File creation is perhaps one of the most trivial tasks you perform on your computer almost every day. If you’re a Windows user, you probably do it via the graphical interface. Although this approach ...

Batch scripts were an easy way to make tiny software necessary for drivers back in the days of DOS. DOS batch files can still be run in the same way in the Windows operating system through the command ...

Making batch files start up automatically upon Windows start-up requires a little bit of work, especially if you are running Windows 8. First of all, you have to ensure that you’re logged in as an ...

I have a batch file that performs nightly backups of my Outlook PST files, dropping them on a remote machine, encrypted using PGP-command line. It all works fine and dandy. However, as an added touch, ...

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 ...