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Old 04-20-2007   #7 (permalink)
Dave R.


 
 

Re: DOS program problem


"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Dave,
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:26:18 -0400, "Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems
> dot com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:47:52 -0400, "Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems
>>> dot com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Anyway, the elevated command prompt just means I ran cmd.exe as an
>>>>administrator, so that's not something you can do inside of a batch
>>>>file
>>>>as far as I know. Until someone has any other ideas, the only thing
>>>>I've seen that might help was from a post over in the
>>>>networking_sharing
>>>>group from Davide Guolo:
>>>
>>> I hope this helps you Here's what I did.
>>> Just type CMD in the search box than pin the command prompt to the
>>> start menu, than right click on it and run as
>>> administrator.

>>
>>That's how I run the elevated command prompt as well.
>>
>>> I have a bat file and it works for me!

>>
>>So, if you run the bat file from an elevated command prompt, it works?

> Yes it does work fine.
>>When I ran the commands individually from an elevated command prompt
>>it
>>didn't work, but I didn't try it in a bat. What's your bat file look
>>like?

> Here it is:
>>@echo off
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\users\rls\Agent" "G:\Agent\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\users\rls\Agent" "D:\Agent\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\users\rls\Agent XP" "F:\Agent XP\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\users\rls\Agent XP" "D:\Agent XP\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\users\rls\Agent" "M:\Agent\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Documents" "G:\Documents\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Documents" "D:\Documents\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Downloads" "G:\Downloads\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Downloads" "D:\Downloads\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\USERS\RLS\Pictures" "G:\Pictures\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\USERS\RLS\Pictures" "D:\Pictures\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Favorites" "G:\Favorites\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Favorites" "D:\Favorites\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Backup" "G:\Backup\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Backup" "D:\Backup\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Backup" "G:\ABackup\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Setup" "G:\Setup\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Setup" "D:\Setup\"
>>xcopy /s /y /d /h /c "C:\Users\rls\Setup" "G:\ABackup\"

>


Oh, well, that's completely different. We were talking about
redirecting the LPT1: port to a printer configured to print to the FILE:
device and being able to print to it from a DOS program / CMD prompt and
have it ask for the file name. Thanks anyway, though.

Regards,

Dave


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