How to Make an Easy Password Protected Batch File
by johnp163 in Circuits > Computers
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How to Make an Easy Password Protected Batch File
This is a VERY simple passowrd protected batch, lets say i had a batch file that would open a new text file (my_diary.txt) but didnt want people to get to it easly, i would want a password. this is an easy way to do it, you would only really need to know how to use variables...
this is the batch file code to open my txt document:
@echo off
echo %variable% > my_diary.txt
Now i want to place a password on the file, using the variable "variable".
to do so we need to tell the computer to ask for a password, and only open the file if the user types in that word, this is how you can do it (i put in the code assuming you know what the code means)
@echo off
:start
echo Paswword:
set /p variable=
if %variable%==password goto open
if NOT %variable%== password goto fail
:open
echo %variable% > my_diary.txt
:fail
echo Wrong password!!
pause
goto start
the password is "password" but that can always be changed, this will keep asking for the password untill you get it right.