Batch Files: Examples

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Batch file examples
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(yyyy-mm-dd)		 Remarks
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DateAdd.bat 1.10 Add/subtract a specified number of days to/from a specified date NT 2007-02-12 Based on Fliegel-Van Flandern Julian date conversion algorithms from the Astronomical Almanac, provided by Doctor Fenton on the Math Forum and converted to batch code by Ron Bakowski
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DateDiff.bat 1.10 Calculate the difference in days between two dates NT 2007-06-04 Based on Fliegel-Van Flandern Julian date conversion algorithms from the Astronomical Almanac, provided by Doctor Fenton on the Math Forum and converted to batch code by Ron Bakowski
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DateFmt.bat 0.53 Show the current date in the specified format NT 2008-08-07 Inspired by Simon Sheppard's GetDate.bat
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DatePart.bat 1.00 Return the specified numerical part of the current date or time NT 2008-11-15 Batch "wrapper" for VBScript's DatePart( ) function
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DateTime   Store week day, current date and current time in environment variables All Take a look at SortDate and SortTime for an NT version with language independent sorting, or at DateErrT for a version that uses ErrTime by Phil Money to remain virtually OS independent
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DateTime.cmd   Return the current date as errorlevel in YYYYMMDD format XP 2009-04-27 Written by Justin.
Tested only in Windows XP.
Requires modifications to work on non-English systems.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DDLU.bat 1.00 Don't Display Last Username: clears the last user name from the login dialog box permanently. NT 2001-12-20 Use CLLUN.bat instead to remove the last logon user name just this once.
See the Related Stuff section for a note on "Don't Display Last Username" in Vista and Windows 7.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DeadProf.bat 1.00 Delete inactive corrupted profiles for current user NT 2000-09-15  
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source Dec2Bin.bat   Convert decimal numbers to binary NT 2010-07-15 Requires PHP. 
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source Dec2Hex.bat 2.10 Convert a decimal number to 8 digit hexadecimal NT 2007-12-08 This batch file uses a "poorly documented" feature of the PING command to convert a decimal number to hexadecimal.
Requires FINDSTR (not native in NT4, but part of the Resource Kit).
Also available in KiXtart, Perl, Rexx and VBScript.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source Dec2Hex.bat   Convert decimal numbers to hexadecimal NT 2010-07-15 Requires PHP. 
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DecToHex.bat 1.01 Convert a decimal number to "7.5" digit hexadecimal NT 2007-12-08 This batch file uses CMD.EXE's internal commands only.
Also available in KiXtart, Perl, Rexx and VBScript.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DefOpen.bat 3.00 Create a default file association to Notepad and add "Open with Notepad", "Print with Notepad" and "Command Prompt Here" options to popup menus 95 98 NT 2000 XP 2007-11-21 Based on a tip by Regedit.com.
More details on my REGEDIT page.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DefPRN.bat   Display default printer name NT 1999-11-07 Also available as OS/2 Rexx, Windows Rexx, JScript, KiXtart, Perl and VBScript scripts.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DefPRN2K.bat 1.00 Display default printer name W2K 2002-02-13 Also available as OS/2 Rexx, Windows Rexx, JScript, KiXtart, Perl and VBScript scripts.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DelFlash.bat 1.00 Delete "Local Stored Objects", also known as "Flash Cookies", from the current user's profile NT 2007-09-15 Tested on Windows XP SP2 only. Use entirely at your own risk!
Also available in VBScript.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DelOutlX.bat 0.41 Uninstall Outlook Express (BETA!) W2K 2003-12-20 Tested on 1 Windows 2000 computer only.
Use entirely at your own risk!
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DelProf.bat 0.50 Delete specified profile (BETA!) NT 2003-12-17 Still in beta! That is why the most destructive command of the batch file is echoed only.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source Desktop.bat 2.00 Save all desktop shortcuts as a batch file that can recreate those shortcuts again (Desktop backup) NT 2001-08-05 Requires SHORTCUT. 
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source Disabled.bat 1.00 Lists all disabled user accounts NT 2000-09-21  
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source   DiskFree   Check amount of free disk space, the hard way All Use FreeSpace.vbs if you need a more reliable tool
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DiskSpc.bat 3.10 Display harddisk summary for any WMI enabled computer or for a list of computers XP 2006-10-02 Requires WMIC. 
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DiskUse.bat   List the disk usage for every subdirectory NT 2003-12-20 Returns negative numbers if total file sizes exceed 2GB.
Also available as Rexx script.
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Also available as Rexx script.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DispEDID.bat 1.01 Display your monitor's EDID asset information XP 2007-02-20 Also available in VBScript
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DllMenu.bat 1.00 Add "Register" and "Unregister" to Explorer's context menu for DLLs and OCXs W2K 2007-04-18  
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source dNFxVer.bat 1.01 List the installed .NET Framework versions W2K 2010-08-26 Requires GetUnIns.vbs.
Windows 2000 and XP only.
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DriveRdy.bat   Check if (removable) drive is ready DOS6+ OS2 1999-07-18 Also available as OS/2 Rexx script
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source Drives.bat 1.01 List local drive letters and types W2K 2003-12-17  
Click the floppy disk icon to dowload the ZIPed source Click the question mark icon to view the MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the ZIPed source DrivUsed.bat 1.00 List used and available drive letters XP 2007-12-30  

 

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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
Kix Windows (most functions also in plain DOS) with KiXtart
NT4 Windows NT 4 (Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition too)
NT Windows NT (Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition too)
W2K Windows 2000, and probably XP and Server 2003 as well
W2K3 Windows Server 2003
XP Windows XP
OS2 OS/2 Warp
TS Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition, or Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 with Terminal Services
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