I have several machines that have had people playing around with the ATTRIB

command. Now, I have some files that are no longer hidden like they should

be. I have a batch file that seems like it should work but in fact does not.

Any guidance would be great! Below is an example. I just want to search

recursively through the current folder and its child directories and run a

command if the file is found....

FOR /F %%I IN ("DESKTOP.INI") DO IF EXIST %%~nI ATTRIB +S +H DESKTOP.INI /S

Running that command outputs an error:

%%I was unexpected at this time.

If you want to process all DESKTOP.INI files in the current tree all you need to run is the attrib command from the desired folder.

ATTRIB +s +H DESKTOP.INI /S

The /S does the recursive searching for you. If you want to check the current folder before you run it use:

If EXIST DESKTOP.INI ATTRIB +S +H DESKTOP.INI /S

If you want to process all DESKTOP.INI files in the current tree all you need to run is the attrib command from the desired folder.

ATTRIB +s +H DESKTOP.INI /S

The /S does the recursive searching for you. If you want to check the current folder before you run it use:

If EXIST DESKTOP.INI ATTRIB +S +H DESKTOP.INI /S

Ok, I'll try that...