command line
How can I pass parameters from cmd prompt ?? I am trying to follow the following instructions:
For information about usage and parameters, simply run PGRIdleStateFix from the command prompt.
The parameters are:
disable
-Disables all processor sleep states
enable
-Enables processor sleep states
print
-Prints the current status of processor sleep states
There is no reliable way of getting the command line parameters out of an executable. At least as long as the author or the executable does not want to provide the information.
Therefore my answer is also generally valid for any executable:
You can try the SysInternals Strings utility to dump all human readable content and maybe you find something.
Usually the output is quite long, so you want to dump it into a text file and later analyze the textfile with a text editor
strings -n 3 -q myapplication.exe > params.txt
For your first try you can use Strings on itself:
strings -q strings.exe > strings.txt
You should find the undocumented /accepteula switch. The other switches are hard to find, because they are single character switches.
Check in advance if the executable is packed by something like UPX. If so, unpack it before running Strings on it. If the executable is UPX packed you should get some output similar to this at the beginning:
!This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
Rich
UPX0
UPX1
.rsrc
1.22
UPX!
But even if you don't find anything, there might still be command line parameters, but they are just not available in a human readable format (but maybe encrypted).
And of course, also consider that one option is that the executable does not take any command line parameter.
Below is a batch script that will toggle the state of Wi-Fi either ON or OFF to the opposite state it in when it runs. This uses ms-settings:network-wifi to open the Wi-Fi Settings screen, and then it presses the space key one time using sendkeys to toggle. This method builds a dynamic vb script with a batch script and then executes the vb script with cscript to emulate pressing the space key.
Note: Just save this to a text file with a .bat or .cmd extension and execute it to run.
@ECHO OFF
explorer ms-settings:network-wifi
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 > nul
:VBSDynamicBuild
SET TempVBSFile=%tmp%\~tmpSendKeysTemp.vbs
IF EXIST "%TempVBSFile%" DEL /F /Q "%TempVBSFile%"
ECHO Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >>"%TempVBSFile%"
ECHO Wscript.Sleep 500 >>"%TempVBSFile%"
ECHO WshShell.SendKeys " " >>"%TempVBSFile%"
ECHO Wscript.Sleep 500 >>"%TempVBSFile%"
CSCRIPT //nologo "%TempVBSFile%"
EXIT
Best Answer
Open a command prompt (Windows+R, type "cmd" and hit enter). Then change to the directory housing your executable ("cd enter-your-directory-here"), and run the command with the parameters.
If you'd like to do it via the menu shortcut (assuming installing that utility adds a start menu shortcut), navigate to the menu item, but instead of clicking it, right-click and select properties. At the end of the "Target:" field, add your parameter.