Old Skool Batch File To Open Explorer at a Dated Location

Question

I would like to have a simple .bat file at so that when I double click on the batch file, it opens a new instance of Explorer at C:\Temp\Downloads\YYYYMMDD\ where YYYYMMDD is todays date.

I would think the Old Skool .bat file is the best way to go, but I can't get the date variable to feed through to the Start Explorer command. I dont think I can use PowerShell as the .ps1 is does not run when you double click on the program hence why I think the .bat would work better?

Many thanks, Bertie

P.s. I have the following PS1 Script that I can call from a .bat using PowerShell .\MyPowershell.PS1

$TodaysDate = Get-Date -format "yyyyMMdd"
$PathTarget = 'W:\Counterparty1\Statements\'
$LaunchFolder = $PathTarget + $TodaysDate
Explorer $LaunchFolder

possible duplicate of [How to append a date in batch files](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/864718/how-to-append-a-date-in-batch-files) — Raymond Chen, Nov 02 '11 at 14:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '11 at 00:27

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@echo off
for /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%a in ("%date%") do set TodaysDate=%%c%%a%%b
explorer "C:\Temp\Downloads\%TodaysDate%\"

answered Nov 03 '11 at 00:27

Aacini

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '11 at 07:48

I'd strongly suggest not relying on %date% because your batch script might break on systems with other regional settings.

Here's how to do it using wmi:

@echo off

FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%A IN 
('WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table')
DO (
SET /A TODAY=%%F*10000+%%D*100+%%A
)
explorer "C:\Temp\Downloads\%TODAY%\"

Old Skool Batch File To Open Explorer at a Dated Location

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