Windows 10: Batch "timeout" command not waiting as supposed to

I have the command TIMEOUT /T 8 coded into batch files that have worked for ages. Suddenly it's no longer waiting for the timeout, just immediately exits.If I run it manually from a cmd.exe window prompt, it works. In a batch file .. 99% of the time it fails. It will display the initial countdown time, but then exit. No waiting at all!e.g.TIMEOUT /T 8Waiting for 8 seconds, press a key to continue ...to only then move onto the next command when debugging, that was a "PAUSE" which did work - but not the thing I wanted to happen [a 'forever' timeout time!].My Windows11 is patched fully up t

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Batch "timeout" command not orking

I tried it in the command prompt and inside a batch file. I have tried to use this command in many different batch scripts and still get the same error. I am not facing any issues with windows as far as I can tell.

Some other batch commands do not work either, such as ping or tree, but I can do almost everything else such as create files, insert items into files, display text, and change text color.

 

How to add a timeout when running a batch script in windows recovery command prompt ?

Without going into details, I need to run a batch script to copy all the files and folders from a failing ssd drive to another disk one file at a time.

I am using below batch script but windows recovery mode command prompt is not recognizing timout as a valid command. How can I induce a sleep wait between each operation.



for %%a in ("%source%\*") do (

xcopy "%%~fa" "%destination%" /y /w

echo "copied" %%~fa

timeout 2 > nul

)

Thank You

 

Batch "timeout" command not orking

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