Windows batch script time delay

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Yustme Yustme 5, 21 21 gold badges 71 71 silver badges bronze badges. Add a comment. Use WScript. The following batch code uses a temporary VBScript file to generate an accurate delay:. Or if you want to allow the user to skip the delay:. ECHO Wait for a specified number of seconds. ECHO Where: seconds is the number of seconds to wait ECHO The delay time will not be very accurate.

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