Batch files - Examples (C*)

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Batch file examples
	Name	Description	OS (1)	Last modified (DD/MM/YYYY)	Remarks
	Capture.bat	Append a screen capture to a multi-page TIF file	W2K	27/06/2008	Requires IrfanView.
	Catalog.bat (DOS)	Create a (HTML) catalog of your Webshots collections	DOS6+	21/01/2001	Works with old webshots collections (before November 2001) only! The DOS version has screen output only. This site is in no way affiliated with Webshots!
	Catalog.bat (NT)		NT	21/01/2001
	CDACTXP.bat	Show a list of all CD/DVD drives containing a disk	XP	26/11/2005	Uses XP's DISKPART to determine the CD/DVD-ROM drive letters. May fail if any disk volume is labeled "CDFS".
	CDPlayer.bat	Play audio CD's or just some tracks	NT	04/08/2001	Also available as OS/2 Rexx script
	CDROM.bat	Determine which drive letter is assigned to the CD-ROM drive	95 98 NT	25/12/2001	Also available as Kix, Rexx and VBScript scripts.
	CDROMXP.bat	Determine which drive letter is assigned to the CD/DVD-ROM drive	XP	21/11/2005	Uses XP's DISKPART to determine the (last) CD/DVD-ROM drive letter. May fail if any disk volume label ends with "-ROM".
	CheckCon.bat	Check if you are connected to the internet	95 98	13/07/1999
	CheckDST.bat	Lists active computers that don't have automatic DST adjustment enabled.	NT	28/07/2005
	ChkNAV.bat	List all viruses found on all servers by Norton Antivirus	NT+RK	14/07/2001	You will need to modify this batch file to make it work with current versions of Symantec AntiVirus
	ChkPath.bat	Verify if all PATH entries are valid directories	W2K	17/07/2008	This batch file may work in Windows NT 4 too, but I didn't check
	ChkSize.bat	Check if the actual file size matches a specified minimum size	NT OS2	23/09/2000	Also available as Rexx script
	Chomp.bat	Remove trailing carriage return/line feed from strings	NT	12/10/2001	Loosely based on Perl's CHOMP command
	CkBkSchd.bat	Display status of all Scheduled Tasks with "backup" in their names	W2K	26/06/2008	Requires JT from the Resource Kit and will prompt you to download it if not found
	CLLUN.bat	Clear Last Logon User Name: clears the last user name from the login dialog box once, or replaces it with a different name.	95 98 NT	13/08/2002	Use DDLU.bat instead if you never want the last logon user name displayed again
	CloneDate.bat	Apply the first file's timestamp to the second file specified	W2K	28/07/2005	The batch file uses my own FileDate.rex and the Regina Rexx interpreter to change the second file's timestamp. Also available in VBScript, as a single "self contained" script.
	CloneUsr.bat	Create a new domain user account by cloning an existing account	W2K	18/08/2005	Requires Windows Server 2003's DS Tools & SystemTools.com's TSCmd
	CnvrtUrl.bat	Convert IE Favourites to Netscape Bookmarks	95 NT	29/04/2001
	CompName.bat CompName.kix	Change the computer name	95+Kix	12/10/2003	The batch file is actually a "wrapper" for the KiXtart script. Requires KiXtart
	Country.bat	Read the Country setting from NT's registry	NT+RK W2K	11/02/2001	Uses REG.EXE (NT 4 Resource Kit, or native in Windows 2000 and later) and no temporary files
	Country3.bat		NT	19/05/2001	Uses temporary files, but doesn't need the Resource Kit
	CurDrive.bat CurDriv1.bat	Determine the current drive and place it in environment variable	DOS6+	06/05/2000	CurDriv1.bat uses Laurence Soucy's "CHOICE technique" first demonstrated in BootDrv*