In this guide, we'll show you the steps to get started creating and running your first batch file to automate tasks with Command Prompt commands on Windows 10.

You edit code in one window and run and view it in another.<BR><BR>While you could code in notepad.exe, you miss out on auto-complete, intellisense, and syntax coloring among other things.

Representative Image (Credit -- Bethesda) Windows Notepad is a simple text editor that has been around since the 1980s. This software commonly allows users to create and edit basic text documents.