okay I figured it must be something like that. How do I deal with having to press "Enter" after each regsvr32 and regsvr32 /u command before I can proceed to the next one? ~Lacey~ ----- Original Message ----- From: DavisUnit <davist@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:31 pm Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: How to write batch file > stormy1@xxxxxxx wrote: > > >Can someone tell me how to write a batch file? > > > >Has to be run from windows desktop (on win98se) so has to bring > up the command prompt, change dir to c:\windows\system , delete 2 > files, copy same nameed 2 files from d:\ back to c:\windows\system > then run two regsvr commands from commant prompt to un-register > and then re-register some ocx files. I am sick & tired of getting > out the instructions and having to go do this "fix" everytime a > customer installs a new program (it mucks up another one and the > fix is to run this series of commands). > > > >I know it can't be too hard....can it? > > > >Thanks, > >~Lacey~ > > > You can write the batch file in notepad, but instead of it being a > *.txt > file, you would rename it to a *.bat > To do what you want, the contents of the file would be like so: > > c: > cd\windows\system > del file1 > del file2 > copy d:\file1 c: > copy d:\file2 c: > regsvr32 unregistercommand1 > regsvr32 unregistercommand2 > regsvr32 registercommand1 > regsvr32 registercommand2 > > Terry > > > > > > >To unsub or change your email settings: > >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > >To access our Archives: > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > >For more info: > >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk