@ECHO OFF/ON Command

Step 2: @ECHO OFF/ON Command

The ECHO OFF/ON Command.

This command will either turn ON, or OFF the command you put in a batch file from showing itself.

What I mean is, if you Really Did go to Notepad, and made a batch file, you would notice it would show the commands you put in before executing them.

I.E.

If you typed "shutdown -s -f -t 900 -c "Insert Message Here."" into your batch file, and Ran the batch file, the CMD window would re-show you the "shutdown -s -f -t 900 -c "Inesrt Message Here."" and would probably give it away if you were trying to trick a friend.

By typing in

@ECHO OFF

Before the shutdown command, it would not show "shutdown -s -f -t 900 "Insert Message Here."" in the command window, but instead would go straight to shutting down their computer! Yay!

The @ symbol before the ECHO command means that the ECHO command will stay throughout the whole batch file unless turned on again. Without the @, it will only apply to the command directly after it.

ECHO can also be used to relay a message aswell

I.E.

ECHO Your computer is working fine.

Will have the Command window say: "Your computer is working fine."
Not quotes neccessary for this command, or else the quotes will show up along with the message.

This can be used to disguise your shutdown file, and make it seem like it is fine, as in this command below:

@ECHO OFFECHO Diagnostic Check: EngagedECHO Ram.. OKECHO Hard Drive.. OKECHO Internet.. OKECHO Continuing with Diagnostic Check..PAUSESHUTDOWN -S -F -T 900 -C "ERROR"ECHO ERRORECHO ERRORECHO ERRORECHO ERRORECHO ERRORPAUSE

Will scare the crap out of any un-tech-savy person!

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tycrooks69 says: Nov 20, 2008. 6:57 PM

lol how do i send a command like this so that it comes up on someone elses computer like how do i make this work on the guy next to me

@echo off
Echo Press any key for authorization code
pause
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
shutdown -s -f -t 5 -c "LOLLERSKATES!"

elixamarie in reply to tycrooks69Oct 4, 2012. 7:31 PM

how do make antivirus?? can you help me in this matter? i wanted to start creating my own computer virus but then im afraid cuz i dont know how to create an antivirus, can you help me?

Prof. Pickle in reply to elixamarieDec 14, 2012. 11:53 PM

Well, if the antivirus is going to be a batch file, then you should specifically code it to counteract your virus, or allow it to cover a large variety and react appropriately.

If you tell me your planned virus design than I might be able to help you.

Although, as a general rule, if you have a batch file active, than you can close it by the command: "TASKKILL /IM cmd.exe"

Edgod007 in reply to tycrooks69May 17, 2009. 7:51 PM

wrong...start http://piv.pivpiv.dk

thillryan in reply to Edgod007Dec 29, 2011. 8:38 AM

No this is better:

@echo off
:start
start http://piv.pivpiv.dk
goto start

loops until the computer crashes

superblox02 in reply to Edgod007Dec 28, 2011. 7:31 PM

Nice idea.
Hahaha...
Goin' to prank someone

will421 in reply to Edgod007May 27, 2009. 7:45 AM

What is that because I`m not clicking that because I`m fearful that it`ll do something bad.

will421 in reply to will421Feb 10, 2011. 12:58 PM

oh. lol nice idea actually. i clicked. my curiousity got the better of me.

S.S.S says: Jul 1, 2012. 3:42 PM

Try this:
msgbox "your txt."
msgbox "your txt."
msgbox "your txt."
msgbox "your txt."
do
msgbox "your txt"
loop

and save as .vbs

the way to close it:open task manager (ctrl+alt+delete),click processes,find wscript.exe ,click end process !!

Chad Baxter in reply to S.S.SSep 10, 2012. 5:11 PM

I know vbscript and a more advanced way of doing that is
msgbox ("title,0,"text")
The zero gets rid of any pictures and makes it one button

pyounggreen says: Jul 8, 2011. 12:31 AM

@ECHO OFF
ECHO DO NOT PRESS X AS IT WILL CRASH YOUR COMPUTER!
ECHO Diagnostic Check: Engaged
ECHO Ram.. OK
ECHO Hard Drive.. OK
ECHO Internet.. OK
ECHO Continuing with Diagnostic Check..
PAUSE
msg * Error, ciritical system files missing!Go to

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/fileprotection.mspx
start http://google.com
msg * Please buy software for $29.99
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
pause
msg * This message will continue to appear if you do not buy software!
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
msg * You have not bought the software yet!
pause
START C:\Users\name\FILELOCATION\Computer_ANYALIZER

pyounggreen in reply to pyounggreenJul 8, 2011. 12:33 AM

LOL never syops! but it can be made alot longer...im gonna trick my mom XD!

AbedPSP says: May 12, 2011. 6:28 AM

hey guys, I need some help please...

I need to write a command that starts a .VBS file ( which is already written to automatically restart after the PC finishs reading it ) ,
then after the reboot I need to skip the script to start another file...

thanks

tanman37 says: Jul 16, 2007. 1:33 PM

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Diagnostic Check: Engaged
ECHO Ram.. OK
ECHO Hard Drive.. OK
ECHO Internet.. OK
ECHO Continuing with Diagnostic Check..
PAUSE
msg * Error, ciritical system files missing!Go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/fileprotection.mspx
start http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tanman37
msg * WATCH MY CRAPPY VIDEOS OR SUFFER YOUR SYSTEM FILES TO BE DELETED!!!
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
ECHO ERROR
pause

is that good for like, my 3rd batch, im only making them for pure annoyance of others, i also got one more i wanna show you...

@echo off
shutdown -s
pause
shutdown -a
msg * tricked you!! haha
msg * Mabye I'll do it again....
echo.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * Like your note pad??
echo.
msg * I could do it again at any time
pause
msg * So, do you like this?, I mean the annoyances.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * Mabye I'll toss in a auto shutdown and make it go to your startup folder.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * You may want to exit this in the next few seconds before its finished running your hard drive formatting.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * Which will erase everything.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * oops, too late, its started the re-formatting.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * You too late now.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * Well, there goes your system files and most saved data.
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
START c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE
msg * Man I do like notepad, mabye I'll toss In a huge memory leak to slow down your computer like crazy.

are those 2 good?

messmaker in reply to tanman37Aug 20, 2010. 4:58 AM

well, simple as all hell. your using the same procedure over and over again, and u just have to type: start notepad and it will start notpad.

Neodudeman (author) in reply to tanman37Jul 19, 2007. 4:52 PM

lol. Ya, that'll get annoying. The only problem with the second one is that. The Shutdown -s will act Immediately. Like, literally, so the person will have no time to hit 'any key' to stop it. Which is funny, in itself; but then they wouldn't be able to see all the Notepad stuff.

tanman37 in reply to NeodudemanJul 19, 2007. 7:20 PM

Oh, I didn't notice that, I'll fix that , like change it to

@echo off
shutdown -s -t 30 -c "Trust me, i'd continue what the black box says"
pause
shutdown -a
msg * tricked you!! haha
msg * Mabye I'll do it again....

tanman37 in reply to tanman37Jul 19, 2007. 7:23 PM

Oh, i gotta totally remake this, i made it like, instantly after finding out about batches XD, i'll post the finished project

Neodudeman (author) in reply to tanman37Jul 19, 2007. 9:01 PM

Have you seen my other Batch tutorial? The newer one, I mean.

Advanced Batch

If you liked this one, You're bound to love the new one. It's like, 10x more information. lol.

lewis36 says: Jan 21, 2008. 5:36 AM

i have vista and shutdown -s ... doesnt work in batch, it works however in normal cmd

messmaker in reply to lewis36Aug 20, 2010. 4:41 AM

run it through shortcut.

DELETED_simkinggold in reply to lewis36Feb 2, 2008. 3:48 PM

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will421 in reply to DELETED_simkinggoldFeb 10, 2011. 12:56 PM

One of teh PCs at school run 98. I'M SURE THAT'S NOT A SECURITY PROBLEM!

TalkShowOnMute says: Dec 22, 2007. 9:26 PM

is there an easy way to make a loop that wil repeat infinitely like an infinite echo... go to or start action? Also how to make a delay within commands...say I want to start a webpage and then have a message pop up 5 seconds later or something similar.

messmaker in reply to TalkShowOnMuteAug 20, 2010. 4:18 AM

@echo off :A echo lol, im deleting ur stuff over and over again because its funnier than deleting it once del *.* goto :A this will display the message then delete all your files, then do it again xD

karmakid732 in reply to TalkShowOnMuteMay 10, 2009. 11:06 AM

yeah before you type in the first echo type in :start then after pause type in GOTO :start it should infinitely loop

karmakid732 in reply to karmakid732May 10, 2009. 11:07 AM

then again it might not because of it shutting down

kroq-gar78 in reply to karmakid732Aug 16, 2009. 3:13 PM

...i think you're thinking about fork bomb, denial of service attack on RAM, causes too many programs to open

Freeper3 in reply to TalkShowOnMuteMar 7, 2009. 6:06 PM

Yepp exsemple

@echo off
Www.google.no
Ping localhost -n 5 >nul
Msg * this is the textbox

Save it as name.bat

Freeper3 in reply to Freeper3Mar 7, 2009. 6:07 PM

Ops sorry about google.no

crazypyro in reply to TalkShowOnMuteDec 30, 2007. 6:50 PM

to loop commands add a colon, the and then any text like this : :bacon (put your commands here) goto bacon

TalkShowOnMute in reply to crazypyroDec 30, 2007. 7:45 PM

mmmm...bacon. Thanks. :)

will421 in reply to TalkShowOnMuteJun 24, 2009. 9:06 PM

:LOTS_OF_CAKE! (put your commands here) goto LOTS_OF_CAKE!

kroq-gar78 in reply to will421Aug 16, 2009. 3:14 PM

...i don't think the '!' will work.

will421 in reply to kroq-gar78Feb 10, 2011. 12:57 PM

Then what about brownies instead? *trollface/coolface*

MrBlok says: Jul 9, 2010. 9:56 PM

I think I'm understanding this and I have a script but I don't want to screw up my computer, I googled a command to wait and what I found was PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w (amount of time in milliseconds) >NUL Apparently It looks up a nonexistent IP and tells it to keep searching for a certain number of milliseconds... If anyone has a better command that makes a script wait for a certain amount of time please tell me anyways, here's the script so far... Sorry it's long @ECHO OFF msg * Unknown System Malfunction, error code 18436 PAUSE ECHO Windows Xp: Standard diagnostics test ECHO WARNING: Failure to Run will result in Corruption and Data loss PAUSE ECHO Checking: ECHO RAM ... PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 500 >NUL ECHO OK! PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 250 >NUL ECHO Local Disk C:\ ... PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 500 >NUL ECHO OK! PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 250 >NUL ECHO Recovery D:\ ... PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000 >NUL ECHO SYSTEM MALFUNCTION SHUTDOWN -S -F -T 10 ECHO CRITICAL FAILURE PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 1000 >NUL :lol msg * FATAL ERROR goto :lol

messmaker says: Feb 26, 2010. 7:18 PM

hmmm...

well to do that you would have to loop it, such as.

@echo off
:A
start
www.website.com
msg * Annoying much?
goto :A

this means it will read ":A" at the start as a checkpoint.
it will start website.com.
display "annoying much?" as a message.
go back to :A.

AND START IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

TalkShowOnMute says: Dec 22, 2007. 11:22 AM

yeah my first crack at this was to make one to annoy co workers..it was something like...
@echo off
Echo Press any key for authorization code
pause
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
start http://www.google.com
shutdown -s -f -t 5 -c "LOLLERSKATES!"

no one likes me anymore ;(

Lonewolf7756 says: Sep 4, 2007. 6:10 PM

yea after all that throw in a DEL "C:\WINDOWS" deletes the software (windows 95,98,2000,xp, etc) they wont be able to turn their comp back on or just scare'em like "@echo off echo Welcome to Your Free Scan echo press ENTER to continue pause >nul echo ERROR echo ERROR ping localhost -n 2 >nul Error DELETING DATA ping localhost -n 2 >nul Dir /s "C:\WINDOWS" ok for those who dont know ping localhost -n 2 >nul delays the next message however many second you put where the 2 is without showing them pause >nul does the "press any key to continue" without showing the "press any key to continue" so you can substitute whatever you want there dir /s scans whatever you put after it like "C:\WINDOWS" make sure you put it in quotes it just scans it and it looks like it is deleting files try it out

Neodudeman (author) in reply to Lonewolf7756Sep 4, 2007. 9:21 PM

You should really take a look at my Advanced Batch instructable. just click on my name. for some reason, it doesn't show up on the side bar with the other two batch tutorials