Command "CHOICE" 1

[Benedikt83]

Dear WinXP-Users,

when writing a batch file for copying files from a backup-drive I found out that there is no command "choice" available. Why isn't the file choice.exe installed with windows and where can I get it from?

Thanx a lot
Benedikt

 

[wolluf]

Its choice.com (not exe) & you can get it from a win9x/ME installation (works fine on NT based o/s - 2k/xp)

 

[bcastner]

Using the NT or later CMD language extension SET/P works as well without requiring any software from Win9x-ME:


echo.
echo 1. East
echo 2. West
echo 3. South
echo 4. North
echo.
:choice
set /P CH=[1,2,3,4]
if "%CH%"=="1" goto c_East
if "%CH%"=="2" goto c_West
if "%CH%"=="3" goto c_South
if "%CH%"=="4" goto c_North
goto choice
:: Below would follow the labels for each option