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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:45:01+00:00

I have mini recursive function which finds and hides all .mta files. It looks

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I have mini recursive function which finds and hides all .mta files. It looks like that

For /r %1 in (*.mta) do attrib +h "%1"

When i’m trying to execute it from command Prompt manually, it works properly

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I’ve created .bat file. The code looks like that

D:
For /r %1 in (*.mta) do attrib +h "%1"
pause

Tried to execute this file. Gettin’ this screen

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What’s wrong with the code?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try with:

    For /r %%i in (*.mta) do attrib +h "%%i"

    (And name your file .cmd, it looks more modern.)

    Don’t use %1, that refers to your script’s arguments, so it will not work. Use % at the command line and %% in batch scripts.

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