ForFiles for XP

[dysons]

I am supporting a customer that is still running XP on several workstations. Is there a public domain FORFILES or equivalent that will run under XP? Is soi where can it be found.

Thanks.
Steve

 

[SpywareDr]

Microsoft's Forfiles.exe utility is included in their Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools

 

[valis]

Also referenced on this site.....https://forums.techguy.org/threads/forfiles-substitute-in-windows-xp.1027148/

 

[dysons]

Hi, Thanks for the response.

I have downloaded rktools.exe and then executed it from within XP. I cannot find FORFILES within the C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools folder nor is it mentioned in the Help File. Has it been withdrawn from the Resource Kit or is it burried within something else?

Regards,
Steve

 

[SpywareDr]

Hmmm. Try here: https://www.petri.com/download_free_reskit_tools

 

[dysons]

Hmmm. Try here: https://www.petri.com/download_free_reskit_tools

Thanks for that. It looked promising but unfortunately none of the links on that page worked!

I have located a copy of FORFILES v 1.1 4/98 but cannot get the Date Option to work. It is begining to looks like it may be quicker knocking up an equivalent utility in C!

Steve

 

[SpywareDr]

Sorry about that. Been too long and too little interest I guess.

 

[SpywareDr]

Don't know if this will work with XP, but here's a copy from the C:\Windows\System32 folder on a system running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit: forfiles.zip (26K)

 

[dysons]

Thanks SpywareDr. Unfortunately I only have access to 32 bit XP!

 

[SpywareDr]

Give it a try. Like many other DOS-type utilities, ForFiles.exe may be a 32-bit program.