"
End If
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Now, it may take some experience to understand the extensive use of
objects in this example, but for the time being, just typing it in will serve as a
good example that can be used in other circumstances. This script requires
the FolderExists subroutine, found earlier in this book.
Note that a far more powerful file-renaming utility, Power Rename (part of
Creative Element Power Tools), is available for Windows Vista (download it
from http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/).
Command Prompt Scripting
If you don??™t quite have a grasp on the concept of DOS or the Command
Prompt, here??™s a quick primer on this useful but oft-forgotten interface.
The Command Prompt in Windows XP is based on MS-DOS (Microsoft
Disk Operating System), the operating system used by the first PCs and the
basis for many versions of Windows, including 95 and 98, up until Windows
Me. As explained in Chapter 1, however, the Windows XP/2000/NT
platform has been designed from the ground up to be completely independent
of DOS.
Fortunately, the DOS-like Command Prompt is still available from within
Windows. You can open the Command Prompt by clicking its icon in the
All Programs portion of your Start menu, or by typing cmd into the Start
menu Search box and pressing Enter.
Windows Vista also includes the Command Prompt application
found in Windows 9x/Me (command.com), but given its
poor support for long filenames and other limitations, you
shouldn??™t ever use it.
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