Shell TUTORIAL: how to make a batch menu - Printable Version

[Shell] TUTORIAL: how to make a batch menu - Printable Version

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TUTORIAL: how to make a batch menu - MDSN productions - Feb 27, 2011

Hello,✌

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a menu using notepad
the menu is: name and password protected

Open notepad and copy the following lines, then save the file as MENU.bat

NOTE you still need to change a few things

::menu
::
@echo off
title Personal Menu
color b
cls
:password
set input=
set /p input=Password
if %input%=='set for yourselve' goto yes
if not %input%=='set for yourselve' goto no
:yes
cls
echo Acces Accepted! Welcome 'make your own choice'
echo.
set /p op=Enter Your Full Name For Acces
if %op%=='enter your full name' goto home
:no
echo Wrong Password. Acces Denied. No Entry
goto password
:home
color b
title 'name' his Space--Home Page
cls
echo.
echo Welcome back 'make your own choice'! Choose an Application
echo ==
echo.
echo 1)Documents
echo 2)Youtube
echo 3)Hackforums
echo 4)Winrar
echo 5)Calculator
echo 6)Command Prompt
echo 7)Google
echo.
echo ==
set /p value=Enter Numeral Option
if %value%==1 goto documents
if %value%==2 start www.youtube.com
if %value%==3 start hackforums.net
if %value%==4 start WinRAR.exe
if %value%==5 start calc.exe
if %value%==6 start cmd.exe
if %value%==7 start www.google.be
goto error
:documents
cls
title My Documents
echo.
echo ==
echo My Documents
echo ==
echo.
echo select a folder:
echo ==
echo.
echo 1)Playstion 3
echo 2)Music
echo 3)Other
echo 4)Go back
echo.
echo ==
echo.
set /p var=Enter Numeral Option:
if %var%==1 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\PS3
if %var%==2 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\Muziek
if %var%==3 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\Andere
if %var%==4 goto home
goto error
:error
cls
color b
echo Numeral Option Not Valid
pause >nul
cls
goto home

'Muziek' and 'Andere' are the same as Music and Other but because I live in Belgium my computer has everything named in Dutch

Now the explanation

::menu

This is just for myself to help me remember what the

::

batch does if I edit it, you can leave it if you want

--

@echo off

to leave away the other echo's

title Program Fire Wall

give your screen a title

color b

give the text a nice colour (1-10 or a-f)

cls

clear the screen

--
:password
set input=
set /p input=Password
if %input%=='set for yourselve' goto yes
if not %input%=='set for yourselve' goto no

in this part you have to delete the quotes and set for yourselve and type a password
NOTE: the password needs to be the same

eg

:password
set input=
set /p input=Password
if %input%==hacker goto yes
if not %input%==hacker goto no
--
title 'name' his Space--Home Page

don't forget to change the name and delete the quotes ;)

There will be other things like this in the code, take a close look and change everthing that needs to be changed
--

:password

these are all subdivisions of your batch

:documents

the commands after these parts are not

:yes

used unless when reffered to with

:no

goto password, goto documents etc.

--

set input=

you want to make some options

set /p input=Password

the 'set /p' part is standard,

only input can be changed

e.g. set /p whatever

when changing input into whatever you will also need to change the if%input%== into if%whatever%==

--

if %input%==A goto yes

if %x% is standard, it doesn't matter what the x is, but it has to be the same as the set /p x

if not %input%==B goto no

if not %x% is also standard, feel free to change the x but make sure it remains the same within that part of the code

e.g. if %whatever%==A goto yes
if %whatever%==B goto no
if %whatever%==C exit

THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE!!!:
if %whatever%==A goto yes
if %somthing%==B goto no
if %anything%==C exit

the text between the %'s needs to be the same!

--

echo Welcome back 'user' ! Choose an Application
echo ==
echo. echo. gives you a blank line
echo 1)Documents you can choose the options you want
echo 2)Youtube
echo 3)Hackforums
echo 4)MSN startpagina
echo 5)Calculator
echo 6)Command Prompt
echo 7)Google

set /p value=Enter Numeral Option
if %value%==1 goto documents
if %value%==2 start www.youtube.com
if %value%==3 start hackforums.net
if %value%==4 start http://be.msn.com/default.aspx
if %value%==5 start calc.exe
if %value%==6 start cmd.exe
if %value%==7 start www.google.be
goto error

this is very easy and explained in one of the other steps, if you want to start a program you will need the exe

how to get the .exe

You need to go to the program you want and click on it with the right mouse button and go to properties > shortcut and copy the last part

e.g. for Winrar
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"

we need the WinRAR.exe to open winrar (no quotes!)
--

:error

when you type a different number than

cls

possible you will be redirected to this

color b

because of the goto error

echo Numeral Option Not Valid

this will redirect you to the :home

pause >nul

were you can choose another option

cls
goto home

--

NOTE:
if %var%==1 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\PS3

this is set to my documents, change it to match you own
Also don't forget to change the name and password in the codes
so you can copy them but you will need to check them very carefully

You can make this as big as you want, If explained how this works so it shouldn't be a problem

😁 That's it, let me know if there is something not clear 😁

after changing everything it should look like this

::menu
::
@echo off
title Program Fire Wall
color b
cls
:password
set input=
set /p input=Password
if %input%==michiel goto yes
if not %input%==michiel goto no
:yes
cls
echo Acces Accepted! Welcome Michiel
echo.
set /p op=Enter Your Full Name For Acces
if %op%==MichielDSN goto home
:no
echo Wrong Password. Acces Denied. No Entry
goto password
:home
color b
title Michiel's Space--Home Page
cls
echo.
echo Welcome back Michiel! Choose an Application
echo ==
echo.
echo 1)Documents
echo 2)Youtube
echo 3)Hackforums
echo 4)MSN startpagina
echo 5)Calculator
echo 6)Command Prompt
echo 7)Google
echo.
echo ==
set /p value=Enter Numeral Option
if %value%==1 goto documents
if %value%==2 start www.youtube.com
if %value%==3 start hackforums.net
if %value%==4 start http://be.msn.com/default.aspx
if %value%==5 start calc.exe
if %value%==6 start cmd.exe
if %value%==7 start www.google.be
goto error
:documents
cls
title My Documents
echo.
echo ==
echo My Documents
echo ==
echo.
echo select a folder:
echo ==
echo.
echo 1)Playstion 3
echo 2)Muziek
echo 3)Andere
echo 4)Go back
echo.
echo ==
echo.
set /p var=Enter Numeral Option:
if %var%==1 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\PS3
if %var%==2 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\Muziek
if %var%==3 start C:\Users\Michiel\Documents\Andere
if %var%==4 goto home
goto error
:error
cls
color b
echo Numeral Option Not Valid
pause >nul
cls
goto home

* - Vyspeiro - Feb 27, 2011

(Feb 27, 2011 01:53 PM)MDSN productions Wrote: set /p value=Enter Numeral Option
if %value%==1 goto documents
if %value%==2 start www.youtube.com
if %value%==3 start hackforums.net
if %value%==4 start http://be.msn.com/default.aspx
if %value%==5 start calc.exe
if %value%==6 start cmd.exe
if %value%==7 start www.google.be
goto error

I found a little glitch here.
If you'd start 2-7, it would go to error, because after it does the if statement it will just move onto the other thing, which tells it to goto error. You could fix this by adding goto's to each if statement, but it is just a little thing.

* - Sothe - Feb 27, 2011

You know there are code brackets, right?
Nice tutorial, besides the error above.

* - Dezzz - Feb 27, 2011

Please start using

{code} code goes here {/code}

Replace "{" and "}" with "[" and "]".

Code 
To get this

And if you want to be super mega neat, use spoilers.

{spoiler=Part 1} Content of spoiler {/spoiler}

Part 1 (Click to View)

* - MDSN productions - Feb 27, 2011

(Feb 27, 2011 08:39 PM)Dezinated Wrote: Please start using

{code} code goes here {/code}

Replace "{" and "}" with "[" and "]".

Code
To get this

And if you want to be super mega neat, use spoilers.

{spoiler=Part 1} Content of spoiler {/spoiler}

Part 1 (Click to View) Content of spoiler

could you give an exemple of what should go between {code}{/code}
and "["and"]"
and {spoiler=Part 1} Content of spoiler {/spoiler}

please use an exemple out of my tutorial because I don't really get it😶

(Feb 27, 2011 02:06 PM)Vyspeiro Wrote: I found a little glitch here.
If you'd start 2-7, it would go to error, because after it does the if statement it will just move onto the other thing, which tells it to goto error. You could fix this by adding goto's to each if statement, but it is just a little thing.

thanks, I'll see what I can do and will update the thread.

(Feb 27, 2011 06:48 PM)Sothe Wrote: You know there are code brackets, right?
Nice tutorial, besides the error above.

Could you give an exemple please?

use some text out of my tutorial so I can understand.

* - Dezzz - Feb 28, 2011

Copy This (Click to View)

* - Sothe - Feb 28, 2011

I mean there are code brackets so you can organize code that you put in.
Because without them, it's really sloppy. It would make your topic a little more organized.

* - MDSN productions - Feb 28, 2011

(Feb 28, 2011 12:47 AM)Dezinated Wrote: Copy This (Click to View)

ah, I get it. I will remember it for the next thread
(which will probebly be the updated version of this one)

I thought you ment I should have used spoiler and code in my batch file...

But I get it now, thanks for the tip

* - MDSN productions - Mar 3, 2011

visit https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=1102741 for my new thread and new menu

the glitch is gone

and the coding is much, much better