How to Make Batch Files Install Any File!

Ever want to give a download on an instructable, but it has to be in the correct folder? Here's how you can make a simple installer that can create multiple files, given you created it correctly. You will need

-a Windows NT (or higher) computer
-patience
-a file you want to install
-a place to put the file

Step 1: The Most Basic of Text Editing

Before we start programming we are going to have to open notepad.

Windows 95-2000
Start>Programs>Acessories>Notepad

Windows XP-7

Start>All Programs>Acessories>Notepad

Then proceed to the next step.

Step 2: The Code

This time you have to create the code. But I will show you how. Make sure you write down the code in notepad.

Say you file has two lines that are

This is the best instructable ever!
Thanks to Super_Nerd

And you want to put it in the filepath

C:\Users\ Users name goes here\Desktop

You start the code with

@echo off

Otherwise every command would have a C:\Windows\System 32 in front of it.

Then for every line in the file put

echo data in the line>>filepath

For the filepath involving the username where the username has to be, put

%USERNAME%

So in our case the code would be

@echo off

echo This is the best instructable ever!>>C:\Users\%Username%\Desktop\file.txt
echo Thanks to Super_Nerd>>C:\Users\%Username%\Desktop\file.txt

exit

Say you want to overwrite a file. To do so just make the >> to an >

> = Overwrite
>> = Add to file

Therefore to overwrite, make the first line have a > and the rest have >>.

See where the code says file.txt? That is the filename. Feel free to change it to whatever you want. If you don't add an extention it turns into a file. Confusing right? A file is a file with no extention, hence you have to choose what to open it with every time.