Upon opening a Command Prompt, you will see a file path (e.g., "C:\Users\Chifundo"). This is called the prompt, and it shows what directory you're currently in. The blinking cursor at the end ...

I have a small batch file that initialises a few things before I can type in instructions to compile some code. Anyway, I have a link on the quick-launch bar (usaing XP-pro) to the batch file, but ...

If you wish to elevate and always run a Batch file as an administrator in Windows 11/10, follow the procedure laid down in this post. You can run a Batch file as Administrator without a prompt. You ...

File creation is perhaps one of the most trivial tasks you perform on your computer almost every day. If you’re a Windows user, you probably do it via the graphical interface. Although this approach ...

So I'm creating a batch file that is appending output into another batch file from a few different commands. But when I do this a line break, carriage return is placed in the file creating a problem ...

Attaching a remote drive or directory on a Windows box is called “drive mapping” though the process is essentially the same as what we call mounting in the Unix world. While I rarely spend any ...

You're probably aware that most files have an extension such as TXT or EXE after the file name, even though these are not always displayed in Windows. File extensions are how Windows knows what to do ...