Solved Windows 7 VirtualBox

[WyattWhiteEagle]

This is my first time using a VM.
Would the batch files still work?
Does there need to be some kind of specifics within the batch file to work in my VM?

Viewing the help pages seem to mention some difference's from Windows 11/10/8 and other editions.

Such as "rem" and "::" pretty much does the same thing in Windows 11/10 but somehow here in 7 "rem" seem's to record something somewhere and I don't know if "::" is even a thing here in 7.

 

[townsbg]

I don't understand what you're asking. But I use virtualbox. Version 6 is the last version officially supporting windows however I've read here that another member got virtual box 7 to work on Windows 7 something I haven't tested.

 

[WyattWhiteEagle]

For general rule's of thumb, I did find Brink's batch tutorial (there's about 4 or 6 different one's).
Those use a single colon ":" at the beginning of specific line's.
I didn't check for thing's too extensively though.

I'm asking if the batch file inside a VM uses the same "language" as if it isn't a VM.

For example...
Rem help
:help diskpart
:: help wmic

 

[WyattWhiteEagle]

Paul Black and Brink, their "bat file helps" collectively here on the forums have turned out to contain an answer to my question here.
The look's of it are the same on a regular "clean install" and for a windows guest VM.
For very specific example's for your system and setup, check the help pages.

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