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Making an NSlookup Batch file for Windows Command prompt video

Batch files are like shortcut files which make working in the command-prompt a lot faster since batch files automate most of the typing. All you have to do is click the file and it execute a bunch of commands in CMD automatically.
Batch file code for notepad.exe
@echo off
c:\windows\system32\nslookup.exe
@pause
Save the file as NSlookup.bat and pick “All files” [...]

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Using Batch Files to speed up tasks in Windows

Batch Files are very useful because they can be used to copy a lot of files with a click of a mouse. All you have to do is write the batch file and run it. You need to know MS-Dos/command prompt commands to make batch files work since batch files use MS-DOS as it main [...]

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How to Make a directory/folder in MS-DOS/Command Prompt (CMD.EXE)

You need to make a directory or folder in Windows to copy all your files to another drive, but Windows Explorer is not starting. You need to boot to the command prompt to make a directory.

Browse to the folder or drive you want to make the directory in, and type MD foldername if you need to make more [...]

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How to Remove a directory/folder in MS-DOS/Command Prompt (CMD.EXE)

Sometimes you need to remove a folder, but the delete button in Windows does not work, so you need to use MS-DOS also called the Command prompt to delete a folder.

All you have to do is browse to your drive then the folder your file is located in by doing a series of CD and [...]

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