Need batch help. I'm having a senior moment...

[Corbin Dallas]

WTF is wrong with me...

Have I lost all ability to write a proper batch command such as for /f ?


I'm looking to parse the result of:

wmic os get dataexecutionprevention_available

Which should come out as:

DataExecutionPrevention_Available
TRUE

So I wrote this command:

@echo off

for /f %%a in ('wmic OS get DataExecutionPrevention_Available /value^|find "DataExecutionPrevention_Available"') do set %%a
if "%DataExecutionPrevention_Available%" NEQ "TRUE" goto DEPno

echo.
echo DEP is available
echo.
goto end

:DEPno

echo DEP is NOT available

:end
Pause

Have I gone lame? All I get from the CMD windows is a blinking cursor...

[Khanan]

Your code looked correct, so I tried it and it works for me as a batch file. I'm running Win7 Enterprise.

[Corbin Dallas]

wow... I am daft and tired.

My trouble came from trying to run this batch from my thumbdrive directly.

Once I put it on the desktop, no problem!

Ok, time for me to pack it in. Now I KNOW I'm tired...

Thanks Khanan!

[rolli12]

this can happen in big matters