set dialog="about:<input type=file id=FILE><script>FILE.click();new ActiveXObject set dialog=%dialog%('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1).WriteLine(FILE.value); set dialog=%dialog%close();resizeTo(0,0);</script>" for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%p in ('mshta.exe %dialog%') do set "file=%%p" echo selected file is : "%file%"