How to run a .bat file (Batch File) by Excel Macro

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By executing the below code, you can run any .bat file in Excel Macro. This is very important that you should keep your Excel Sheet from which you want to execute the Batch file in “C:\” drive only. It can be inside any other sub-folder but in C drive Only.

shell("c:\abc.bat")

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shell("CMD.EXE /c c:\abc.bat")

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5 Comments

  1. Olorus

    It is a good practise to add two commands in the begin of your bat files,

    1)cd c:FolderLocationWithBatFile

    2)c:

    Doing so the cmd will switch to the drive and location of the bat file,

    then the bat file can be found and executed. It works dependless on the current path.

    Reply
    • Vishwamitra Mishra

      Thanks Olorus for the feedback 🙂
      Yes but that is for inside the .bat file. But to launch that batch file, we need to specify the path where exactly that batch file is sitting. That path you can give only in your Shell command.
      Let me know, if I am wrong 🙂 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tuisiong

    awesome!

    Reply
  3. Aravind

    I want to create/modify a bat file from the contents of the excel sheet
    ex: i want to copy all contents from A5:A25 cells to a bat file and execute the same
    is it possible to so..?

    Reply
  4. Sunseekin

    I use this to save the PreLogin images from Windows:

    Sub GetPreLoginPics()

    Dim the_Batch As String
    Dim iRow As Integer
    Dim PID As Variant

    the_Batch = Application.DefaultFilePath & “\GetPreLoginPics.bat”

    Open the_Batch For Output As #1
    iRow = 5
    While Cells(iRow, 1).Value “”
    Print #1, Cells(iRow, 1).Value
    iRow = iRow + 1
    Wend
    Close #1

    Shell (the_Batch) ‘ runs the batch file
    End Sub

    ‘*******************************************************

    The batch commands are in the current worksheet beginning in A5.
    @echo off
    rem
    rem This batch file copies pre-login photos to %userprofile%\desktop\PreLoginPics.
    rem See http://bit.ly/3tFMvYq for the Microsoft instructions on this process.
    rem
    if exist %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets\ (
    cd %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets
    ) else (
    exit /b 1
    )
    if exist %userproifile%\desktop\PreLoginPics\ (
    rem The folder has already been created.
    ) else if exist %userproifile%\desktop\PreLoginPics (
    rem There is a FILE named PreLoginPics so we do not continue.
    exit /b 2
    ) else (
    rem %userproifile%\desktop\PreLoginPics does not exist
    md %userproifile%\desktop\PreLoginPics
    )
    copy /Y %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets\*.* %userproifile%\desktop\PreLoginPics\*.jpg
    start explorer %userproifile%\desktop\PreLoginPics
    exit /b 0

    Reply

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