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1. 

   Todd Paulus
   August 28th, 2011 - 10:09

   Jim,

   I want to use the Windows “Sent To” on a right click to run a batch program in a fixed path location, and then have the batch file there move the output back to the current folder. My problem is: How do I identify, in the batch file, the SOURCE location of the Send To command?

   Let me explain this a little differently: I have multiple ‘working folder locations’, where I am writing client-specific software. I want to compile the results without have to copy files, run a batch program, and then copy the results back to the starting point – the ‘working folder’.

   Should be easy, but I cannot figure out how to identify where the working file came from in the folder where the compiler is working. I don’t know how to send the results back to the ‘source’.

   Thanks!
   Regards,
   Todd

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   subhash
   September 15th, 2011 - 23:02

   i want to the xml file load into the xna game project but i am getting the error :There was an error while deserializing intermediate XML so could u please help me to resolve this.

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3. 

   Liz
   October 12th, 2011 - 07:04

   I just want to sincerely thank you for the DOS file handling information that you have provided. This just helped me solve a big problem.

   Liz

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4. 

   Sandeep
   October 21st, 2011 - 03:52

   Hi Jim,

   Need your help.

   I want to create a batch job to compare 2 directories that have sub directories and files in them.

   IS there a way I can just give the root directory as parameter and the code find identical folders/files and compares them and gives the output if the file matches or if the file is missing or if the dir itslef is missing.

   c:\Sandeep\test1\test1.xml
   c:\Sandeep\test2\test2.xml
   c:\Sandeep\test1\testtest1\test3.xml
   c:\Sandeep\test2\testtest2\test3.xml

   Compare test 1 dir with test 2 dir
   Appreciate your help.

   Thanks,SAndeep

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5. 

   Tom
   February 6th, 2012 - 07:18

   This question relates to the post:
   “How to use a DOS batch to loop through files”.
   This works fine for me in a single directory, but I was wondering how to modify this batch file so that it picks up all files in subdirectories also?

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