Windows – Batch command to open url and fulfill username and password

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I'm currently opening a local url from batch command (.bat file) like this:

@echo off
start /d "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" IEXPLORE.EXE http://some_local_address:88

This is working fine.
The first thing that this site does is to ask for a username and password in a popup window.
Is it possible to pass this information (or at least username) from the .bat file itself, so it is auto-completed in the emerging login window?

(Note that I'm aware you can complete username and password the first time, and "remember credentials", I just want to know if this is possible to pass from command line and how).

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I don't think this can be done using a batch file as batch has its own limitations, instead you can you the below VB script.

Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.navigate "http://TheWebsite"
IE.Visible = True`

While IE.Busy
    WScript.Sleep 50
Wend

Set ipf = IE.document.all.username
ipf.Value = "Username" 
Set ipf = IE.document.all.password
ipf.Value = "Password" 
Set ipf = IE.document.all.Submit
ipf.Click 
IE.Quit

Update Website name, uname and passwd and then save this as AutoWebsite.vbs

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You can add the following to your script and it will force it to run elevated. No need to download anything.

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------

Windows – How to automatically enter username and password for network location in batch file

Try this:-

It would be best if you first map the drive to the machine you using the batch. I am using letter B for mapped drive letter .

At the start of your batch file use command line 'net' :-

net use B: \\xxxxxxxxx.net@SSL@2078\DavWWWRoot <password> /User:<username>

Where "< password >" is the password for the windows user specified as "< username >"

now have your copy command line after this . Specify the drive letter (above I have used B for drive letter) in your batch file . E.g.

XCOPY /E /Y "C:\<path of the file>...\<filename>" "B:\<location on server>"

Once you are happy with the copy command and is working add a command to remove the mapped drive using the following command :-

net use B: /delete

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