How can you create pop up messages in a batch script

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I need to know how to make popup messages in batch scripts without using VBScript or KiXtart or any other external scripting programming language  I have zero clue about this    had no starting point even  I am aware of NET SEND but the Messenger service is disabled in my current environment

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You can take advantage of CSCRIPT EXE or WSCRIPT EXE  which have been present in every version of Windows since  I believe  Windows 95  like this   echo msgbox  Hey  Here is a message    gt   tmp  tmp vbs cscript  nologo  tmp  tmp vbs del  tmp  tmp vbs   or  echo msgbox  Hey  Here is a message    gt   tmp  tmp vbs wscript  tmp  tmp vbs del  tmp  tmp vbs   You could also choose the more customizeable PopUp command  This example gives you a 10 second window to click OK  before timing out   echo set WshShell   WScript CreateObject  WScript Shell    gt   tmp  tmp vbs echo WScript Quit  WshShell Popup   You have 10 seconds to Click  OK     10   Click OK   0    gt  gt   tmp  tmp vbs cscript  nologo  tmp  tmp vbs if  errorlevel   1     echo You Clicked OK   else     echo The Message timed out    del  tmp  tmp vbs   In their above context  both cscript and wscript will act the same  When called from a batch file  bot cscript and wscript will pause the batch file until they finish their script  then allow the file to continue   When called manually from the command prompt  cscript will not return control to the command prompt until it is finished  while wscript will create a seprate thread for the execution of it s script  returning control to the command prompt even before it s script has finished   Other methods discussed in this thread do not cause the execution of batch files to pause while waiting for the message to be clicked on   Your selection will be dictated by your needs   Note  Using this method  multiple button and icon configurations are available to cover various yes no cancel abort retry queries to the user  https   technet microsoft com en-us library ee156593 aspx

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msg   Hello world  works for me

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It s easy to make a message  here s how   First open notpad and type   msg  Message  0  Title    and save it as Message vbs   Now in your batch file type   Message vbs

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With regard to LittleBobbyTable s answer - NET SEND does not work on Vista or Windows 7  It has been replaced by MSG EXE  There is a crude solution that works on all versions of Windows - A crude popup message can be sent by STARTing a new cmd exe window that closes once a key is pressed   start    cmd  c  echo Hello world  amp echo  amp pause    If you want your script to pause until the message box is dismissed  then you can add the  WAIT option   start     wait cmd  c  echo Hello world  amp echo  amp pause

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I put together a script based on the good answers here  amp  in other posts  You can set title timeout  amp  even sleep to schedule it for latter  amp   n for new line  also you get back the key press into a variable   pop key     Here is my code

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Few more ways  in all of them the script waits for button pressing unlike msg exe    1  The geekiest and hackiest - it uses the IEXPRESS to create small exe that will create a pop-up with a single button  it can create two more types of pop-up messages  Works on EVERY windows from XP and above     echo off  setlocal   set ppopup executable popupe exe  set  message2 click OK to continue     del  q  f  tmp  yes  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1    copy  y    f0    temp  popup sed   gt nul 2 gt  amp 1    echo FinishMessage  message2   gt  gt   temp  popup sed     echo TargetName  cd   ppopup executable   gt  gt   temp  popup sed     echo FriendlyName  message1 title   gt  gt   temp  popup sed     iexpress  n  q  m  temp  popup sed   ppopup executable   rem del  q  f  ppopup executable   gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   pause   endlocal  exit  b 0    Version  Class IEXPRESS SEDVersion 3  Options  PackagePurpose InstallApp ShowInstallProgramWindow 1 HideExtractAnimation 1 UseLongFileName 0 InsideCompressed 0 CAB FixedSize 0 CAB ResvCodeSigning 0 RebootMode N InstallPrompt  InstallPrompt  DisplayLicense  DisplayLicense  FinishMessage  FinishMessage  TargetName  TargetName  FriendlyName  FriendlyName  AppLaunched  AppLaunched  PostInstallCmd  PostInstallCmd  AdminQuietInstCmd  AdminQuietInstCmd  UserQuietInstCmd  UserQuietInstCmd  SourceFiles SourceFiles  SourceFiles  SourceFiles0 C  Windows System32   SourceFiles0   FILE0      Strings  AppLaunched subst exe PostInstallCmd  lt None gt  AdminQuietInstCmd  UserQuietInstCmd  FILE0  subst exe  DisplayLicense  InstallPrompt    2  Using MSHTA  Also works on every windows machine from XP and above  despite yhe OP do not wants  external  languages the jsvascript here is minimized  Should be saved as  bat    if  true    false   end      echo off mshta  about  lt script src  file     f0  gt  lt  script gt  lt script gt close   lt  script gt      goto  EOF     alert  Hello  world       or in one line   mshta  about  lt script gt alert  Hello  world    close   lt  script gt     or  mshta  javascript alert  message   close      or   mshta exe vbscript Execute  msgbox   message   0   title   close     3  Here s parametrized  bat jscript hybrid  should be saved as bat   It again uses jscript despite the OP request but as it is a bat it can be called as a bat file without worries It uses POPUP which allows a little bit more control than the more populae MSGBOX It uses WSH  but not MSHTA like in the example above     if   x     y   end        jscript comment              echo off       cscript   E JScript   nologo    f0     nx0          exit  b 0    if   x     y   end         end comment              var wshShell   WScript CreateObject  WScript Shell    var args WScript Arguments  var title args Item 0    var timeout -1  var pressed message  button pressed   var timeout message  timedout   var message      function printHelp         WScript Echo title     -title Title   -timeout m   -tom   Time-out message     -pbm   Pressed button message      -message   pop-up message          if  WScript Arguments Length  1       runPopup        WScript Quit 0      if  args Item 1  toLowerCase       -help      args Item 1  toLowerCase       -h          printHelp        WScript Quit 0      if  WScript Arguments Length   2    0         WScript Echo  Illegal arguments         printHelp        WScript Quit 1      for  var arg   1   arg lt args Length arg arg 2         if  args Item arg  toLowerCase       -title             title   args Item arg 1              if  args Item arg  toLowerCase       -timeout             timeout   parseInt args Item arg 1            if  isNaN timeout                 timeout -1                       if  args Item arg  toLowerCase       -tom             timeout message   args Item arg 1              if  args Item arg  toLowerCase       -pbm             pressed message   args Item arg 1              if  args Item arg  toLowerCase       -message             message   args Item arg 1            function runPopup        var btn   wshShell Popup message  timeout  title  0x0   0x10        switch btn               button pressed          case 1              WScript Echo pressed message               break              Timed out          case -1             WScript Echo timeout message              break           runPopup      4  and one  jscript net  bat hybrid  should be saved as  bat   This time it uses  NET and compiles a small  exe file that could be deleted    if   X     Y   end         silent jscript comment          echo off                                                compile the script                                              setlocal     if exist    n0 exe  goto  skip compilation     searching the latest installed  net framework for  f  tokens   delims     v in   dir  b  s  a d  o -n   SystemRoot  Microsoft NET Framework v     do       if exist    v jsc exe            rem    the javascript net compiler         set  jsc    dpsnfxv jsc exe          goto  break loop         echo jsc exe not found  amp  amp  exit  b 0  break loop    call  jsc   nologo  out    n0 exe     f0                                                  end of compilation                                               skip compilation                   n0 exe                 endlocal exit  b 0         end of jscript comment          import System  import System WIndows  import System Windows Forms  var arguments String     Environment GetCommandLineArgs    MessageBox Show arguments 1  arguments 0      5  and at the end one single call to powershell that creates a pop-up  can be called from command line or from batch if powershell is installed    powershell  Reflection Assembly   LoadWithPartialName    System Windows Forms      Windows Forms MessageBox   show    Hello World        My PopUp Message Box       6  Though msg solution is already post as answer here s a better way to be used   msg    self  w  hello world     self is a not documented switch that will force msg to send the message only to the current user

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This is very simple beacuse i have created a couple lines of code that will do this for you  So set a variable as msg and then use this code  it popup in a VBS message box   CODE    echo off echo  msg   gt vbs txt copy vbs txt vbs vbs del vbs txt start vbs vbs timeout  t 1 del vbs vbs cls   This is just something i came up with it should work for most of your message needs and it also works with Spaces unlike some batch scripts

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msg   message goes here  That method is very simple and easy and should work in any batch file i believe  The only  downside  to this method is that it can only show 1 message at once  if there is more than one message it will show each one after the other depending on the order you put them inside the code  Also make sure there is a different looping or continuous operator in your batch file or it will close automatically and only this message will appear  If you need a  quiet  background looping opperator  heres one       pause  gt nul  That should keep it running but then it will close after a button is pressed   Also to keep all the commands  quiet  when running  so they just run and dont display that they were typed into the file  just put the following line at the beginning of the batch file        echo off  I hope all these tips helped

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msg    Enter Your Message    Does this help

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So  i present cmdmsg bat   The code is    echo off echo WScript Quit MsgBox  1  vbYesNo   gt    vbs cscript   nologo   vbs echo   gt  ERRORLEVEL  cm del   vbs exit  b   And a example file    echo off  cls  call cmdmsg  hi select yes or no   if exist  6 cm  call  yes if exist  7 cm  call  no   yes cls if exist  6 cm  del 6 cm if exist  7 cm  del 7 cm echo  echo you selected yes echo  pause  gt nul exit  b   no cls if exist  6 cm  del 6 cm if exist  7 cm  del 7 cm echo  echo aw man  you selected no echo  pause  gt nul exit  b

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Your best bet is to use NET SEND as documented on Rob van der Woude s site     Otherwise  you ll need to use an external scripting program   Batch files are really intended to send messages via ECHO

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