Question

In a batch file you can have

Goto Stackoverflow

and you can have

(Goto Stackoverflow)

Whats the diffrence between these?

They are being used like this

:Stackoverflow
set /a x=%x% + 1
goto stackoverflow

:Stackoverflow
set /a x=%x% + 1
(goto stackoverflow)

Answer 1

Parentheses (or brackets) are used in batch files specify a list of commands that should be treated as an entity, like { ... } in other languages. Typically they are used with IF or FOR expressions:

IF EXIST %windir% (
    echo "one line"
    echo "another line"
)

In your example, there is no difference between Goto Stackoverflow and (Goto Stackoverflow).