How to AUTOMATICALLY prepend/pass a "/U" switch to cmd.exe when executing a *.bat batch file ?

[Thommy Kanther]

When a batch file should create Unicode output then a /U switch must be used for
the processing cmd.exe. So I could execute a batch with

cmd.exe /U mybatchfile.bat

That works for the. moment.

However when I doubleclick a .bat file I have no possibility to pass the /U flag.

How do I specify that every time I execute a .bat by doubleclicking the /U should be
automatically taken? I don't want to create a second shortcut.

As a workaround I could accept that the /U flag is not only used for a particular batch file
e.g. mybatchfile.bat but for ALL my batch files.

When I right click on the properties of C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe I found no entry field
for entering this parameter. Can I specify it in the Registry ?

Thommy

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When a batch file should create Unicode output then a /U switch must be used for
the processing cmd.exe. So I could execute a batch with

cmd.exe /U mybatchfile.bat

That works for the. moment.

However when I doubleclick a .bat file I have no possibility to pass the /U flag.

How do I specify that every time I execute a .bat by doubleclicking the /U should be
automatically taken? I don't want to create a second shortcut.

As a workaround I could accept that the /U flag is not only used for a particular batch file
e.g. mybatchfile.bat but for ALL my batch files.

When I right click on the properties of C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe I found no entry field
for entering this parameter. Can I specify it in the Registry ?

Thommy

Instead of getting your shortcut to invoke the batch file, get it to
invoke this command line:

%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /u /c c:\temp\test.bat

 

[Rock]

When a batch file should create Unicode output then a /U switch must be
used for
the processing cmd.exe. So I could execute a batch with

cmd.exe /U mybatchfile.bat

That works for the. moment.

However when I doubleclick a .bat file I have no possibility to pass the
/U flag.

How do I specify that every time I execute a .bat by doubleclicking the /U
should be
automatically taken? I don't want to create a second shortcut.

As a workaround I could accept that the /U flag is not only used for a
particular batch file
e.g. mybatchfile.bat but for ALL my batch files.

When I right click on the properties of C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe I
found no entry field
for entering this parameter. Can I specify it in the Registry ?

Didn't you just ask this question? This is a peer to peer newsgroup.
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[Ayush]

Thommy Kanther wrote ::

When a batch file should create Unicode output then a /U switch must be used for
the processing cmd.exe. So I could execute a batch with

cmd.exe /U mybatchfile.bat

How do I specify that every time I execute a .bat by doubleclicking the /U should be
automatically taken? I don't want to create a second shortcut.

Open Registry Editor.
Open this key-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command
Right side, change the value to:
CMD.exe /c /U "%1" %*


Good Luck, Ayush.