I am trying to run a bat file from a desktop shortcut.
If I run it from DOS it works fine.
If I try to run it from a desktop shortcut, I can not pass the parameter inside the bat file.
See attached for the example of the bat file.
The first part works (from the DOS prompt).
The second part does not work trying to pass the parameters.
I got the results from the web.
What does the batch file do?
It runs several sub programs and renames them when finished.
Can you give an example and how it's supposed to work.
What is passed as an argument?
Like:
Batch.bat SomeProgram.exe
and then it renames the program like SomeProgram2.exe
Can you put only the code inside the batch....
Please post screenshots of
1 The Command window showing the command you use to run the batch file
2 The shortcut properties
Please post the batch file.
Denis
I am enclosing the bat file and a text file that shows the results from DOS.
and the results when I try to run the program from a shortcut on the Desktop.
I open a dos prompt, change the directory to G:
Then change the directory to G:\batch_file
I type Tryit and enter a date after it ie TRYIT 20191220.TXT
The bat file takes off the .txt and continues on correctly.
I am enclosing the BAT file (TRYIT.BAT) and the log file ("log file run from dos.txt") .
I did not scan the bat file image, just loaded it.
The Bat file is run from my"G" drive with different directories on the "G" drive.
That probably accounts for the numerous errors you received.
I would like the TRYIT.BAT command file to run from the desktop and not from dos.
Last edited by Gladiator; 23 Apr 2020 at 12:09.
This is the one bit I can help you with.
It does not run "correctly".
It cannot run "correctly".The first line generates an error. I don't know why you kept working on this batch file beyond line 1 when that was not written correctly.
The second line is nonsensical.
The third echo command is nonsensical.
The Start command lines are so nonsensical that I thought they could only be created by very poor image OCR.
The :CVT_CONT line is not used. Perhaps this indicates that the code has been extracted from somewhere else.
I did not run it. I read it.The Bat file is run from my"G" drive with different directories on the "G" drive.
That probably accounts for the numerous errors you received.
I suggest that you try the Stackoverflow forum - batch file questions - Stack Overflow
Last edited by Try3; 24 Apr 2020 at 04:23.
To add, DOS is not as we used to use/know it although many of the DOS commands can be run in the Command Prompt. Working in the Prompt window can allow commands to be run such as dir /o/p [organized and pause at each screenful] to get a list of files in a folder [renamed from Directory of early versions of DOS and Windows]. Win95 was the beginning of the merging of DOS and the GUI into one installation instead of 2 comprising DOS followed by the GUI.
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