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by happiness
13 Mar 2013 06:35
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Registry key to find installation directory
Replies: 3
Views: 3516

Registry key to find installation directory

H all, I'm looking for a way to find (and run) a program that can be installed anywhere on the PC. I've found some code that lists all the installed programs on the PC, from this, is there a way to extract the "InstallLocation" of a specific program then run the *.exe? Here's what I'm usin...
by happiness
11 Mar 2013 18:11
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Find OS
Replies: 6
Views: 8749

Re: Find OS

Squashman wrote:Put double quotes around the values you are comparing.

Like a charm, thanks!!
by happiness
11 Mar 2013 17:19
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Find OS
Replies: 6
Views: 8749

Find OS

Evening all, I'm very new to writing batch files and need a bit of help. I've "borrowed" some code off the internet to find the OS and now I want to add a "goto" command in but I can't seem to get it to work. Where am I going wrong? Original code: ::Identify OS ver | find /i &quo...
by happiness
08 Mar 2013 19:37
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Command to find "friendly" username
Replies: 6
Views: 4942

Re: Command to find "friendly" username

Holy hell! All of that to do 1 little thing!?

Thank you so much!!
by happiness
08 Mar 2013 18:58
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Command to find "friendly" username
Replies: 6
Views: 4942

Re: Command to find "friendly" username

Awesome, worked a treat! Thanks!

You've said I can
assign them to a variable and use them later in your code
... How?? :wink:

Also, can I make the first letter of the name capitalised? I.e. dave to Dave?

Thanks again.
by happiness
08 Mar 2013 18:07
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Command to find "friendly" username
Replies: 6
Views: 4942

Command to find "friendly" username

Hi, I'm very new to using batch files but they do exactly what I want, easily! I'm looking for an extension of the %USERNAME% command. I'm on a domain and our usernames are "firstname.surname" so that's what the %USERNAME% command returns. When I look in the Start menu, I seen "Surnam...