Windows 10: Forfiles error

I am running Windows 10 and upon startup I am getting a notification titled C:\WINDOWS\system32\forfiles.EXE...sometimes it loads Errors and other times it remains blank. My computer performance does not seem to be impacted. Can anyone advise?

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DOS CMDs - For and Forfiles to rename files


I have just bought a Surface 4 Pro with k'brd. I find that one old program will no longer run correctly, so need to make a Batch file to replace it.

Windows 10 screen capture produces files all with the same name, appending a serial number.

Capture.exe produces a .bmp file with the date/time in the file name. I wish to do this.

I've investigated the FOR and FORFILES CMDs, but so far no success.

This code will get the system date:-

:: Get the date/time
FOR /f %%a in ('WMIC OS GETLocalDateTime ^| find "."') DO Set _DTS=%%a
Set _datetime=%_DTS:~0,4%-%_DTS:~4,2%-%_DTS:~6,2%@%_DTS:~8,2%-%_DTS:~10,2%-%_DTS:~12,2%
Echo Year-MM-Day@HR-Min-Sec
Echo %_datetime%



This code with FORFILES will get the file's parameters:-


@file – Name of the file(includes extension)
@fname – Name of the file excluding extension @Ext – Extension of the file
@fdate – Last modified date of the file
@ftime – Last modified time of the file

However I can't get them to work together.

W 10 stores screen dumps (<Win> + <PrtScn>) in a folder, 'Screenshots', under 'C:\Users\myname\Pictures\'.

A file could be: 'Screenshot (5).png with a UK date of 18/01/2017 21:33

I want to rename this file:- 'Cap_170118_213315.png'. I've included the seconds, as this is very important and used a 2 digit year as YYMMDD_HHMMss.

Any suggestings would be most welcome.

 

DOS CMDs - For and Forfiles to rename files

My suggestion:

I am normally one of those users who always ask why use a third party solution if Windows native tools can do the same job, but in this case I wholeheartedly recommend using Screenpresso, the best third party screenshot tool I have used.

It names the screenshots almost as you'd prefer, naming them YYYY-MM-DD_HHhMM_SS.png (that red h is a letter h Screenpresso puts between HH and MM):




It let's you freely modify keyboard shortcuts:




The free version has some limitations but in all honesty I have not even noticed what the limitations are; all screenshots (and annotations in screenshots) in all my posts and tutorials are made with free version of Screenpresso. Here's a sample, a recent tutorial with several screenshots, annotated and clean: UUP to ISO - Create Bootable ISO from Windows 10 Build Upgrade Files

(Filenames shown in my screenshots are not actual filenames created by Screenpresso because I use WYSIWYG editor when posting here, pasting screenshots directly in post from clipboard without uploading them first. This makes them all use a default name image.png when you check them here.)

Download: Download | Screenpresso

 

Error: No work available to process

Hmm. Either it's put out errors and WCG is limiting the work units available, or the project list may not be set to supply other WU when one runs out. (if the problem lies here and not on your end)

On the options to your left, if you go into Results Status, select the computer from Device Name and then look through results see if either they were returned late, errors or any other kind of issue that would stop the servers supplying WU from that perspective.

If there are no errors then it's maybe down to your project list. So selecting Device Manager from the left menu and then clicking on the profile assigned to that computer and make sure that it's assigned to receive WU for other projects if they run out.

At least those steps will rule out problems from the WCG end.