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?

My source so far:

SET /P ANSWER=Do you want it (Y/N)?
IF /i {%ANSWER%}=={y} GOTO :yes
IF /i {%ANSWER%}=={yes} GOTO :yes
GOTO :no

:yes
@echo Yeah, it will be done.
GOTO :continue

:no
@echo Nope, it will not happen.
GOTO :continue

:continue
@echo And on we go

Answer 1

This depends on version of windows your running. Different ones run different things.

You can try some of the following:

timeout 10

ping 0.0.0.0 -n 1 -w 10000 > nul

If those fail you could always go with a simple loop with choice (That is if choice works)

:loop
choice /t 10 /c ynr /cs /d r /m "Do you want it (Y/N)?"
if errorlevel 3 goto :loop
if errorlevel 2 goto :no
if errorlevel 1 goto :yes

:yes
@echo Yeah, it will be done.
GOTO :continue

:no
@echo Nope, it will not happen.
GOTO :continue

:continue
@echo And on we go