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.<BR><BR>Any ideas on how to do this, my preference is batch files but I'm open to ...

Batch files are one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to automate repetitive tasks on Windows. From cleaning temp files to launching multiple apps at once, they can save hours of manual work.

I use simple windows batch scripting to automate some software development I do. The one thing that is hanging me up is the final step where I zip all the files up into a self-extracter. I want to be ...

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 ...

How to batch rename files in Windows 10 with the PowerToys PowerRename tool Your email has been sent Renaming multiple files in Windows in a single step has always been a challenge since the built-in ...

Computers are great at automating repetitive tasks, right? But many of us encoding professionals spend a great deal of time repeating the same actions again and again. We point-and-click to set the ...

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 ...