Wouldn't that keep it from running in the terminal also?


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> it is probably write protected, or protected from change in some way. Find
> out what protections it has and then remove them ....start with
> Attrib -s -h -r
> or whatever is required... then don't forget to put back the protection
> when you finish.
>
>
> At 09:07 AM 1/29/2014, you wrote:
>
>> I have written the following commands to a batch file:
>> if exist "C:\windows\system32\drivers\file.sys"
>> rename "C:\windows\system32\drivers\file.sys" "file.wassys"
>>
>> else
>> rename "C:\windows\system32\drivers\file.wassys" "file.sys"
>> I run it as administrator, and I've also typed it into the terminal in
>> admin mode. Neither one does anything, no errors or prompts, nothing. I
>> know that the file exists and will for a long time. I've written a few
>> variants trying to change the working directory first, but they didn't
>> work
>> either. what am I missing? I've run the rename command alone and it worked
>> fine.
>>
>> --
>>  Blessings,
>> Jacob Smith
>>
>>
>>
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