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#1 User is offline   micks80 

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Posted 16 October 2008 - 09:35 PM

Hi Friends,
I am new here and got an issue that i need help with... I need to copy some files from the CD to the user system and then after copying I called the "setup.cmd" file to start the installer. When I copy the files, I do this:

xcopy *.* "%temp%\myfolder
rem c:
cd myfolder
call setup.com

Now, the problem is, this only works if i remove that comment line i.e "rem c:" but since the users can have their TEMP directories on D: or E: drive, I do not want to do that..so I would like to know what's the best way to handle this scenario...

Second thing I was thinking is to create a SFX using WinRAR but I am doubtful whether it will work on client systems that do not have WInRAR installled???

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks


#2 User is offline   Yzöwl 

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Posted 16 October 2008 - 10:19 PM

Replace your second and third lines with either
  • Pushd %temp%\MyFolder
    or
  • Cd /d %temp%\MyFolder


As for the WinRAR SFX, it is a standalone and therefore requires no installation on the users system.

#3 User is offline   micks80 

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Posted 16 October 2008 - 10:27 PM

Thanks a lot MOD...really appreciate your help!!!

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