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Windows batch files (.bat) coding style standard

Is there any standard/encouraged Windows batch file coding style? I would think that if I want my batch files to be easy to read/mantain, I should care about this, but searching the web I found very ...
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Writing simple executable script on Windows [closed]

I'm a Mac user, but I need to write a script on Windows, and I'm not sure how I should go about that. Here's the scenario: Someone adds photos to a USB drive. The drive is then inserted into a ...
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Is there any Windows installer maker with decent scripting capabilities? [closed]

I need to do complex dependency processing during the installation of our solution, install a few related programs from their own installers and also probably run a few simple tests to determine ...
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What scripting language to use for large file transfers on windows xp client machines

I'm a java developer that is tasked with creating some scripts that will handle large xml document file transfers by hitting some web service api's from windows xp client machines. There may be other ...
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Can Powershell do anything that Iron Ruby can't?

I am torn between learning myself some Powershell or just leveraging my existing Ruby knowledge for the various Windows scripting things that I do from time to time. Powershell does look incredibly ...
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