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Batch file examples
		Name	Version	Description	OS (1)	Last modified	Remarks
		A2U.bat	1.10	Convert ASCII text files to valid Unicode	W2K	2011-05-10	Written by Carlos M.
		ActUsr.bat	1.00	Display computers on the network and their logged on users	NT	2002-09-30
		Add.cmd	1.02	Add really big numbers (beyond Windows' 32-bit integer limits)	NT	2012-07-20	Written by Brian Williams
		AddIPPrn.bat	1.01	Add a local TCP/IP printer on any W2K/XP computer in the network	W2K	2006-01-31	Requires PRNADMIN.DLL.
		AddMySQLPort.bat	1.00	Open port 3306 for MySQL in XP's Firewall	XP	2006-07-29	Requires NETSH. Written by Willi Huber.
		AddPrint.bat	1.01	Add a network printer on any W2K/XP computer in the network	W2K	2005-06-11	Requires RUNDLL32.
		AdminGrp.bat	3.00	Remotely update Local Administrator groups on all PCs in a domain (except PCs listed in an exclusion file)	NT	2000-11-29	Requires USR2GRP. Written by Kenneth C. Mazie, Kaiser Permanente National Server Operations - Walnut Creek, Ca
		AdOnGone.bat	1.00	Restore disappeared Firefox add-ons after a Firefox update	W2K	2008-03-28
		ADSHelp.bat	2.10	Create a (HTML) help file for "all" Directory Service Command Line Tools in Windows Server 2003	W2K3	2007-06-04	Requires Windows Server 2003's DS Tools. Will only display help for the OS in which the HTML file was created -- in the language of that OS version, as is demonstrated here.
		AllHelp.bat	1.40	Create a (HTML) help file for "all" NT4/2000/XP commands	NT	2006-10-26	More details and samples of generated HTML pages on my AllHelp page.
		APIPA.bat	1.00	Display or modify Windows 2000 IP Autoconfiguration (APIPA) settings	W2K	2002-03-03	Also available in VBScript
		AppCompat.bat	1.01	Add an Application Compatibility Layer for the specified program	W7	2011-10-18
		Asc.bat	1.00	Return the ASCII value for the specified character, more or less like many scripting languages' Asc( ) function	NT	2007-12-15	Requires DEBUG. Creates a temporary utility that performs the conversion.
		ASCII2Uc.bat	2.01	Convert ASCII text files to valid Unicode	W2K	2011-02-28	Requires DEBUG. This batch file was based on research by Jacques Bensimon. Creates a temporary utility to write the Unicode file header. Embedded ASM code by JustBurn. 64-bit Windows uses either an "external" header file (ASCII2Uc.header) or ECHO instead of DEBUG; ECHO will insert an extra line break. Also available in VBScript. This batch file has become obsolete by Carlos M.'s A2U.bat, which overcomes this batch file's Unicode header problems.
		AtFuture.bat	1.20	Schedule a command a few minutes from now in the near future	NT	2008-04-22	This batch file was a coproduction with Rob Fuller
		AVG8Ver.bat	1.00	Display any computer's AVG8 AntiVirus program and virus definitions versions	W2K	2008-12-23	Requires FILEVER and REG 3.0.