Windows XP Command Line Syntax

   Parameters    Command Line Parameters  %1  %~f1

  Variables     Create/read environment variables

  Redirection   Spooling output to a file, piping input

  AND/OR Logic  Conditional Execution (If-Then-Else)

  Loops         Loops and Subroutines

  functions     How to package blocks of code

Services     List of Windows XP Services



Evaluating expressions

  Using brackets to Group and expand expressions

  Delayed Expansion Manage  and  text

  SET /A        Environment variable arithmetic

  VarSubstring  Extract part of a variable (substring)

  VarSearch     Search & replace part of a variable

  Escape chars, delimiters and quotes

  Wildcards     Match multiple files



Batch Files

  DateMath      Add or subtract days from any date

  GetDate.cmd   Get todays date (any region, any OS)

  GetTime.cmd   Get the time now

  GetGMT.cmd    Time adjusted to Greenwich Mean Time

  datetime.vbs  Get Date, Time and daylight savings

  deQuote       Remove quotes from a string

  DelOlder.cmd  Delete files more than n days old

  Stamp.cmd     Rename a file with the date/time

  Which.cmd     Display full path to any command

  DragDrop.cmd  Drag and drop onto a batch script



Reference/How to

  Slow Browsing  Speed up network browsing

  Printing       Printer connections and print drivers

  Qchange        Script to change Printer connections

  Permissions    Local vs Global workgroups

  Long Filenames NTFS filename issues

  WorkGroups     Built-In Users and Security Groups

  autoexec       Run commands at startup

  Recovery       The Recovery Console

  WinXP Registry User interface settings