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Are you really good at programming Batch Files, but you just don't know how to make those yes or no Choices or Menus that list Choices 1, 2, and 3? Well you've come to the correct place!

Steps

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   Click Start>Run

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   Type "cmd" (no quotations)

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3. 3

   Type "edit"

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   Type the following, careless of bolded/unbolded worlds. After each press enter. Anything in parenthesis do NOT type, these are side-notes that tries to explain the steps.

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   @echo off (This command will 'hide' the command input - optional but recommended)

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   cls (This will clear anything above - optional but recommended if you're wanting to make it look neat)

   start

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   echo.

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   echo Choice 1 ("Choice 1" can be renamed to whatever you want, any of the choices)

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   echo Choice 2

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    echo Choice 3 (Keep doing that until you have all of the choices that you need.)

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    Type "set /p choice=(Insert question or command here, like "Yes or no?")

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    if not '%choice%'== set choice=%choice: ~0,1%

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    if '%choice%'=='1' goto :choice1

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    if '%choice%'=='2' goto :choice2

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    (Continue doing this pattern until you have enough. Then type:)

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    echo "%choice%" is not a valid option. Please try again.

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    echo.

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    goto start

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    After that you type:

    choice1

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    (commands you want to run)

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    (commands)

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    (commands)

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    goto end

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    Continue doing this pattern until you have completed the file.

    end

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    pause

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    exit

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    Save this as a .bat file. Double click to test your batch file.

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  True or false: you can open Notepad using run options?

  

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  True, type in notepad or notepad.exe. Also, you can use CMD for that with "start Notepad."

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                            @              ECHO              off              cls              :              start              ECHO.              ECHO              1. Print Hello              ECHO              2. Print Bye              ECHO              3. Print Test              set              /p              choice              =Type the number to print text.              rem if not '%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0;1% ( don`t use this command, because it takes only first digit in the case you type more digits. After that for example choice 23455666 is choice 2 and you get "bye"              if              '%choice%'==''              ECHO              "              %choice%              "              is not valid please try again              if              '%choice%'=='1'              goto              hello              if              '%choice%'=='2'              goto              bye              if              '%choice%'=='3'              goto              test              ECHO.              goto              start              :              hello              ECHO              HELLO              goto              end              :              bye              ECHO              BYE              goto              end              :              test              ECHO              TEST              goto              end              :              end              pause              exit            

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