Posts Tagged Command Prompt

How to Rename a File Over a Network Through a Batch File

Sometime you need to rename a file or a folder that does not reside on your sever. For example I run a scheduled task on one sever to rename the folder on another server so that I can automatically archive backups weekly. Batch files or command line operations do not support UNC paths like \\myserver\my_share without taking some steps first.
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Add Command Prompt Here Context Menu

Easy fast administration means less stress. This nifty script aims to save you some time.  This adds the right click context menu to all folders in explorer ‘cmd prompt here’. When you click this option a command prompt with the current directory will be displayed. This is a very useful tool for administrative functions and saves you the time of opening a command prompt and changing directory to the folder you need. Additionally, it gives you a really easy way to walk a user through opening a command prompt window when you need them to run something like ipconfig over the phone. This is a visual basic script and runs silently, so it can be deployed by login script, or GPO as well as kaseya. Just save it as a .vbs.
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