Windows 10: 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

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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.

 

Batch "timeout" command not orking

Are you going to help me or act like you are, and not. I answered your questions, now give me an answer!

 

Running PowerShell script as a batch file

Hello Baldo,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you want to execute the PowerShell commands as a batch file.



I tried executing the batch file on my machine but I was unable to execute it as the command was incomplete. However, after making some changes in the command I was able to execute the batch file.



You can try the following command by saving it in a batch file and check if that helps.



powershell –Command Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.3dBuilder | Remove-AppxPackage



Also, as the query is related to running a PowerShell script using a batch file, I suggest you to post the issue on

TechNet forums where we have professionals who have more knowledge about the issue.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator