batch script to open website

[joebox]

hello,

here we will create a batch file to open a website. First we must ping the website to see if it is running.

1. open notepad>save as>any file>mb.batch

2. in notepad type

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@echo off
ping www.suck-o.com

echo "suck-o is live"

pause

"%programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" 

"www.suck-o.com"

exit

now save and double click the file

1.with any batch file the first line should start with

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 @echo off

2. to see it the website is up and running use the

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 ping www.website.com 

3.we cannot go to a website that is not running so insert to pause the script and see if it received response from the ping. If not receiving response from website just click the x.

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 pause 

4. if you haven't clicked x yet that means the website will load so let's have a little fun here and type us a message using

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 echo "type message here" 

5. we must type the parameters for firefox and website using

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"%programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "www.typeyourwebsite.com" 

6. when script is finished we will close the cmd window with

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exit

We just made a script to open a website at the click of a button. Have fun!

note: your directory for firefox.exe may be different so correct the path in line 5 of code if needed.

[ayu]

I could not get this to work

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Pinging www.suck-o.com [85.25.150.199] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 85.25.150.199: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=50
Reply from 85.25.150.199: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=50
Reply from 85.25.150.199: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=50
Reply from 85.25.150.199: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 85.25.150.199:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 25ms, Average = 24ms
"suck-o is live"
Press any key to continue . . .
The system cannot find the path specified.
Press any key to continue . . .

Also, even though I understand the purpose of the pinging, I suggest that you use an if-statement in batch so that it actually checks if the answer was positive or not.
But yeah, maybe that is too advanced for such a tutorial.

Not saying that you have to fix the pinging, but do explain how to get it to work properly

[joebox]

your problem is with the directory line which tells the computer what folder firefox.exe is in

I used

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"%programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  

which is where my firefox.exe is located yours may be different if so, change the 5th line of code I provided by putting your proper directory path to your firefox.exe

[ayu]

your problem is with the directory line which tells the computer what folder firefox.exe is in

I used

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"%programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  

which is where my firefox.exe is located yours may be different if so, change the 5th line of code I provided by putting your proper directory path to your firefox.exe

I am satisfied with that answer.
I will move your tut later today when I get back from work.
This will also give others a chance to comment it before it's moved

Good work

[joebox]

thank you, please enjoy.