locally stored HTML files | NT | 2005-11-12 | Requires WGET and CUT. | |
| 💾 | ❔ | SrvSpace.bat | 1.12 | Display free space for every partition on every server. TAB delimited screen output for easy export of output. | NT | 2000-06-05 | For Windows XP use DiskSpc.bat instead. |
| 💾 | ❔ | StarDate.bat | 1.00 | Convert current date and time to stardate | NT | 2003-01-26 | Based on an algorithm found on The Star Trek Gallery. Also available as KiXtart, Perl, Rexx and VBScript scripts. |
| 💾 | ❔ | StarDateXP.bat | 2.00 | Convert current date and time to stardate | XP | 2011-06-21 | Requires WMIC. Based on an algorithm found on The Star Trek Gallery. Also available as KiXtart, Perl, Rexx and VBScript scripts. |
| 💾 | ❔ | StartHow.bat | 1.00 | Display the actual command issued when a file is opened with the START command | NT | 2010-07-06 | Some programs (e.g. UltraEdit) may override the shown file association. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SwitchRes.bat | 1.00 | Toggle a Netbook's screen resolution from 1024x600 to 1024x768 vv. | W7 | 2012-11-12 | Requires SetRes and WMIC. |
| 💾 | ❔ | SysBkup.bat | Run a SystemState Backup | W2K | 2007-02-10 | Requires NTBackup. | |
| Notes: | (1) | Operating System version these batch files were written for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | No version specific commands are used, though it is (obviously) not tested with every DOS version available | ||
| 95 | Windows 95 (and probably Windows 98 as well) | ||
| 98 | Windows 98 | ||
| DOS3 | MS-DOS 3 and 4 | ||
| DOS6+ | MS-DOS 6 and later | ||
| NT | Windows NT 4 and later | ||
| NT4 | Windows NT 4 (Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition too) | ||
| W2K | Windows 2000 and later | ||
| XP | Windows XP | ||
| W2K3 | Windows Server 2003 | ||
| W2K8 | Windows Server 2008 | ||
| W10 | Windows 10 | ||
| WV | Windows Vista | ||
| W2K8R2 | Windows Server 2008 Release 2 | ||
| W7 | Windows 7 | ||
| OS2 | OS/2 Warp | ||
| TS | Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition, or Windows Server 200* with Terminal Services | ||
SECPOL.MSC and navigate to "Security Settings", "Local Policies", "Security Options" and find the "Interactive logon" settings in the right pane.
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