Batch Files: Examples (F)

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Active Directory and LDAP	Localization and (human) languages	Security, permissions and privacy
Application servers	Login and profiles	Servers
Applications	Mathematics	Software configuration
Backup, restore, recovery and migration	MS-DOS and PC-DOS	Terminal Server and Citrix
Code generators	Multimedia	Text processing
Date and time	Network	Tools and utilities to be used with other scripts
Domain users and groups	OS and software installation	Units conversion
File and registry cleanup	OS/2	User interaction
File conversion	Pictures and photography	Windows configuration
Funny and non-serious scripts	Printing	World Wide Web
Hardware/software/file inventories and checks	Processes and services	Wrapper scripts for other software
Help	Registry	XML, XSL and XPath
Internet and TCP/IP	Scripting technique demo


Name	Version	Description	OS ⁽¹⁾	Last modified	Remarks
FaR.bat	1.00	Find And Replace substrings in a string	All	2001-07-15	Requires FaR.kix and KiXtart. Also available in Perl and Rexx
FeazBkup.bat		Backup Fileaze jobs	NT	2006-12-22
FfxCAC.bat	1.10	Delete all files from all Firefox caches in all profiles	XP	2010-09-23
FfxCache.bat	1.10	Delete all files from the Firefox cache in your profile	XP	2010-09-20
FileSys.bat	4.00	Check file system type of specified drive	NT	2002-01-08	NTFS test inspired by a post from Mark Stang on alt.msdos.batch.nt Also available as OS/2 Rexx script
FileVer.bat	1.00	Display the specified program file's version number	NT	2003-05-26	Requires STRINGS.
FlopDOS.bat	1.00	Display the installed floppy drives	DOS	2009-01-22	Requires DEBUG.
Floppy.bat	1.01	Display the installed floppy drives	NT	2009-01-20	Requires DEBUG.
FlushBin.bat	1.00	Flush IE cache, temp files, ChkDsk files and Recycle Bin	XP	2008-06-29	Uses CLEANMGR.EXE. Highly experimental, use at your own risk.
FlushFxC.bat	1.00	Flush Firefox's cache in the current user's Windows profile	NT	2008-03-28	Careful: if you use this batch file without closing Firefox, you may need to manually purge Firefox's cache to reenable display of pictures in web pages: Tools menu, Options, Privacy tab, Clear Now button, deselect everything but Cache, OK button
ForceCAD.bat		Force the use of Ctrl+Alt+Del to login.	XP	2009-08-18	See the Related Stuff section for a note on "Force Ctrl+Alt+DEL" in Vista and Windows 7.
ForShare		This example of FOR's /D parameter restores or removes the shares on all home directories on an NT server.	NT	2000-10-17
Foto2Web.bat	1.10	Create all files necessary to publish your photographs on the web	NT	2007-10-26	Requires IrfanView. Use the diskette icon at the left to download the ZIPped archive that includes the navigation buttons (GIFs).
FPMath.bat		Command line floating point calculator	NT	2010-07-16	Requires PHP.
FreeDriveLetter.bat	3.00	List free drive letters	W2K	2008-12-10	Requires MOUNTVOL. Written by Jacopo Lazzari.
FtpDir	1.01	Show directory of remote FTP site	NT	2001-11-23

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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
		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
		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

In Vista and Windows 7, to disable showing the last used user ID at login, or to force the use of Ctrl+Alt+Del at login, use the Local Security Policy editor.
Open it from the Control Panel, or by using the command SECPOL.MSC and navigate to "Security Settings", "Local Policies", "Security Options" and find the "Interactive logon" settings in the right pane.

Now enable "Interactive logon: Do not display last user name" to disable displaying the last user name, and disable "Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL" to require the use of Ctrl+Alt+Del.