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I am working on a Batch/HTA hybrid file and want to add some background music to the application. When I try to add a url (containing a percent sign) to a<bgsound> tag, it doesnt play anything. I got it working in another application where the url didn't have any percent signs.
<!-- :: Batch section
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
start "" mshta.exe "%~f0"
exit /b
-->
<html>
<head>
<HTA:APPLICATION SCROLL="no" SYSMENU="yes" >
<title>ACNH - Time Travel Date Selection</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
window.resizeTo(1280, 720);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<h1>Testing audio...</h1>
</div>
<bgsound src="https://vgmsite.com/soundtracks/animal-crossing-new-horizons-2020-switch-gamerip/pdjxvsymlc/3-02%20Get%20Ready%20for%20Your%20Flight%21.mp3">
</body>
</html>
I tried adding double percent signs to make batch ignore it but it made no difference. I'm not sure how to escape these characters in the html section
951
asked Dec 14 '25 06:12
As stated in OJBakker's answer:
The bgsound tag is an Internet Explorer only tag, so this will not work in other browsers.
one inconsistent workaround was to use this instead:
<embed src="https://vgmsite.com/soundtracks/animal-crossing-new-horizons-2020-switch-gamerip/pdjxvsymlc/3-02%20Get%20Ready%20for%20Your%20Flight!.mp3" autostart="true" loop="false" width="0" height="0">
The final solution was found by LesFerch:
Please note that your HTA is missing any doctype or document mode declaration. Therefore, it's running in IE 5 mode. To put that in perspective, IE 5 was released in 1999. Please see "Further background information on HTA document modes" in this answer. In general, you're best bet is to run in IE 11 mode, but there are situations where running in an older mode may be desirable. – LesFerch
basically I was defaulting to IE-5. Adding this changes it to IE-11
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=11">
<hta:application id=oHTA>
</head>
I now had access to the <audio> tag and used that as a solution
<audio autoplay>
<source src="https://vgmsite.com/soundtracks/animal-crossing-new-horizons-2020-switch-gamerip/pdjxvsymlc/3-02%20Get%20Ready%20for%20Your%20Flight!.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
</audio>
The bgsound tag is an Internet Explorer only tag, so this will not work in other browsers.
23
answered Dec 16 '25 23:12
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