BAT file, also called batch file, or CMD file, is a simple script that allows Windows users to automate different tasks. Batch files were first introduced in MS-DOS, and today there are more complicated modern scripting languages like VBScript and PowerShell. Though batch files are part of quite an old technology, they are still popular among users because such a way they are provided with the simplest scripting techniques for Windows.

What can you do using BAT files?

• Make backups of important documents, photos and other files. You can not only copy them, but also store in compressed state.
• Create playlists without running player and manually adding files to it.
• Clean folders from temporary files left there by operating system or various other programs.
• Install ActiveX libraries, COM components, etc.
• Rename files in batch mode according to the date of their creation, their size and other their properties.
• Synchronize contents of local and remote folders.
• Make builds of software.
• And much more...

Dr.Batcher is the utility helping you to create and edit batch files in fast and simple way. Dr.Batcher is designed both for users that have never created BAT files before and for those who know their syntax very well. It provides you with two different modes of the batch file editor: simple and professional. In the first mode you can edit batch script with visual editors and wizards. The second mode provides you with a professional script editor supporting code tooltips, syntax highlighting and bookmarks. You can switch between different modes at any time you need. Creating new BAT scripts and editing the existing ones have never been easier!

• Dr.Batcher saves your time. You can create or edit BAT files several times faster than in Notepad or other usual text editors.
• Dr.Batcher saves your money. Using BAT files you have no need to buy special utilities helping you to rename files in batch mode, clean folders from "garbage" or syncronize contents of folders.
• Dr.Batcher helps you to automate your work. Forget about boring tasks! Once created a batch file, you can use it as long as you need on any computer running Windows or MS-DOS.

• Simple mode: create BAT files with visual editors and wizards
• Professional mode: create BAT files with full-featured and highly customizable text editor with syntax highlighting, code tooltips, lines numbering and bookmarks
• Easy switching between different modes of batch file editor
• Built-in support for most commonly used standard Windows and DOS commands
• Support for easy search of additional information on commands in the Web via Google, Yahoo, MSN Search
• Support for looking through environment variables and copying their values
• Expandability: easy to add new commands through XML files with their descriptions
• Support for BAT scripts in Windows and DOS encoding, fast conversion of text from one encoding to another
• Support for automatic updates
• Exporting BAT files to HTML, RTF (Microsoft Word), TeX and printing them with syntax highlight
• Support for changing language of Dr.Batcher's user interface
• Windows 7 support
• Templates and examples