change computername via script with variables

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Hi,

Has anyone figured out how to change computer name via script?

Ideally I would like to compile the script and pass it a variable at runtime that contains the new hostname.

run>ChangeComputerName.exe mynewmachinename

Thanks in advance,

Bob

[CyberCitizen]

wmic computersystem where name="%computername%" call rename name="Computer-Name"

Search the forums there is an example of passing variables via command line on compiled executables.

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Excellent! thank you for your help.

To "pay it forward" here is my full script and a few notes...
computername below is automatically picked up by WMIC, do not set it as a MS variable.
NewHostName below is passed as a parameter when the compiled macro EXE is run. See note above.

To change the computername to MyNewComputerName run this with a command line parameter:
RenamePCandReboote.exe /NewHostName=MyNewComputerName

Let>RP_Admin=1
Run>%SYS_NATIVE%\cmd.exe /c wmic computersystem where name="%computername%" call rename name="%NewHostName%"
wait>2
//restart computer, do not force it
ShutDownWindows>1