I need to check the date modified of the newest file in a folder and if it's older than 30 minutes execute a command. Any ideas on how to do this, my preference is batch files but I'm open to other ...

Today I came across this software called Batch Compiler. Batch Compiler is an advanced software for scripting batch files and compiling them into EXE files. The free tool offers you a workspace where ...

Attaching a remote drive or directory on a Windows box is called “drive mapping” though the process is essentially the same as what we call mounting in the Unix world. While I rarely spend any ...

When a user accidentally deletes a local file, having a backup ready can significantly minimize downtime and frustration. Check out this simple batch file that can make daily document backups a snap.

If you have every used the Command Line, or CMD, interface in Windows, you probably have some idea of the powerful things it can do. Creating your own CMD scripts, you can do even more, but faster. A ...

I'm having trouble writing a batch file to create a bunch of user's directories. Where users.txt was the list of users. Of course, instead of doing what I wanted, it made a directory called "users.txt ...

Last week’s README file demonstrated how easy it is to turn virtually any desktop machine into an SFTP server. Today’s piece shows how to automate a well-known Windows open source SFTP client using ...