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Archive for the ‘Batch-Files’ Category

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How to make a self extracting archive runs your setup.exe, 7zip -sfx

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/01/01

For my link archive step by step instruction on the command-line which can be automated:

Via:

–jeroen

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When an installer errors out with “Please re-run this installer as a normal user instead of”…

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/08/12

Via [WayBack] Anyone with a hint on how to work around this: … “Please re-run this installer as a normal user instead of”… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

This happened for instance when trying to install Source Tree 2.x on Windows (1.9.x works fine):

[Window Title]
SourceTreeSetup-2.3.1.0.exe

[Main Instruction]
Installation has failed

[Content]
Please re-run this installer as a normal user instead of “Run as Administrator”.

[Close]

The problem was by accident the machine got in a state to run commands without UAC approval, so the run dialog would already look have “This task will be created with administrative privileges”:

It was odd, as the machine didn’t have it enabled in the security policy (secpo.msc):

So I did a bit more digging, bumped into [WayBack] Why does my Run dialog say that tasks will created with administrative privileges? – The Old New Thing and had one of those #facepalm moments: Explorer had crashed, and I had started it from Process Explorer, forgetting Process Explorer had an UAC token.

The solution is easy:

  1. Logoff / Logon
  2. Verify the Windows-R shows a “normal” run:

Then you can just run the installer:

–jeroen

Posted in Batch-Files, Console (command prompt window), Development, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, The Old New Thing, Windows, Windows Development | Leave a Comment »

Windows: running a batch file during logon of a single or all users

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/01

You can automatically start processes during logon in a lot of ways (Trojans/Viruses find new ways all of the time).

The easiest way is to create a shortcut in one of the Startup folders. There are two of them: one for all the users, and one for the current user. Depending on your locale, Explorer can show a translated name, but the actual folder is named either of these:

  • "%AllUsersProfile%/Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
  • "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

The folders do not exist at first, but are created when software starts putting shortcuts in them.

For a manual process, I created the two batch files below that create, then go to them (in both the console and explorer).

From there you can add shortcuts to things you want to run during logon.

They are based on:

I have successfully tested them in various Windows versions up until 10.

–jeroen

Batch files:

 

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Binding git diff to Beyond Compare

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/26

This became a huge batch-file which I need to refactor into smaller bits.

:: based on bc.bat
:: needs to be refactored into find-bc.bat
:: assumes git is on the path

:begin
@echo off

:checkGit
:: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4781772/how-to-test-if-an-executable-exists-in-the-path-from-a-windows-batch-file/25696405#25696405
  where /q git || echo Cound not find git on the PATH %PATH%. && goto :eof
:: for now, the above is good enough as git installs itself on the path, but Beyond Compare does not.

:findBeyondCompare
  setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
  IF /I [%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%] == [amd64] goto :x64
  IF /I [%PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432%] == [amd64] goto :x64
  goto :x86
:x64
  :: OS is 64bit
  set hkcuBaseKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare
  set hklmBaseKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare
  
  goto :findBC
:x86
  :: OS is 32bit
  set hkcuBaseKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare
  set hklmBaseKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare
  goto :findBC
:findBC
  :: https://gist.github.com/rojepp/634908
  :: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5369528/windows-batch-reg-query-key-value-to-a-variable-but-do-not-display-error-if-key
  set SupportedBeyondCompareVersions=3, 4
  for %%v in (%SupportedBeyondCompareVersions%) do (
    for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %%c in (`reg query "%hkcuBaseKey% %%v" /v ExePath 2^>NUL`) do (
      call :do set bcExe="%%d"
    )
  )
  if not [%bcExe%]==[] goto :foundBC
    for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %%c in (`reg query "%hkcuBaseKey%" /v ExePath 2^>NUL`) do (
      call :do set bcExe="%%d"
    )
  if not [%bcExe%]==[] goto :foundBC
  for %%v in (%SupportedBeyondCompareVersions%) do (
    for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %%c in (`reg query "%hklmBaseKey% %%v" /v ExePath 2^>NUL`) do (
      call :do set bcExe="%%d"
    )
  )
  if not [%bcExe%]==[] goto :foundBC
    for /f "usebackq tokens=2* delims= " %%c in (`reg query "%hklmBaseKey%" /v ExePath 2^>NUL`) do (
      call :do set bcExe="%%d"
    )
  :: note that FOR /R needs a wildcard!
  if not [%bcExe%]==[] goto :foundBC
    for /r . %%d in (bcompare*.exe) do (
      call :do set bcExe="%%d"
    )
:foundBC
:: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2772456/string-replacement-in-batch-file
:: note the BCompExe assignment requires at least https://ss64.com/nt/setlocal.html to have EnableDelayedExpansion and likely EnableExtensions 
:: see https://ss64.com/nt/delayedexpansion.html for ! expansion
  if [%bcExe%]==[] ( echo no bc.exe found in registry or relative to batch file) else (
    echo bcExe=%bcExe%
    if exist %bcExe% (
      call :do set bcCompExe=%bcExe:BCompare=BComp%
      :: echo bcCompExe=!bcCompExe!
      echo "Beyond Compare" %bcExe:\=/%
      echo "BComp" !bcCompExe:\=/!
      call :do git config --global diff.tool bc
      call :do git config --global difftool.bc.path !bcCompExe:\=/!
      call :do git config --global merge.tool bc
      call :do git config --global mergetool.bc.path !bcCompExe:\=/!
    )
    if not exist %bcExe% echo not found: [%bcExe%]
  )
:exit
  endlocal
:end
  goto :eof
:do
  echo %*
  call %*
  goto :eof

–jeroen

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How to test if an executable exists in the %PATH% from a windows batch file? – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/20

I needed a solution inside a batch file for git similar to [WayBack] How to test if an executable exists in the %PATH% from a windows batch file? – Stack Overflow which became this:

where /q git || echo Cound not find git on the PATH %PATH%. && goto :eof

I could have expanded this to find the install location, but for now this is sufficient.

When it is needed, I should read [WayBack] Programmatically (not manually) finding the path where Git is installed on a Windows system – Stack Overflow

–jeroen

Posted in Batch-Files, Development, DVCS - Distributed Version Control, git, Scripting, Software Development, Source Code Management | Leave a Comment »

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