Batch file HELL !

Can someone explain why this batch file runs on NT4 but not on Win2k or XP ?

It Shouldnt be too hard to see what I am trying to achieve (he says)

I manage about 10 domains and want two simple batch file's that allow me to choose the Server Manager and User Manger domain i want to start, in teh same way you can type "srvmgr DOMAIN-NAME" at the Start-Run prompt....

Here is the batch file contents...

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@ECHO OFF
:SHOW_MENU
ECHO 1 - GE_UK
ECHO 2 - NCC_EUROPE
ECHO 3 - GRP_WINDLESHAM
ECHO 4 - BOCPP
ECHO 5 - BOCRAS

:GET_CHOICE
choice /c:123 "choose one... "

rem see TechNet Q69576 for why this is done like this
if errorlevel 5 if not errorlevel 6 goto 5
if errorlevel 4 if not errorlevel 5 goto 4
if errorlevel 3 if not errorlevel 4 goto 3
if errorlevel 2 if not errorlevel 3 goto 2
if errorlevel 1 if not errorlevel 2 goto 1

:5
set DOM=BOCRAS
goto DO_IT

:4
set DOM=BOCPP
goto DO_IT

:3
set DOM=GRP_WINDLESHAM
goto DO_IT

:2
set DOM=NCC_EUROPE
goto DO_IT

:1
set DOM=GE_UK
goto DO_IT

O_IT
echo "Server Manager for %DOM% "
srvmgr %DOM%
echo "Completed "
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The error message I get is this...

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'choice' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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It is my understanding from google that CHOICE is not a usable command in a win2k environment...

So how the hell am I suppossed to get a choice menu shown ?

Been bugging me for about 2 weeks now...

Any help for this BBS newbie would be appreciated !

Cheers

Nemesis

 

You can download a copy of choice.com here or download as part of the MS-DOS 6.22 Supplemental Disk (a bigger download) here.

BTW - welcome to the boards

 

In addition to that, you can extract the choice.com file from your win9x disk cab files. Place it in the windows\system32 directory of course.

 

Thanks so much for the info !

Will endevour to be a tight member of the community !