Timeout for user decision in windows batch file

Question

I wrote a simple .bat file that asks the user a yes/ no question at one point. Now I want to add a timeout - lets say 10s - to it. Is there an easy way to do it?

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Answer 1

You can try the choice /T:c,nn command, if you are on Vista or later:

    Waits for the user to choose one of a set of choices.

    CHOICE  [ /C[:]choices ]  [ /N ]  [ /S ]  [ /T[:]c,nn ] text

           /C:choices    Specifies allowable keys.
               Default for English versions is YN
           /N            Do not display choices an ? at end of prompt string.
           /S or /CS     Treat choice keys as case sensitive.
              Up to (and including) the Resource Kit versions, use /S.
              In Windows 7 use /CS.
           /T:c,nn      Default choice to c after nn seconds.
              text      Prompt string to display.