Launch multiple apps at once, clear temporary files, and more.

I use simple windows batch scripting to automate some software development I do. The one thing that is hanging me up is the final step where I zip all the files up into a self-extracter. I want to be ...

I'm posting this here and in the programmers' forum, since it's both a programming issue and a system administration issue.<BR><BR>I want to create a batch script in Windows XP that will do the ...

Windows Script Host provides scripting abilities like batch files but includes many more features. It can be used manually by a user as well as created by the operating system to automate the flow of ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

Most of us are familiar with the Command Prompt and its basic commands. We usually execute a set of commands to complete a task or obtain some information. But this can also be done with the help of a ...

I find myself amazed at how many IT professionals still avoid the command line. Even if you're no longer a hands-on, technical IT practitioner, you've surely got some familiarity with it. The command ...