Introduction to Windows Batch Files (.bat files)

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Some people have reported it not working. . Go to any folder and select tools - folder - view options and uncheck hide extension for known file types other wise it will still be a text file when you rename to snd.bat.

Mac has applescript and linux has shell / bash scripting, but this is an overview of what is possible using batch files.

Batch Tutorials
http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm
Dos Commands
http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm

Apple Script
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/applescript/
Shell/Bash
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%28bash%7Cshell%29+%28scripting%29%3F+tutorial&btnG=Search


I used alcohol 52% commands to mount the cds automatically
http://support.alcohol-soft.com/knowledgebase.php?postid=13163&title=Alcohol+Command+Line+Usage

Comments:

mc9204: first comment! Thank you so much for all your tutorials. i love your videos

barcarox10: dang you beat me by a second..

mc9204: i saw you say first comment and i was like whoa.

footballphan: I am computer illiterate for lack of a better term, but I still enjoy your videos. I hope one day you can help me find software to edit multiple Quicktime videos! Thanks again, Jimmy.

SuperWaffleNinja: First Commenters...

WHO CARES

XSenergyBHD: How do you make it so a .Bat file executes when you execute a program/game like steam... also how would you make it end the process?? I want to use it to pull a prank on my bro so when he opens steam it closes...

~Ronnie

adamgooday: Is there a command to rename a file?

jimmyrcom: ren or rename, there are links in the description

footballphan: How do you create the .bat file?

Nordininin: i thought you was gonna stop making videos:/
Nice video tho

gohaniscool14: wat settings do u using for ur recorder

Jimmys01: Thank you man. I dont comment videos often (i have seen all yours) but this one is very helpful tutorial for what i am doing right now. You rock

SnapFX: Hey jimmyr, love your videos. Just wondering if you could explain how to open a folder using the .bat files

thegallery: great video. Similar but different problem; How do you close multiple programs at once? After doing a project and having 10 things open it would be great just to clear everything in one go.

Also IE 7 have the multiple homepage function built in, as well as group tab favorites. But I can see where you could use the batch program to open different sets of homepage windows from the start...

jimmyrcom: dunno. There's the taskkill command but it's faster just to click the program with the right hand and hit alt+f4 real quick and repeat. Saves minimal time not aiming the for [X] =P

tovasdad: another great video man it's amazing what you have taught me i have taken some of the Berkley course because of your helpful information so thank you

Tophillious: Amazing that something as small and efficient as .bat files are, and how so few of people actually use them. Thanks.

tankyroo: you are awesome! and 2 questions..

1.when i do that for sound recorder i do everything right but it doesent work? im gonna post a response so you know what i mean

2.aren't emulators illegal?

lister325i: i love ff7 grate game this is a nice vid 2 don!

Alas777: emulators are not illegal, otherwise everyone would be in jail genius

NeonMugen: Auctually, NES emulators are illegal in some country's, But the NES copyright has already ended, Why do you think the NES clone's(without games) haven't been deleted.

isakov123: how do I make it compile php on cmd, hmm?

jimmyrcom: you go to the directory that has your php compiler and execute that program ...

Sushiiiiiiiiiiiii: this is the best video ive seen in a while about .bat stuff thx jimmy. ive been trying to learn more commands and this is gonna help lots thx again ^^

nicoli492: Thanks a lot Jimmy I was just looking for something like this just the other day. I was wanting to open up several windows without having to go to each one and this does the trick wonderfully. I had to rename some of my files because they were too long for DOS and the spaces in the file names were throwing it for a loop, but after I renamed the files it works like a charm. Excellent video!

janettsue: My husband tells me, "Back in the day everyone used DOS". Thanks for taking the time to explain things to those of us who really want to know. Always look forward to your next video.

A jimmyrcom Fan

oldhippie100: very Awesome post Jimmy..Freakin Awesome

Alas777: prettty good, I was wondering where to learn programming, but hey! thanks for letting me know now!

samuelwhyte: Nice tutorial! Really useful for starting multiple programs. I rated the video five star. :)

dposse: just because no one has gone to jail doesn't mean that it's not illegal.

great video, jimmyr.

jagger212121: Another great video Jimmy. I have learned so much from watching your videos. This one is one of the most useful things I have learned about my computer in years. I will use this all the time. Thanks for posting them. You are the man. Kind Regards from your "bordering on insane" student from SC.

TheIshter: You're a very likable and funny guy.

Thanks for the videos man. =D

randomDudeDeux: I wish you were my professor for university, not some boring fossil. Nice video!

jack2452: hay jimmy i download safepeer but it got removed. now i can't find it again. it said the torrent removed it or something. help PLZ

bighunterman77: are you runnin window 2000 or somethin

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: man u never seem to amaze e , thanks a WHOLE BUNCH for teaching me about the bat files , i did one before after reading a book but i had no clue what it was for until now , thanks again .

GhostPal: read about you on Blender magazine congratulations

TheJeff283: Donde en Texas? (Where in Texas, do you live?)

TheJeff283: Wait. Stupid question, never mind.

DarkCrisis: Wow, that 11 minutes just flew by

mattbennington: That was great Jimmy, I can not describe how helpful your ALL your videos have been to me. Great job on making 3 videos so fast.

at0micl0bster: this may or may not be a stupid question but how do u get guru,director status or w/e cause ima noob PS. i have the final episode of red vs blue in my profile with more then one ending!!! check it out

mark99k: Thanks Jimmy, it's gratifying to see batch files (re)introduced & to a welcoming crowd. I've used them -- as well as tons of macros within apps, same sort of thing -- for years & would be way less productive without them; but if I even suggest them to my colleague, she looks at me like I've asked her to undress. (To some folks, batch means DOS, DOS means death, and working efficiently is for The Little People.) Have wanted to try out WinBatch for a while, but am not ready to shell out $100!

lrroberb: cool, i use batch file a lot. But never used 'start' yet. I also put my batch file in c:\windows (or in any folder specified in PATH. That way i can type a word in Run... to open stuff.

And when i install batch file on employee's PC (usually for backup) I like to place files in c:\windows and only give them a shortcut on their desktop.

jimmyrcom: I use hotkeybind to just access a list of them by quick keys. You can call other batch files within a batch file with the call command and set /p command in dos to accept user input.

lrroberb: Also thanks for the tip of using batch file to mount image, i never thought of doing that. I could probably write a batch file that mount an iso, and put it as an Action for iso files.

imaginationscene: Hi jimmy. Brilliant tutorial you have here.
Great for lazy people like me ^_^ lol.

Love all the videos you do. Very useful stuff.
Anyway, looks like you have been pretty busy lately!

Keep up the good work, and keep fighting the good fight. lol :p

moebob24: thank you for a batch file video...i have wanted to learn just the basics quickly and u have don that...

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: hey im running windows and ive tried what ou stated but it doesnt work , all that happens is that the batch file appears and only the dos code pops up and not the IE program nor the youtube site , is there somehing wrong with the code or something?

jimmyrcom: put PAUSE at the end of your code to see the error

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: oh and i am working with vista so is that a facor as well?

thebundler: hmmm. It doesn't seem to work right for me. I guess having Vista is a factor-?

jimmyrcom: read description for common problem

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: lol opening folder and then cliicking new folder options doesnt work for us vista users nor does the code with pause works, all that happens is the dos commands appears but again not the program you want , guess this is just for xp users .

jimmyrcom: Things not working in vista is normal, but you get SHINY WINDOWS yayyy!!!

thebundler: That is exactly what is happening with me. jimmyrcom, have you tested it with Vista?

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: good news , i was able to make a .bat file , which made another file but it just opens the programs and not the internet , have any ideas on how i could fix the code ?

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: also , sorry i dont mean to be such a pain in the azz but i have a feeling others have the same or similar problem, my coding states that the access is denied everytime i double click on it , how could i fix that ?

YrUlUKkiNAtM34: becareful to anyone that is using the .bat fil , becareful not to name it the program file , its better for your comp ( if you are using vista) to name it program and a number .

plicka527: ok, i figured out how to uncheck the "hide file extensions" thing in vista. here are the steps.. Step 1: click on start button, Step 2: click on control panel, Step 3: click on folder options (second row third from left) step 4: click the "view" tab Step 5: look in the advanced setting scroll box for "hide extensions for all known file types. and thats it. however i must say thats its a shame windows made it so much more complicated. keep the peace everyone!

computerchris78590: how do u upload a video over 10 mins on youtube?

WishICouldBeTechDawg: Are you by any chance a teacher.. In canada?

WishICouldBeTechDawg: Thanks alot, Jimmyrcom. I've never seen your video's before, but they're very informative to people trying to learn computer statistics and functions.

aznkickback: I followed your steps by opened a new Text Doc., then changed the name to gg.bat It wouldn't let me changed to batch file. Am i doing something wrong or this is a common error?

aznkickback: I followed your steps by opened a new Text Doc., then changed the name to gg.bat It wouldn't let me changed to batch file. Am i doing something wrong or this is a common error?

aznkickback: hmm.i downloaded the batch file and it didnt help.

jimmyrcom: there's no batch file to download in the description.

ok for the third time you retard, read the description.

aznkickback: uh...i cannot find the description on the maps! Please, help me locate where it is.

jimmyrcom: The video description to the right of the video on this page. click (more)

oeyeballs: teach me how to make a Batch Bomb virus thing i wanna blow up some suckers pc

DarkSidelll: Thanks for the tutorial. but I was wanting to know if you could recommend a website/tutorial to make batch files with run command like you did with Berkeley (I want to make files so I can enter a number)

Thank you and keep up the good work

CapsLockUp: You cant compare batch files with bash or sh script.
But nice tutorial anyway.
You could compare bash with vbscript,jscript,python,perl + WSH.

jimmyrcom: I didn't. I said people can do the same things (examples in the video) with bash/sh and applescript if they don't use windows. Nothing in that statement says anything about syntax or if the other languages use have more features, irrelevant.

1random2dude3: hey, when i rename the text file thing, it doesnt change change into a batch file, why not?

1random2dude3: thanks, now i can play 3 games at once, keep making those tutorials jimmy!!!

Hurricanepower: amazing, I'll be using it everyday from now on I guess =p

Seven3000: it says it can't find the folder because the folder name has a space in it. Do I have to rename the folder?

dxalfredo: this is a very interesting video to watch!! nice vid dude...

spiko87: Great vid, doing this in school now, cleared up somethings, much easier than I was making it out to be.

HotCaliGirl1765: Nice Video, check out the website link in my profile. I have my naked pics and video which youtube doesn't allow, where I'm being naughty

ucariadam: Heyy man me again :)
Thank u it s working!!
I use this stuff as an alarm clock
I adjust the bat file as a scheduled task in Windows then I steered .bat file to run Wmplayer with a play list.
Great!!!

thecool1168: can you copy some of the code you used? I am a lil new at .bat codeing, but I love it! thanks

ucariadam: cd C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player
start wmplayer.exe /playlist sabahkusu

sabahkusu is the name of playlist

Sevenister: Dude is it just for the old windows versions?

Daco65: works with any windows i think. maybe not vista idk i wouldn't be supprised

SlateWolf: Thank you Jimmy. This should be quite helpful in my life which is full of time on my computer.

remythehomeboi: everything was good but the Firefox thing,y do that when you could set al of them as your homepage and it will do the same as the bat file did

thecool1168: ok. I must sound stupid asking this, but I need help. the bat file is invisible and I dont know how to make it visible. I then went to a folder (like you said in your video description) and I did not see any tools to click on, so then I went to properties. then I saw the hidden button, then I was thinking,"I wander what would heppen if I press it?" so I did. now I cant see ether of them! HELP!

thecool1168: I found it! I was thinking, when you said "go to folder" you ment rite click.

new prob:
I can see the bat file but I cant see my folder. how do I get it back?

1noen1: Go to your control panel -> folder options and check under advanced settings. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" if it isn't already.

thecool1168: 1 more Q. 4 you. I know Jemmi. you are thinking "not this guy agen!" but here I go anyway. I want to start up my Internet Explorer with the .bat but I dont know what to do about the spaces. I tryed the ~ from your video, but it still dont work?
thanks. you rock Jimmy!
here is the code I am trying to make work.

start C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

jackH1337: take out 'start' and see what happens

thecool1168: I got it to work with

CD C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

skater96782: can u show how to make a batch file and some codes

xguest2006: Hello Jimmy,

it is amazing how you can explain stuff so easily! tnx!

ThePhilosopher8: when i try to open it, it says that it is not a valid Win32 application. Any1 know how to fix it

CKyzOnLy: either you misspelt it, orr it just dosent work on your operating system

arrogantbastardale: Oh no, a Democrat with balls! What shall we ever do!?

jamer9999: Hey jimmy hav u ever tried the browser Maxthon i think it is faster then firefox

ratchetclan3: i dont have the adress bar thing to find out the program location cause im doing it for opera how do i find it out?

coerce1: I named it TEST.bat but it was still a TEXT document, why?
I prefer Adri PSX because it'll rune PSX discs.

P.S. Where did you learn this??? THIS IS AWESOME!!!

cogar48: you know you don't have to put the directory for intenet explorer just type start iexplore.exe and it should work...

bigbofff: DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
open notepad, write this in: start C:\bot2.bat
save the file and name it: bot1.bat open notepad again and write this in: start C:\bot1
save the file and name it bot2.bat
the files must be placed on C: or else it won't work. when both files are on C: open: bot1.bat
THEN YOUR PC WILL CRASH becus bot1 will open bot2 wich will open bot1 wich will...
very meny windows will popup! When i did that

MagoFerret4: an easier way to do that is to make a file again and save it on your desktop as fork.bat. Inside write the following:
@echo off
:start
start fork.bat
goto start

SicilianStyle: There is so many Youtube videos on Batch because its the easiest coding language. Trying searching: Python Scripts . Barely any videos come up

jimmyrcom: batch files isn't a programming language, python is. All the retarded batch tutorials on youtube are because of 'fake viruses' and other retarded unpractical examples.

TheBritishHero: he's right. all you see on youtube involving batch files are mainly fake viruses

NeosBack1: nice video, for firefox you don't need to type the full path you can put "start firefox.exe" that can save some time

tastzlikechikkn: Hello. I have a question. what coding do I use to open up PSX (using ePSXe emuater) with say...Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? Btw, i'm using Windows XP. THanks. And great videos.

shadowassasinelxulo: BATCH IS A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

jimmyrcom: Batch files are just dos commands executed line by line. It's not a programming language.

Computerhope: Nice video and thanks for the computerhope mention. :)

Cobija13: I try to add width and height changes to firefox but its now working:

cd C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
start firefox.exe -width 425 -height 355

jimmyrcom: cd is the command for go to directory, why would you use that with a program.

jimmyrcom: ah sorry, I read it as connected. You should run the program in cmd instead of just double clicking the batch to see if it gave any errors, otherwise try other commands like the ones in the vid and see if they work.

gangster8912: sry but im sorta nooby and i changed dad name of a text doc. like u did in da vid... but it didnt change 2 a batch... and i tryed 2 write da text in de text doc. and it didnt work so plz plz plz can u help me... coz there were other ppl who asked da same question b4 and there wasnt any clear responce... so plz giv me an answere other than "c the vid and ul know" and thanx

gangster8912: owwowowow... its k i found da answer in description... thanx anywayz! :P
one personal question... how old r u?
(u dont have 2 answer dat if u dont want 2) :$

gangster8912: sry 2 bother again :S but when im trying 2 add more than one website... its the explorer will say page expired... but when its only one its working... and yes im seperating them with (|) and im puting (") on both sides and i do have tabs in my iexplorer... so plz can u help me?

leodime: You can also write some nasty batch viruses with it too, but you need a bit of understanding of how batch files work.

dorin130: I Erase the .bat extention in my computer how i resolve the problem?

asib12: Just Go to Tools>Folder Options>View>Disable "Hide extensions for known file types" then go back to your file and input the .bat or .BAT extension. Press YES when it asks you if you want to change the file type and done!

asib12: Reinstall windows is the only thing I can think of.

SonicLuigi000: or just make a anew extenstion and make it .bat and make one of the actions Open andmake it default... make the program cmd.exe tell me if it works... :|

madeup7777777: this is awsome!!! thanks.I tried it and it works.

spivotz: T_T i'm italian i love batch but i can't..... i don't know english T_T

dorin130: How did you make the php temp thing, i know how run it in ms-dos but wat is the code for it ?

mikxer: hey can you explain plz what to write in this firefox bat file if i want it to open only those tabs which havent been opened last time i used fierefox (im using tabmix plus so it saves the sesion and whenever i open firefox through the bat files it opens the prev. sesion plus the sites that were in bat files so some sites are opened twice). Thank you.

AtheBossR: Hey jimmy,
How do/can I use resource hacker to change the icon that saves to my desktop when I save as a .bat?

jonnymohawk: AtheBossR, what you should do is put the .bat in a folder for example "C:\" then on the desktop create a shortcut and point it to the .bat file so "C:\example.bat" after that you can go to the properties of the shortcut and change the icon to whatever you like.

WoWRSVids: lol how do you find the thingy bat to start on it i can find an open bat thingy

mrciku: -.- Its CCleaner not CCCleaner

WoWRSVids: oo i got it. it woldent go to .bat i did the uncheck box \tool thingy rofl

tythespy: Is there a way to make it start up when windows starts up?

Ciachyou: Start->Programs->System tools->Scheduled Tasks
Put in the name of the file and go nuts :)

Ciachyou: Start->Programs->System tools->Scheduled Tasks
Put in the name of the file and go nuts :)

TylerWitucki: o sweet thanks for the info dude.very helpful

Compgenius999: Try dragging the file to start>Programs>Startup

Ciachyou: I am working on a ghost image and it dose not work :(

Ciachyou: I am working on a ghost image and it dose not work :(

guitarest529: how do you make a button that saves stuff in html?

maximous88: Im trying to make my ATT Yahoo open youtube and yahoo mail, but it says that it is incorrect coding, what should I do?

calrogman: I am making a fake virus with batch files.
It doesn't do anything however it does shutdown the computer.
I have made it to look as if it is deleting the entire contents of the hard drive.
When it is finished I'll upload it to wikifortio(dot)com and post the link here so you can put it on the school computers or whatever.
(Note : Wikifortio is not blocked by WebSense (yet) however please do not get caught as I cannot be held responsible for your foolish behaviour.)

jonaspollendk: Hey If I make a batch file on my desktop, the file doesnt change the icon and i dont have those .bat files I think. someone plz help me. I'll be glad if someone help me from denmark og german...

onlynameithoughtof: Easy fix!
1. Goto any folder.
2. Goto Tools (on the top).
3. Folder Options
4. View tab
5. Find "Hide extensions for known file types" and un-check it
6. Press ok.
7. Tah Dah! (now every file on your computer will have an extension on it, and if you rename a file you will get a message saying "Do you want to change the file extension?" just press yes. Make sure to put the same extension back on unless you know what file you are doing it to.)

futurereconmarine: What do you mean go to any folder?
I opened the folder in notepad and i could not find tools, what am i doing wrong?
If it makes any differance I am running Vista.
Please write back

jonaspollendk: Okay thx. I don't really understand it. So can someone from Denmark or German explain it to me???

jonaspollendk: Plz write it to me-on my account...

But how to change the language on the computer? because I've it on danish now, but If I can change it to english I could do that what onlynameithoughtof is saying to me

codyx69: Wow, nice vid man im subscribing. that cleared ALOT up about batch files thanks man.

tylerhuskins: cool vid but i write viruses with batch

barkernj: Ok so I've created several .bat files and I've done the show file extensions thing but for some reason when I click on the .bat file a window pops up that says Open With and it shows me a selection of programs but none of them will run/open the .bat file. Could someone please help? I even tried downloading already created .bat files and nothing works.

zzzzzz998: when u rename sndrec32.txt to sndrec32.bat nothing happens plz neen help.i m using windows xp s.p 2 :)>-

barkernj: You're probably having the same problem most others have had. Read the About This Video on this page and it explains how to go into folder options and change the extension property which will allow you to actually change the type of file and not just the name. Unless of course you've deleted MS-DOS somehow which I'm thinking is my problem.

jimmyrcom: google "Windows XP File Association Fixes"

rampagetv: how did you make notepad++ as default .bat editor? registry? (i'm not very good that...)

BatCoding: hey man Nice tutorial nice information good detail. Keep up the good work.

hackerhack1: What it the code for the php one?

jimmyrcom: cd "C:\Program Files\NoteTab Pro 5\"
del "C:\php\temp.php"
copy "C:\php\blank.txt" "C:\php\temp.php"
start /B NotePro.exe /NS "C:\php\temp.php" /J=3
start cmd.exe /K cd C:\php\

jimmyrcom: that depends on which virtualcds software you use. look for their command like options. alcohol 52%, alcohol 100%, daemon tools and magic iso all have different command line options.

Cobija13: k some of the stuff that I tried doing for first bat didnt work and tehre in my program files

start C:\Program Files\AIM 6\Main\GameMinimizer.exe

is that correct? what am i doing wrong

Faris113: Jimmy, how do you get the .txt file to change automatically to a .bat file? I named my net txt file to "Firefox.bat" and it didn't change.. Help?

candymanmanman: You have to uncheck the "hide file extensions for known file types" (I'm not sure of the names since I use Windows in swedish)
by:
- opening a folder
- clicking the "Tools" menu
- clicking "Folder options"
- selecting the View tab
- UNchecking "hide file extensions for known file types"
- Click OK to finish.

Faris113: Thanks. Jimmy said how to do it on Part 1, thanks anyway! :)

Afvskum: When you're at the "Save as" menu, drop the "Filformate" and pick "All Files" instead of "Text documents". Then it shouldn't be any problem to save it as a .bat

BMTClaypool: i cant get it to load firefox or any other program without opening the MS DOS program with it, even with the start command. any ideas?

my computer is running ME...

BMTClaypool: ah never mind, just watched your second video and it said to use quotes around file names with spaces, worked for me

0lid0: great tut for n00bs!

haha, thanks for the great vid. im not a n00b ttho :D

coondogtheman1234: Question for ya JimmyR do you know how im can make a bat file that runs a dosprogram that converts music files from a game what commands do I use, this is over my head. why cant i figger this out the program im using is a decode.exe program and its a command line program used for decoding the .VB music files from the game GTA Vice City, and id like to somehow make a batch file that converts all the files at the same time

coondogtheman1234: From last comment: but i found out i can use this same program for decoding the songs from the .VB files from the game true crime streets of LA i would like to make a batch file that will convert all those .VB files to cd quality wav files the command I use on the decode program is: decode -r 44100 XXX.VB (where XXX is the number of the VB file they start from 001.Vb and go to 922.VB is there a way to make a bat file to convert all those? thanks a bunch for the help

thegreatestyankeefan: if i make a source code to open up cmd prompt and echo various things, then how would i be able to make it so the window can't be closed?

supergeek194: can u post a vid on how 2 create cmd commands

pcychoslayer: hey i dont think any of this stuff works on vista, oh well

nolmhash: your a n00b, of course batch files work on vista. Their scripted commands for the command line.

bigjakej: sorry to bother you but would you be able to tell me how to save batch files to my comp if i have vista

nolmhash: Add .bat at the end of the file name, same as XP. Why would it be any different.

bigjakej: because notepad wont allow you to save it as .bat you only have the option to save it as .txt im looking but i cant find out anywere how to get notepad to save .bat files

theunderground777: there is this thing down there which says "save files as" change it to the second one.

bigjakej: thank you very much that works i appreciate it and sorry for any inconvenience

kosec321: can somebody help me, i have been working with batch files for a long time now, and im doing a project, and i was wondering, how can i make a msg window at the begining of the batch file, that would ask me for a password?, now i know how to make a msg but in doesn't work like that, send a msg please.

zammydarkz: I have a problem with my batch files, well not really a problem but a question. jimmy , when you open ur bat files or when u said "take a peek into it" i dont have that program that has the lines and everything what is that program? thx

theunderground777: did u use notepad to write the script?

smart91: Sorry, but AppleScript is something which is 10 times more powerful than Batch file. AppleScript can interact with program functionalities, batch files can run only command-line commands and executable files. AppleScript is similar to Windows Scripting Host but is much more easier. OS X also has Shell scripts (OS X is based on UNIX so we have bash too)

emergingphienix: the script opening multiple web sites at the same time is not working for me. I think it's the "|" (vertical bar) that creates the problem because it becomes ":" in command line. any thoughts?

smokscren: Thanks this really helped
me I was not getting how to do use batch files
lintel i watched this

jr3470: lawl i'm editing a virus to make it delete my unwanted programs lawl

RastapandaSam: could you give me the link to get those lesson files

berekly or whatever?

RastapandaSam: also how do i open a bat file with someone besides notepad...

i cant really figure out how to make a hyperlink or anything on the notepad, and in the video you are using something else whats thatt program called?

virindi73: is typing "REM" the same as "echo" ?

GpZ91: so this is where all viruses come from :D

cajcote: nice!! thanks for the tutorial.