kholdstare32 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I made a little batch file that backs-up my files onto a FreeNAS server, like in 2x02. Problem is this: I want to use an old MS-DOS command 'CHOICE', but 2000/XP don't have it. I want it because I want to have a timed choice, if I want to keep using the computer or just it shut it down (default, after 30sec, it shutsdown). I am having a really hard time trying to figure out how I should make this timed choice in Windows XP. Any suggestions for a n00blet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Zaius Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Ok, short version you can get what you want here: http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/choice.zip Long version, a modern (and alot more stable) version of the choice command was included in the NT and 2000 resource kits, for some reason I couldn't find download links for these at Microsoft anymore, so I googled and found and tested the link above which contains choice for 2K/XP compatible systems. This tool was dropped from the XP/2K3 Resource Kits as it's a built in command in Windows 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kholdstare32 Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Sweetness! Thanks Dr.Zaius! (woah...that felt...monkey.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 i belive you can still run the old cmd prompt just go into run and type command like the good old days :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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