Running scripts without .bat file

[mike kadin]

I work at a public school, where the IT guys have the systems on total lock down. At the end of the day, everything that isn't saved in "my documents" is erased. There are some changes I would like to make to the standard setup (some shortcuts on the desktop, changing the default printer, etc) that I would normally accomplish with a batch file at startup. So I wrote the batch file, and it works, and I went to save it in the only place where things stick around which is "my documents." It seems, however, that the IT guys have restricted my ability to save .bat, .exe, and .cmd files there.

So I'm wondering, how can I solve this problem? One way I thought would be to have a .txt file in there and just run the commands from there. But I dont know if that's possible in windows. In linux, I would just type:

./my_text.txt

does windows have an equivalent command to the "./" or "source" commands in linux? Or is there some other way around this problem?

Thanks

[andsome]

Why not ask them to do this, or perhaps you should not be meddling. Have you asked them? :D

[mike kadin]

Why not ask them to do this, or perhaps you should not be meddling. Have you asked them? :D

I'd like to, its the first few weeks of school, and they are bogged down with a lot more important stuff. I think they would be offended at this point if i asked them to help me put shortcuts on my desktop :)

[andsome]

I wouldn't wish to discourage initiative, but would they want you to do this without authority? Why not ask permission to try first, before pursuing the matter further? :D

[Scarecrow Man]

You may also be suggesting something they can use for everyone. Unfortunately on a customized system, its difficult for us to give advice on how to proceed.