Windows batch file creation

Here is a locale independent solution copy to a file named SetDateTimeComponents. Can confirm: not locale-independent. Mogsdad BeConcise BeConcise 71 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. I borrowed a lot of this from other forums Glenn Slayden Rick Rubino Rick Rubino 61 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Create a file with the current date as filename ex. Secko Secko 7, 5 5 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. Nice one Secko Any chance you can explain the SET statement.

I tried to show how it can be done with a set of variables it can work fine without the prompt line. Sorry if it doesn't work. Note that this is also not locale-independent. The date is formatted to the current culture setting, in my case DD. YYYY for German. Harry Pehkonen Harry Pehkonen 2, 2 2 gold badges 15 15 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. Haxslie Haxslie 37 6 6 bronze badges. This was useful for me, although in a ".

You can simply detect the current local format and can get the date in your format, for example: ::for Peter Mortensen Adam Silenko Adam Silenko 2, 1 1 gold badge 12 12 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges.

Dean Dean 21 1 1 bronze badge. This works well with my German locale, should be possible to adjust it to your needs Martin Martin 1. Hope that helps.

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Stack Gives Back Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Right-click an empty space in a folder of your choosing, and select New , then Text Document. With the text file open, enter the following script. Our example will provide the main American news media outlets available online. The above script stacks one start "" parameter on top of the other to open multiple tabs. You can replace the links provided with ones of your choosing.

After you've entered the script, head to File , then Save As. Once you'd saved your file, all you need to do is double-click your BAT file. Instantly, your web pages will open. If you'd like, you can place this file on your desktop. This will allow you to access all of your favorite websites at once. Have you been downloading multiple files a day, only to have hundreds of files clogging up your Download folder?

Create a batch file with the following script, which orders your files by file type. Place the BAT file into your disorganized folder, and double-click to run. It's that simple. This batch script will also work with any type of file, whether it's a document, video, or audio file.

Even if your PC does not support the file format, the script will create a folder with the appropriate label for you. If you already have a JPG or PNG folder in your directory, the script will simply move your file types to their appropriate location.

If you find yourself opening the same set of apps over and over again, you can now create a custom launcher batch file that opens them all with a single click. All you need to find out is the Windows file location. Let's say you need to do some work, and you want to open Excel, the Calculator, and Spotify. Here's the code for that:. You could even have your batch file open specific documents or websites, along with a set of apps.

I n this tutorial, we are going to see how to create a batch file in Windows. Creating your own Bat files is useful when you need to perform a sequence of commands repeatedly and want to automate their execution.

For example, this could be login procedures or a program, which has to run continuously in the background. In this tutorial, we are going to see the tools you need to create batch files and explain in detail how to create, save and run your own batch files. Batch File Commands List With Examples In this tutorial, we are going to see a list of batch file commands with examples.

Batch files are batch files that allow Windows users… Read More.