Batch files - Examples (S*)

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Batch file examples
	Name	Description	OS (1)	Last modified (DD/MM/YYYY)	Remarks
	Scheduld.bat	List all scheduled task and their main properties	W2K	19/11/2003	Requires SysInternals.com' STRINGS.EXE
	SCList.bat	List the properties of all shortcuts on an NT machine	NT+RK	01/10/1999	Use Shortcut.bat if you do not own a copy of the NT Resource Kit or if you need both UNC path and fully qualified path
	Screen.bat	Demo: different ways to display text	NT	03/11/1999	Also available as OS/2 Rexx script
	ScrnRes.bat	Change remote PC's screen resolution	NT	25/08/2004	Requires PSEXEC from SysInternals' PSTools and 12noon's Resolution Changer
	ScrnSavr.bat	Install a Windows screensaver and open Control Panel's screensaver settings page	95 98 NT	23/10/1999
	ScrSzDOS.bat	Save current screen size (lines and columns) in environment variables	DOS	17/03/2002
	ScrSzNT.bat		NT	17/03/2002
	SCSI.bat	Enumerate disk drives (IDE and SCSI)	W2K	11/09/2006	Version 1 used EGREP, as of version 2.01 Windows 2000's internal FOR command is used instead. Also available in KiXtart and Rexx.
	Servers.bat	Display size, free space and used space (both in MB and as a percentage of disk size) for every partition on every server.	NT+RK	24/05/2001	Also available in Rexx and VBScript as FreeSpace.*
	SetOwn.bat	Restore ownership and permissions for roaming (TS) profile directories.	W2K3	02/07/2005	Requires several (third party) tools, you will be prompted for downloads if these tools are not available.
	SetWallp.bat	Make the specified file Windows' wallpaper	W2K	30/01/2007	Use Wallpapr.bat to use a random bitmap as wallpaper.
	SFN.bat	Display the Short File Name	NT4	10/11/2003	Inspired by a tip from Denis Rouleau. Based on the assumption that time is displayed in 24 hour format; increase "tokens" by 1 on systems with AM/PM time format. This batch file is obsolete by now; in Windows 2000 SP4 and later use %%~sA or %~s1 instead.
	ShareMig.bat 1.00 ShareMg2.bat 2.00 ShareMg2.vbs 2.00	Migrate all non-printer shares from one server to another.	W2K	02/11/2005	Version 1.00 needs to be run on the server, and fails on share names containing spaces, but it is "universal" for both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Version 2.00 requires both the batch and the VBScript file, and needs 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, use Microsoft's PrintMig; for Scheduled Tasks migration, copy the scheduled tasks -- %windir%\Tasks\*.job -- to the new server, and use JT.EXE to re-set the "Run as:" property for each migrated task.
	ShDsktop.bat	Restore the Show Desktop shortcut in the Quick Launch tray	W2K	10/06/2003
	Shortcut.bat	List the (UNC and fully qualified) path that shortcuts point to	NT	11/07/2005	Use SCList.bat if you need all properties, not just the path (requires the NT Resource Kit)
	ShortExt.bat	Display or modify "extension truncation" registry setting	NT	02/03/2002	Based on a tip from the Windows Registry Guide
	ShowPRN.bat	Display all physical printers	W2K	17/01/2004	Also available as VBScript script. This batch file requires Microsoft's DEVCON utility.
	ShowPRNT.bat	Display all physical printers in tab delimited format	W2K	17/01/2004	Also available as VBScript script. This batch file requires Microsoft's DEVCON utility.
	SNDisk.bat	Display harddisk characteristics gathered by IBM's E-Gatherer tool	W2K	05/03/2005	May work in XP and Server 2003 too, tested only in 2000. May generate an error message on non-IBM systems, but will still show the desired results. More info on EGatherer's undocumented switches is available here. This batch file depends on E-gatherer's backwards compatibility with older versions, which is entirely up to IBM.
	SortDate.bat SortTime.bat	Store sorted date and time in variables, independent of Control Panel's "Regional Settings"	All	04/10/2006	Take a look at DateTime for a "real DOS" version. Much simpler in Kix, Perl, Rexx or VBScript.
	Spider.bat	Display the validity of hyperlinks in a group of locally stored HTML files	NT	12/11/2005	Quick-and-dirty alpha version. Requires WGET.EXE and CUT.EXE.
	SrvSpace.bat	Display free space for every partition on every server. TAB delimited screen output for easy export of output.	NT	05/06/2000	For Windows XP use DiskSpc.bat instead.
	StarDate.bat	Convert current date and time to stardate	NT	26/01/2003	Based on an algorithm found on The StarTrek Gallery. Also available as KiXtart, Perl, Rexx and VBScript scripts
	SysBkup.bat	Run a SystemState Backup	W2K	10/02/2007	See Microsoft's NTBackup page for available command line switches