Running a batch file under XP
Background:
I have about 20 folders - each has about 30 files that I need to change the file type fairly regularly. Rather than do it via Windows Explorer, I just open a DOS command window and type:
rename c: \folder1\*.xls *.csv
It changes all the Excel files into .csv files but keeps the same file name. I then re-type the command for the other 19 folders and the job is done.
It occurred to me the other day that writing and running a batch file would be a lot faster. So I wrote the following:
rename c: \folder1\*.xls *.csv
rename c: \folder2\*.xls *.csv
rename c: \folder3\*.xls *.csv
etc.
rename c: \folder20\*.xls *.csv
exit
But when I doubleclick the batch file, a DOS window pops up, text scrolls at a zillion miles per hour and the window closes. When I check the folders, none of the files have changed name.
Does anyone have any clues what I might be doing wrong? Or if there is a better way of achieving the same thing? And no - buying a Mac is not an option!!!
Thanks in advance...