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I use Windows 2000 SP4 and after playing around with the registry i discovered that the "Run As" context entry is missing, even when i hold shift key. The last thing i remember is editing the LaunchPermission in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppId\{D68BD5B2-D6AA-11d0-9EDA-00A02488FCDE} but restoring the key didnt work so i guess i'm missing something. how can i restore it? edit: one should add "Extended"="" to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas and @="\"%1\" %*" to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command in order to get it back for exe files. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;you can delete 'Extended' to always show this context entry [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas] "Extended"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command] @="\"%1\" %*"

thanks Yzöwl!

thank you for your replies. i am afraid your methods returns the path, i need only the last dir: c:\dir\subdir\ -> subdir and not c:\dir\subdir or \dir\subdir.

hello. i need to retrieve the current directory name from a batch file in windows 2000. for example: if i run the batch file in c:\dir\subdir (c:\dir\subdir\mybat.cmd) i will have a variable that holds the name "subdir" as its the location of the file. thanks!

when i open Partition Magic 8 i see my Maxtor 6Y120P0 drive in a yellow color and the file system marked as "other": but my Windows 2000 Disk Management shows healty: under windows i can read and write to the partition, so what is wrong? what does Partition Magic wants? Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting

thanks soulin! works like magic!

yes, but is there a way to write the "1" as a variable, so it can be processed in a loop?

looks good! but how do i work with it next? echo %strArrayName.%strArrayNumber%% how do i output strArrayName.strArrayNumber?

for %%G in (%location%\*.txt) do ( set /a count+=1 call :exec1 %%~nG echo %%~nG ) goto :continue1 :exec1 echo %count% set mapArray[%count%]=%1 goto :end :continue1 :end this is what i have so far, the idea is to point to an array number (mapArray[1]) and return the file name. i will ask for a number input, and return the file name.

cant i write a variable name using a variable? like in PHP?

i would like to create arrays in a batch program, i added all the data as: arr[1] arr[2] arr[3] ... but the output is the tough part, i used: set n=2 echo %arr[%n%]% but that didnt work. is there anything i can do? my idea is to write a file list into that array, then pointing to one of the files. i really dont want to create temp files for this job.

all done. thanks to everyone for your help!

thank you for your help, but i need to get access to the windir, unfortenately this is not working: Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Environment("Volatile").Item("windir") it returns a blank line.

when i run the .inf as the system Administrator its working. when i run it as a Power User its not, what can i do?

i run Windows 2000 SP4 MSIE 5.0 and FF 1.0.3 Kaspersky 5.0.121 when i right click -> install the inf file above i get the error: Installation Failed. i run it as a Power User. anyting else you need to know?

still i get the same error.

[Version] Signature = $Windows NT$ [DefaultInstall] UpdateInis = AddShortcut [AddShortcut] setup.ini, progman.groups,, "group2=""%01%\testzone""" setup.ini, group2,,"""Readme"",""""""%01%\README.TXT""""""" this will make a shortcut in the inf location in the the 'testzone' dir to the file readme.txt located in the inf directory. am i right?

thank you for your relpy. when i install your inf i get the same error as befor: Installatin Failed. that is correct.

[version] signature=$chicago$ [DefaultInstall] UpdateInis=AddShortcut [AddShortcut] setup.ini, progman.groups,, ""group2="%24%""" setup.ini, group2,,"""Readme"",""""""%24%\readme.txt""""""" when i run this i get an error: Windows 2000 SP4 what am i doing wrong?

windows 2000 SP4. thats why i posted in the windows 2000 forum. but it shouldnt make any difference. does it?

when i try to install the inf file i get the error:

okay. .vbs and .inf are bouth silent, right? so we know how to make a .vbs, now how do i make a .inf that will create a shortcut?

again, in that case i will have 2 files: .bat and .exe i am trying to make only one .bat file that will do the job. i know i can make one .exe file that will hold all the files i need, but i wouldnt want users to think they have to install something when they dont.

its a batch script designed to make a shortcut. or so it says. thanks for the code gunsmokingman, but i will have to add a .vbs file to the batch, i'll do so if theres no other way. Aegis, the line opens a wizard that requires user input. losing the point of the script. what i did manage to do is to find this article about making shortcuts, but i cant get it to work. [Version] signature="$CHICAGO$" [DefaultInstall] UpdateInis=Addlink [AddLink] setup.ini, progman.groups,, "group1=""c:\""" setup.ini, group1,,"""thisIsMyShortcut"",""explorer.exe"",,,,,""explorer.exe"""

thank you for your reply, but again: i will need to carry around 2 files: the .bat and the .exe. no fun. the point is to make one file, that will generate what it needs. do you think it can be done? i found something over here but the code is too messy for me to read. do you think it can be rewritten to somehting?