[a06lp]

Hi all,

I'm editing my cleanup.cmd file, and there's something I need to do.

I need a way to say "If Firefox is installed, then run the following 3 lines of code".

Then 3 lines of code are:

REM	Mozilla Firefox (Remove IE Shortcuts)
	DEL "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk"
	REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu /v "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
	REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

But these lines should ONLY run, IF firefox was installed.

Also, I need the way to check for firefox to be path-indifferent - meaning, it doesn't matter where firefox is installed to.

How can I do this?

[Yzöwl]

@ a06lp, this should do it!

Quote

@echo off&setlocal enableextensions
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox" /s^|findstr "\\Main$"^2^>nul') do (
  if errorlevel 0 for /f "tokens=1,3* delims= " %%b in ('reg query "%%a"^|find "Install Directory"^2^>nul') do (
    if errorlevel 0 set ffdir="%%~c"
  )
)
if defined ffdir (
  :: Mozilla Firefox (Remove IE Shortcuts)
  echo/del /q "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk"
  echo/reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu /v "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
  echo/reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
)
pause&endlocal&goto :eof

Just remove the stuff in red once you have verified it works.

<Edit>
Just looking back at my code, I have noticed that, due to the way the site software works, I need to mention something.

make sure when you paste the information into your file, that:
delims=<Tab>
not
delims=<Space>

<Edit>

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 28 July 2005 - 10:15 AM

[Sonic]

yes it's the solution

[a06lp]

Yzöwl, on Jul 28 2005, 10:35 AM, said:

Just looking back at my code, I have noticed that, due to the way the site software works, I need to mention something.[list]make sure when you paste the information into your file, that:
delims=<Tab>
not
delims=<Space>

Hmm, why is this? Are you sure it won't work? It seemed to be working when I copied and pasted the original code into my cleanup.cmd file...

[Yzöwl]

The code will still do it's job in that it will still run the appropriate commands, only if the application is installed.

However, the content of %ffdir% will be incorrect. If you use delims=<Tab>, then %ffdir% will also contain the installation path for the application, which you would be able to utilise further in your batch file if you felt the need.

<Edit>
Oh and thank you usually works better for me…
</Edit>

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 29 July 2005 - 04:10 AM

[a06lp]

my most sincere apoligies for not saying this first:
Thank You!

[Yzöwl]

I was only joking, but thanks anyhow…