I want to make batch file start automatically once the system is done booting. This can
be done on windows by putting the batch script on the startup folder. However it doesn't seem
to be the case on reactOS. :?:
Any help would be nice! :D
I tried going to the startup folder and putting my batch file in their and it did not start sadly.
By the way it automatically logs in.
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I have a script that I've created to prep our customer's servers for a software install. Part of this requires the script to be run as administrator, so just instructing people to click "Run With Powershell" doesn't get the job done. The script is in a folder with a number of .ini files that the script needs to copy to different server locations. If I just right-click the Powershell script and select "Run With Powershell," it is able to find the files and copy them without issue. Unfortunately, if I open the script in ISE, it opens with a default directory of C:\users\user, and I can't seem to copy those .ini files without first running a change directory command to get us to the folder that the script and the .ini files are in. But I'd like our installation techs to be able to run this without worrying about the exact location they initially drop these folders. I'd also like them to not have to worry about changing the directory manually in PowerShell. Some of our customers have multiple drives, and it might make sense to put this stuff on something other than the C drive, so it's hard to tell where this folder might end up. But I'm not sure of a command that will get me to the directory of the *.ps1 file, without knowing where that file is beforehand... Anyone have a suggestion?
You can use $PSScriptRoot that will have the location of the directory where the script is located.
This is referenced in the following post:
How can I get the file system location of a PowerShell script?
We have a customer with their SFTP site, and I would like to copy files from specific folder, by using any automated process.
One of the example which I found, is winscp.net, but I have not managed how to use it, for my purpose.
http://www.itworld.com/article/2928599/windows/how-to-automate-sftp-file-transfers-in-microsoft-windows.html
QUESTION: All I will need is not run script and the file should be copied from their directory to my local folder. Is it possible at all?
I found the way of using PSFTP(Putty) to connect to the server, but how to make it automatically, do not know.
I think its a good solution for your problem.
You have to install winscp and the code some files and it will do automaticaly. I used 3 or 4 times. Also you need the key for your SFTP to connect throught it.
Here a link to the guide step by step.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guides
Here is a link to the scripting webpage
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting
I recommend you to create an ini file to load all of the characteristics of your ftp connection and then execute an script over this.
It can be launched like that
WinSCP.com /ini=[your ini file] /script=[Your script file(what you want to do when it is connect)]
Hope this helps!.
During setup a temporary log file is written to directory %TEMP%. This file is moved as installation.log to ${installer:sys.installationDir}/.install4j after setup finished.
Is there a way to let install4j write this temp. log file always directly to directory .install4j? Having it there it would be much easier to find it in case the setup crashes.
We're still using install4j 5.0.11.
Thanks in advance!
Frank
The problem is that the installation may not exit at startup and the installation directory may be changed in the installer.
However, you can pass the VM parameter
-Dinstall4j.alternativeLogfile=[path to log file]
to the installer to specify an alternative log file.
I'm using code first migrations with my context class in a class library (ie not the startup project) and I want to make batch files for the common operations to save having to pass in the parameters each time I want to add-migration and update-database. I ran the "dir" command in the console and it appears to be in the solution root folder so I have tried creating a .bat,.cmd or .ps1 file in the Solution Items folder but the package manager powershell doesn't seem to be able to find it?
At this very moment I am happening to read this from Bruce Payette's "Powershell in Action" (Wonderful book) so share something with you, lucky guy:
"In this example (Poster: an example in the book), even though hello.ps1 is in the current directory, you had to put ./ in front of it to run it. This is because Powershell doesn't execute commands out of the current directory by default. This prevents accidental execution of the wrong command."
Looks like I needed to just put a ".\" on the beginning of the batch file name - not sure if Powershell requires this to execute?
If I compile a script for distribution as a standalone exe, is there any way I can store settings within the exe itself, to save having to write to an external file? The main incentive for this is to save having to develop an installation process. I only need to store a few bytes.
Also, can resources such as images be compiled into the exe?
Using alternate data streams opens up a can of worms so i wouldn't go that way. Writing back config data into the exe itself won't work as the file is locked for write access during execution.
What i usually do is to store config data under %A_AppData%\%A_ScriptName%\%A_ScriptName%.ini
When the script starts i use IniRead which also provides a default value if the key isn't found - which is the case the script is executing for the first time.
The complementing IniWrite's in a OnExit subroutine/function will create the ini file if necessary.
This way no installation is needed and the config is stored in the proper, familiar place.
The autohotkey forum has dealt with this question before.
In that case, the user didn't want extra files -- period.
The method was to use the file system to save alternate data.
Unfortunately I can't find the post.
A simpler method is to use fileinstall command.
When the script is compiled, the external file is stored within the exe.
When the script executes the same command as an exe, the file is copied to the same
directory as the running script. It is a simple yet effective 'install'.
With a little testing for the config file, the fileinstall command can be skipped.
Skipping the fileinstall could allow changes to be made to the configuration after 'installation'
I have not tried saving settings within the compiled exe file, but I have included resources. I'm not sure which version of AHK you're using or how you are compiling, but I can right-click my scripts to compile. There's an option to compile with options, where you can include resources in your compiled exe.Compile with options