[rkillcrazy]

I have several machines that have had people playing around with the ATTRIB
command. Now, I have some files that are no longer hidden like they should
be. I have a batch file that seems like it should work but in fact does not.
Any guidance would be great! Below is an example. I just want to search
recursively through the current folder and its child directories and run a
command if the file is found....

FOR /F %%I IN ("DESKTOP.INI") DO IF EXIST %%~nI ATTRIB +S +H DESKTOP.INI /S

Running that command outputs an error:

%%I was unexpected at this time.

[IcemanND]

If you want to process all DESKTOP.INI files in the current tree all you need to run is the attrib command from the desired folder.

ATTRIB +s +H DESKTOP.INI /S

The /S does the recursive searching for you. If you want to check the current folder before you run it use:

If EXIST DESKTOP.INI ATTRIB +S +H DESKTOP.INI /S

[rkillcrazy]

IcemanND, on Mar 26 2008, 07:36 AM, said:

If you want to process all DESKTOP.INI files in the current tree all you need to run is the attrib command from the desired folder.

ATTRIB +s +H DESKTOP.INI /S

The /S does the recursive searching for you. If you want to check the current folder before you run it use:

If EXIST DESKTOP.INI ATTRIB +S +H DESKTOP.INI /S

Ok, I'll try that...