Cd command not working batch file

If I copy and paste this exact command into a CMD window and run it from there it has no problem. Does anyone know why this is happening and how I get it to stop this loop thing and actually run the command? I have had this happen at times when using bat files, Usually starting the bat file with something like. Right now I am just launching it myself by executing the batch directly but I want it to be done as a scheduled task once everything is said and done.

Launching it how? In windows explorer by double-clicking on it? Open a cmd prompt and type rar - what happens? If rar is not in the directory and a program or batch file or other command file is run then it is most likely gotta leave room just in case in the path. If it doesn't run, then it is not in the path. The echo of the command you are having in your batch file is because by default echo is on. To resolve this either place a character at the beginning of each line you don't want to see or add an " echo off" at the beginning of the batch file.

By typing rar I get all the command line commands and switches for WinRAR "rar" is its command line name. I added the " echo off" to the beginning of the batch file and it did take away the repeating text but it still is not running the command.

I am trying to WinRAR a text file test. Does test. It may be trying to update it - taking a while. May want to look into that aspect of your code too. I let it sit there for 5 minutes and it never actually ran the command. Yes test. But if you specifically run the cmd. The repeating of the command over and over is no longer there. AQTime Pro.

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