If you have batch files that require a long time to run or would like to have an easy way to monitor the progress, here’s an easy way.By using the TITLE command, you can change the title of the command prompt window. When you minimize the window to the task bar, the title bar is displayed. If you change the title as your script progresses you can easily monitor it’s progress.

I love a nice command prompt window. I typically customize the CMD shortcut so that the window size is set the way I like it. However, this can also be done on the fly and even from a batch file. Should you need to resize the command window, you can do this with the MODE command.

In my VBScript work I often create log files, either for debugging or as a main component of the script. In a batch file I could never figure out how to get this same type of result. You can use commands like date /t and time /t to get a date stamp or time stamp but combining the two on one line was practically impossible. Until now.