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Seeking Script for Creating Recovery Partition in Autounattend File
Hello I have a question I am looking for a script to create a recovery partition to put in an autounattend file- Pcgamer27
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- automated setup autounattend batch file deployment automation disk management dism tool imaging partition partition automation partition script recovery environment recovery partition system restore unattended install wim file windows deployment windows pe windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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How to Schedule Automatic Shutdowns in Windows 11: Step-by-Step Guide
Do you ever find yourself working late on your PC, desperately hoping for a magical shut-down fairy to swoop in and save the day (or night)? Or perhaps you’d like to rest easy knowing your machine will turn off without you needing to babysit it? Windows 11 has your back, offering a variety of...- ChatGPT
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- automatic shutdown batch file command prompt power saving powershell printer issues printer shutdowns shutdown task scheduler troubleshooting windows 10 windows 11
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 11 How Can I Replace First Hyphen in a Folder's Name but Leave All Other Hyphens in it Unchanged?
Hello and Happy New Year. I’d like some advice and suggestions on how to perform a specific task involving batch renaming a large group of folders. I want to rename over 5,000 folders a certain way. I don’t have to rename them all at once. They are all in one central folder, at least for now...- tatihulot
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- 2025 music automation batch file batch renaming central folder command line file management file names file operations folders hyphen music collection programming help python rename folder scripting user help windows
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Mastering Batch Files: Boost Your Windows Productivity with Automation
If you're a Windows enthusiast or just someone looking to simplify repetitive tasks, you’ve likely stumbled upon the transformative realm of batch files. They might sound old-school, but batch files are far from obsolete. They’re like magic scripts tucked away in your PC that execute strings of...- ChatGPT
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- automation batch file productivity tips
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 11 Using Command Xcopy
Hello, I need to copy all files in 6 diretories to another device using only one diretory but with all files the files only. Idon't want to replicate the original directiories in the new directory. On the files belonging the original directories. Because if I use /s he copies all the original...- Curious
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- batch file command command line data management directories file operations file transfer windows windows tools xcopy
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Help with uninstalling a msi program with batch file
I'm currently working on a script to uninstall a msi program that is installed on a client. The package doesn't have a GUID in registry but it does have its own uninstaller.exe I'm currently trying to use a msiexec /x %path/to/exe% /qn /f bat file to uninstall the package quietly without having...- Mjk
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- batch file client management gpo msi msiexec scripting silent install software removal task scheduler uninstall
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 11 Semi-automatic Creation of Windows ISO
This guide is to automate many manual and error-prone steps of "How to create a Windows 10 ISO image for clean, in-place upgrade and repair install" when is used to prepare Custom Windows 11 ISO with pre-installed software, no user accounts. This guide is only applicable to Windows 11 (both...- Rezenke
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- automation batch file bloatware customization deployment developer tools dism hyper-v installation iso office 2021 privacy scripting telemtry virtualization visual studio windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Workgroup: map drives for all local accounts
The scenario: 40 users, 3 workstations, 1 NAS fileshare. These workstations move on quite often and we replace them with other donated systems. We have a batch file that adds all user accounts to each machine. I would like these machines to map drives upon user account login. I understand I...- SwiftNet
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- batch file gpo local policy login script mapped drives nas unc path user account windows access workgroup
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Move all subfolders from parent folder to a new unique created folder in the target location
Hi I made this batch code, to move all subfolders from "C:\1" to a new created folder inside folder "C:\2" @echo off set "sourceDir=C:\1" set "destinationDir=C:\2" set "newFolderName=NewSubfolder" mkdir "%destinationDir%\%newFolderName%" 2nul for /D %%I in ("%sourceDir%\*") do (...- Jakov93
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- automation batch file command line file management folder organization scripting subfolders unique folders windows commands
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows batch scrip - Window does not close after script
Hi Guys, I have a one to run by you. I have a simple Windows batch script I run in the morning that basically opens various programs I use for the day. Lazy doing this...yup LOL. Issue is the command prompt window that pops up never closes after the script is run. I have tried ending the...- clawwd
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- automation batch file command prompt error handling outlook scripting startup taskkill user interface windows
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Launch a program from the icon tray in windows 10
When I re-execute the program Progressbarsoflife.exe the icon apper in the tray of the system. I need the program maximize in the desktop. How can I do that. The program itself if not configurable with right click icon the option Restore Form is available With a batch, or perhaps with scheduler...- Proactivo
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- batch file desktop maximize programs restore system tray task scheduler windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Please, I need a BATCH to delete all folders, except specific folders and sub-folders
Hi, I have a SSD with several partitions. I need to work at J:\ and I need to delete everything inside J:\, except the following folders: J:\System Volume Information J:\$RECYCLE.BIN J:\New J:\Old Stuff And the following sub-folders: J:\Papers\Folder J:\Room\Main Documents J:\Year\Origin\Part...- Decopi
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- batch file
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 batch script on logoff does not work
Hello, so i added my batch script for auto turning off nanoleafs on pc shutdown via this tutorial Executing a batch script on Windows shutdown but it does not work, if you run the script alone, it works fine, but not on windows shutdown... any ideas? Its added in a shutdown folder and also...- TomNXT
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- automation batch file error execution issues log off nanoleaf process scripting settings shutdown tutorial windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Non-admin users not able to see scheduled tasks created by users with admin rights in windows server 2019
Hi , I have created a scheduled task using an account with admin privilege in 2019 server and task is running fine. But just noticed that other non -admin domain users are not able to see the task in task library. I have tried below options , but no luck . Please let me know if anyone have a...- jimab2611
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- admin rights batch file domain user non-admin users security policies server 2019 task library task scheduler windows server
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows 7 Activating a program when files in a folder change?
I would like to watch a certain folder and run a program ASAP when it receives any new files. It would seem to me that a service is the logical alert mechanism, but there doesn't seem to be an option in creating a service to trigger a program on that event. The program triggered can most...- Pemmons1
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- automation batch file efficiency event triggers file changes file monitoring program execution real time services windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8.1 How to make Batch Script run a command when it gets a response to ping...
Ok so i want a batch file that will run in the background and ping a few servers, and then if it gets a response from any of these servers (If it is able to communicate with them), it executes a command. It will be running on a machine that in normal operation has no internet (WAN) access, (For...- Bob07984
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- automation background processes batch file command execution command line error handling google internet access lan microsoft network network monitoring ping scripting security server response system utilities windows windows forum
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 11 about windows batch file on startup
What commands will get a batch file to stop trying to start a program on windows startup? The following code below is what I had used to execute said program as a batch file: C:\Users\drumm\Desktop>start "" "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" -pc MY-PC -launch- wolfxiv
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- automation batch file command execution programs scripting startup task management windows winrar
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 10 A guide on how to remote lock computers on the network with one batch file
This method works on Windows 11,10, 8.1 & 7 as well. All programs for this guide are free. Download links PsTools PsTools - Windows Sysinternals FePsTools Front-end for PsTools | DaviTools Nircmd (At the bottom of the page. Not the 64 bit one.) NirCmd - Windows command line tool Winrar...- Johncoool
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- admin account administrator batch file command execution command line configuration fepstools file sharing network tools nircmd pstools remote lock remote management system administration tool configuration windows 10 windows 11 windows 7 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 10 Permitting users to delete their own browser profile files
This issue is strictly about browser privacy between users of community desktop computers. Elderly users are sometimes forgetful while on the web. They forget to logout of their browser activities like Facebook, gMail etc, and then forget to logout of the community account. Some have even saved...- ineuw
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- access rights automatic logout batch file browser chrome community computers elderly users firefox password management privacy profile files public account registry security user management windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Is there any way to run a batch script without showing up the command prompt window?
I have a server and it don't have backup so I need to run my custom batch script to get files from sftp then archive it. But I need it to run like a schedules, but everytime the schedules start the batch files. I allway open up the command prompt window. Is anyway to hide that window? Like...- LOL
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- archive automation background processes batch file command prompt file transfer script execution sftp task scheduler windows server
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support