I am trying to full screen cmd when the computer starts and no I am not looking for mode 1000 or 800 I mean actually full screen. To do this you must press alt+enter but I don't know how to do this when the computer starts. Please help.
EDIT:
Win 10
If you have Autohotkey, this script will work.
Run cmd.exe
Send !{ENTER}
Save it as maximize.ahk and run it at startup.
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Aside: I got pretty close using Batch+Jscript, but I couldn't get cmd win Win10 to recognize ALT. It recognizes pretty much every other key, though. I just thought I'd share just in case.
#if (#O)==(#O) #
#CScript //nologo //E:JScript "%~F0"
#exit /b #end
WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SendKeys("%~");
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With my .bat I would like to:
open the xlsx file,
waiting 2 min,
close the file with save options
copy this file to another folder.
For now I can copy and paste the file, but I don't know how to open it, with a cmd function, and save it.
Thank you for your help.
My code is :
#echo off
cmd "O:\XXXX\*.*"
xcopy/y "O:\XXXX\*.*" "O:\XXX\"
pause
Marie (TooLong;ToRead) in disjointed comments
I suggested, A simpler alternative method to do what you need on this
occasion is to use a simple command line tool see Orlandos Sendkeys
Utility (the example is almost what you want to do)
download sendkeys from cpap.com.br/orlando
see how the demo runs
open excel with a blank sheet and at a CMD> run this demo string
SendKeys.exe 1.5 10 "Microsoft Excel" "Hello!~{PAUSE 2}After 2s.~{PAUSE 2}%(FS)~"
adapt to your own version of excel keys since the %(FS) is ALT File Save in English
you replied
#KJ Thank you, KJ, unfortunately I can't download Orlando with my PC.
So we continue to doing it in a more dirty fashion, but you still need a means to save the file by invoking an autosave which would most easily be done using an extended excel macro in your source .xlsm, anyway
after all these changes your non working file should now be replaced in your question as
#echo off
start "Excel Running" /MIN EXCEL.EXE "\\XXX\Fichier.xlsm"
REM add a delay of **2 minutes !** whilst sheet recalculates before saving a copy
timeout 120
REM copying a file that has NOT been saved using keys at this point will NOT
REM be what you really need to solve your problem unless you use a macro ?
REM see Later
xcopy/y "\\XXX\Dossier_avant*.*" "\\XXX\Dossier_apres\"
REM add a 3 second delay to check above worked but is not really needed
timeout 3
REM temporary for debugging. Later just REM it out
TASKLIST /M |Find /i "exce"
REM this line should be working with either a SUCCESS: or ERROR:
TASKKILL /T /F /IM excel.exe
REM keep this line for seeing errors above, once happy, it can become REM PAUSE
PAUSE
I think that IF you are constrained (by IT policy) to the command line it is best you write your own autosaving macro, however, MY problem is I dont know if you need it for more than one input.xlsm.
So save this as OpenRunSaveExit.vbs in your working folder where your .bat is. There is a reason I did NOT use spaces or & in the name for a later step.
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
' You may need to include the path to excel.exe if it is a portable version like mine
WshShell.Run "EXCEL.EXE "+"\\XXX\Fichier.xlsm", 9
' 120000 milli-seconds = 2 minutes
WScript.Sleep 120000
' These are the English key combinations for ALT+File+Save . SO alter or remove if not needed
WshShell.SendKeys "%FS"
' These are the English key combinations for ALT+File+eXit . SO alter if needed for french excel
WshShell.SendKeys "%FX"
' Lets us wait 2 seconds for clean closure
WScript.Sleep 2000
As Peter has pointed out in his answer you need to /WAIT before xcopy and depending on how your vbs file handling is set-up you may not need Wscript in the start line
NOW replace your .bat with this
#echo off
start /WAIT Wscript OpenRunSaveExit.vbs
xcopy/y "\\XXX\Dossier_avant*.*" "\\XXX\Dossier_apres\"
pause
And check it runs without the need for taskkill.
Finally why use a 2-4 line .bat since a desktop shortcut would potentially be easier to use. So make a shortcut for the .vbs file (right click the .vbs, and in English its Create Shortcut) and wherever it is built move it to your desktop.
Then change the properties like this (where & has a special meaning so the .vbs filename must NOT have spaces or &.)
%comspec% /c "start /wait wscript.exe OpenRunSaveExit.vbs & xcopy/y "\\XXX\Dossier_avant*.*" "\\XXX\Dossier_apres\" & pause"
P.S. I forgot to add Peters start / wait in this image until later
You can't interact with Microsoft Excel (or most of other programs) through Batch unless they provide such an interface. There is however an option to do it with VBS i.e. via an interface Microsoft Excel supports for interacting with that software.
For just opening the program check start command e.g.:
start /B excel.exe <filename>
then you can wait for the user to both edit and save the file for two minutes or also utilize pause if you don't want to introduce a race condition between saving and copying with xcopy.
Alternatively use start like this:
start /WAIT /B excel.exe <filename>
so the opened file blocks the operation and once it closes (no edit or saving by the user guaranteed) then it'll unblock and xcopy would take place without any time-dependent feature.
I'm trying my hand at some light programming, but have hit a wall I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm using an HTPC and a front end media center called Kodi. Within Kodi I have a program called advanced launcher. As my MC Kodi is scripted to always be on top, I've been using a batch file for each PC game and program I'm trying to run. It shuts down Kodi, launches the program, and when the program is closed, relaunches Kodi. This works fine for most programs, but if it has a launcher attached (the example I have is for Dragon Age: Inquisition and the launcher it has Origin) it will run straight through the entire batch file without waiting as I thought I had instructed it. This only seems to happen in programs that have launchers. As I'm just starting out, while lines to change or add would be great to get this working, I'd also like to know the reason behind the changes.
pskill Kodi.exe
cd /d "I:\Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\"
start /max /wait Dragon Age Inquisition.exe
ping 192.168.1.46 -n 1 -w 15000 > nul
cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\"
start /max Kodi.exe
Ps Commands were recommended by a friend, not sure if this is also an issue, just seems odd that any program without a launcher works fine, but with a launcher just doesn't seem to function correctly. Thanks for your valuable time.
try with:
start "" /max /wait Dragon Age Inquisition.exe
and
start "" /max Kodi.exe
First argument is always the title.
Taskkill /im Kodi.exe
"I:\Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\Dragon Age Inquisition.exe"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\Kodi.exe"
Should work how you expect.
Taskkill is the correct command. Use it with /f to force closing.
This is pretty hard to explain so I'll do my best.
When I use the start command in Batch, It'll create a new window etc.
I'm trying to make my own console batch script that isn't as annoying as cmd.exe.
Problem is running commands like help, echo and so on in the current window.
My current code is
:console
set COMMAND=n
set /p COMMAND=%~dp0console.exe^> %=%
if %COMMAND%==exit exit
start %COMMAND%
rem Wait 1000
goto console
I'm using it with Batch to EXE Converter so rem Wait 1000 is valid.
The big problem with the script is that if a user types help or echo and any other commands you can run normally in cmd.exe, it'll open a new cmd.exe window and run the script. I do not want this to happen, is there a way to solve the problem?
Things I've tried:
Instead of using start %COMMAND% I just used %COMMAND%. This
resulted in an error.
(Will add on this list when things that don't work are suggested)
There are two options:
call %command%
Which will wait until the command is over
start /b %command%
Which will start the command in the current window
I am running a batch file that is malicious (for educational reasons) for my school.
What it does is it will repeat and worm and use up space. What i am looking for is to run it and be able to run it in the background so that it wont popup in the foreground. Like me going on facebook and it running in the background not affecting what i am doing. Again, not looking to harm any specific PC with this.
I am very new to batch.
#echo off
:A
SET /A X=%RANDOM%%%1999999999%
type damage.bat >> %x%.bat
start %x%.bat
goto:A
Please help me be able to run this into the background instead of the foreground.
Any help would be appreciated very much!
EDIT:: could you also make it automatically close out all the windows it creates?
First, three things:
%random% outputs a random number from 0 to 32767 (as described in HELP SET) so you don't really need the modulus.
You're allowed to run the same script multiple times, so I wouldn't bother renaming them.
You'll find a few useful parameters in HELP START: /B starts the script in the same window, and /MIN starts in minimized.
So, you get a really simple damage.bat:
#echo off
:a
start /b /min damage.bat
goto :a
Which actually really crashed my computer when I tried it -.-
This keeps the CMD window open, so you might want to add a launchDamage.bat:
#echo off
start /min damage.bat
exit
Which runs damage.bat minimized, then exits -> closes CMD window.
replace this
start %x%.bat
with this
start %x%.bat /min
That should work, but dont want to try to corrupt my computer XD
For info on any comand do
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Hi everyone I'm a newbie in batchfiling but loved tinkering and coding every other time. Can I make a batch file that closes two program simultaneously? Example, I created a batchfile that opens two program, App_A (gamepad imulator) is minimized App_B (offline RPG Game) normal window. What I want is when I close App_B App_A would automatically close too so that I don't have to restore the window and manually close the imulator.
this is the code I just did which I also found in this site and got it working:
ECHO OFF
start /d "C:\Documents and Settings\Computer\My Documents\Imulator\PROFILE" SET1.imulatorprofile /m
ECHO IMULATOR STARTED
start /d "C:\Program Files\App_B" App_BLauncher.exe
ECHO APP_B STARTED
ECHO OPERATION COMPLETE
Any comments or suggestions is GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANKS in ADVANCE :)
You can use another batch file with two taskkill lines, one for each of your apps, and launch that.
Otherwise you'd need to have a batch file running all the time in a window, which loops and checks if appB is not running and then it will close appA. It's not very elegant.
I'm not very good using the windows commandline, but I would try the following approach:
start imulator (which should quit automatically after APP_B exited)
start APP_B (using the /wait option - this should pause the batch processing)
kill imulator (using PsKill by name)
You can find details about start, PsKill and other commands at this site.
Hope that helps a bit.
*Jost
...added later...
Another option would be to do regular checks in the background if a process (App_B) is running and continue (with stopping App_A) when it is finished. This approach makes sense when App_B is only a launcher for another process (e.g. App_Launched_By_B) and comes back directly.
This can be done with a small loop which might look similar to this one:
start "App_A" /d "C:\Programs\App_A" App_A.exe
ECHO App_A STARTED
start "App_B" /d "C:\Programs\App_B" App_B.exe
ECHO App_B STARTED
ECHO GIVE App_B 30 SECONDS TO LAUNCH App_Launched_By_B
SLEEP 30
:LOOP
PSLIST App_Launched_By_B >nul 2>&1
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
GOTO CONTINUE
) ELSE (
ECHO App_Launched_By_B IS STILL RUNNING - PAUSE ANOTHER 5 SECS
SLEEP 5
GOTO LOOP
)
:CONTINUE
PsKill App_A
ECHO App_A STOPPED
This example came originally from another answer and was written by aphoria. I adapted it just a little little bit for this case.
Additional information about PsList and other commands can be found at this site.
I also want to note that I do not really like this approach, because it consumes some cpu without doing much. But it is the only solution from a batch file I can see.