The Old New Thing

July 30, 2012 - The Old New Thing

Raymond's subjective, unfair, and completely wrong impressions of the opening ceremonies of a major athletic event which took place recently

July 30, 2012 Jul 30, 2012 07/30/12
Raymond Chen
Like many other people, I watched the opening ceremonies of a major athletic event which took place a few days ago. (The organization responsible for the event has taken the step of blocking the mention of the name of the city hosting the event and the year the event takes place, or the name of the event itself except in editorial news ...

Why don't any commands work after I run my batch file? I'm told that they are not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.

July 30, 2012 Jul 30, 2012 07/30/12
Raymond Chen
I sort of forgot to celebrate CLR Week last year, so let's say that CLR week is "on hiatus" until next year. To fill the summertime time slot, I'm going to burn off a busted pilot: This week is Batch File Week 2012. Remember, nobody actually enjoys batch programming. It's just something you have to put up with in order to get something done. ...