XPost: alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:10:19 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :   
      
      
   > Basically you need to give Microsoft Windows a few seconds to set the route   
   > where the default of 0 can be too quick for Windows to respond fast enough.   
      
   Here's another very useful batch file, not just for the thousands of free   
   VPN server configs out there but for anyone who needs to *remove* lines.   
      
   This comments out specific lines from thousands of existing files (where it   
   doesn't matter if the line itself has comments at the end of that line).   
      
   BEFORE:   
    auth-retry interact ; allows retries without restarting   
    pull-filter ignore "ping" ; try to ignore server ping of 3   
    pull-filter ignore "ping-restart" ; try to ignore server ping of 10   
      
   AFTER   
    ;auth-retry interact ; allows retries without restarting   
    ;pull-filter ignore "ping" ; try to ignore server ping of 3   
    ;pull-filter ignore "ping-restart" ; try to ignore server ping of 10   
      
   ALL OTHER LINES LEFT ALONE (works on all *.ovpn files in cwd & deeper)   
      
     @echo off   
     REM commentovpn.bat (comments out specific lines found in cwd files & below)   
     setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   
      
     REM ##########################################################   
   ###############   
     REM ### WARNING: BACK UP YOUR OVPN FILES BEFORE RUNNING THIS SCRIPT!     ###   
     REM ### This script modifies .ovpn files to improve OpenVPN connection   ###   
     REM ### reliability by commenting out specific directives that might     ###   
     REM ### conflict with server settings.                                   ###   
     REM ##########################################################   
   ###############   
      
     REM Set the TARGET_DIR to the directory where your .ovpn files are located.   
     REM If you leave it as '.', it will process files in the same directory as   
   the script   
     REM and all its subdirectories.   
     set "TARGET_DIR=."   
      
     echo.   
     echo Starting to process .ovpn files in "%TARGET_DIR%" and its   
   subdirectories...   
     echo.   
      
     for /r "%TARGET_DIR%" %%F in (*.ovpn) do (   
         echo Processing "%%F"...   
         set "TEMP_FILE=%%F.tmp"   
         set "MODIFIED_FLAG=0" ; Flag to track if any changes were made to the   
   current file   
      
         REM Create a temporary file with the modified content   
         (   
             for /f "usebackq delims=" %%i in ("%%F") do (   
                 set "original_line=%%i"   
                 set "processed_line=!original_line!" ; Start with the original   
   line for this iteration   
                 set "line_already_modified=0" ; Flag for current line to prevent   
   multiple comments on one line   
      
                 REM Check if the line is already commented out. If so, don't   
   modify it.   
                 if "!original_line:~0,1!"==";" (   
                     REM Do nothing, line is already commented.   
                 ) else if "!original_line:~0,1!"=="#" (   
                     REM Do nothing, line is already commented.   
                 ) else (   
                     REM The line is not commented, so check if it contains any   
   of our target directives.   
      
                     REM Check for 'pull-filter ignore "ping"'   
                     echo "!original_line!" | findstr /I /L /C:"pull-filter   
   ignore \"ping\"" >nul   
                     if not errorlevel 1 (   
                         set "processed_line=;!original_line!"   
                         set "MODIFIED_FLAG=1"   
                         set "line_already_modified=1"   
                     )   
      
                     REM Check for 'pull-filter ignore "ping-restart"'   
                     if "!line_already_modified!"=="0" (   
                         echo "!original_line!" | findstr /I /L /C:"pull-filter   
   ignore \"ping-restart\"" >nul   
                         if not errorlevel 1 (   
                             set "processed_line=;!original_line!"   
                             set "MODIFIED_FLAG=1"   
                             set "line_already_modified=1"   
                         )   
                     )   
      
                     REM Check for 'auth-retry interact'   
                     if "!line_already_modified!"=="0" (   
                         echo "!original_line!" | findstr /I /L /C:"auth-retry   
   interact" >nul   
                         if not errorlevel 1 (   
                             set "processed_line=;!original_line!"   
                             set "MODIFIED_FLAG=1"   
                             set "line_already_modified=1"   
                         )   
                     )   
                 )   
      
                 REM Always echo the (potentially modified) line to the temporary   
   file   
                 echo !processed_line!   
             )   
         ) > "!TEMP_FILE!"   
      
         REM Replace the original file with the modified temporary file, but only   
   if changes were made   
         if "!MODIFIED_FLAG!"=="1" (   
             move /y "!TEMP_FILE!" "%%F" >nul   
             echo Modified "%%F".   
         ) else (   
             del "!TEMP_FILE!" >nul   
             echo No changes needed for "%%F".   
         )   
         echo.   
     )   
      
     echo All .ovpn files processed.   
     echo.   
     echo Remember to restart your OpenVPN client(s) for changes to take effect.   
     pause   
   --   
   Obviously this works for all text files of any extension & content,   
   which is why it's a generally useful script for commenting out   
   spedific lines in any number of files in any Windows hierarchy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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