Support for spaces in RunOnceEx - Quotations?

[stuffman]

Hi everybody,

i'm having a hard time getting spaces to work in a batch file I'm using to add commands to RunOnceEx in the registry. Our organization requires us to install all programs to e:\Program Files\... and I need to use the INSTALLDIR= parameter after the Adobe Acrobat pathname, but I can't figure out how to make the windows registry understand the space between the word 'program' and 'files'. Normally I'd use quotes, but since it's already enclosed in quotes it sees the first quote as the end of the statement and gives me an error. I tried running a batch file that creates the directory Adobe will live in, then installing to e:\Progra~1\.... but that created a folder named 'Progra~1' on the E:\ drive. Here's the batch file I'm using:

cmdow /HID
@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "PC Anywhere Version 11" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\msi\pcanywhere\pcanywhere.msi" /f
[B]
REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Reader 6" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\msi\acrobat6\acrobat6.msi INSTALLDIR=e:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\" /f
[/B]
REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Winzip 9.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\msi\winzip9\winzip9.msi" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "IBM i Series" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\msi\iSeries\iseries.msi" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Microsoft Office 2000" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\share\apps\productivity\msoffice\office2000\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=\\mycomputer\share\Apps\Productivity\MSOffice\Office2000\setup.MST /qb" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\026 /VE /D "PC Anywhere Session Files" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\026 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\share\batchfiles\pcanywheresession.bat" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\027 /VE /D "Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Cumulative Update" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\027 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\share\Apps\Internet\IE6SP1\ie6setup.exe /q /r:n" /f

;REG ADD %KEY%\028 /VE /D "Post-Install Cleanup" /f
;REG ADD %KEY%\028 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\share\batchfiles\PostInstallCleanup.bat" /f

shutdown -l

exit

Any ideas on how to make the registry understand those spaces?

Thanks,

Shawn

[Alanoll]

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\msi\acrobat6\acrobat6.msi INSTALLDIR=\"e:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\"" /f

[jondercik]

If you arehaving trouble with spaces set that string to a varibale before you use it.

Example SET INSTALLDIR="c:\some folder name\other folder"

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "\\mycomputer\msi\acrobat6\acrobat6.msi INSTALLDIR=\"e:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\"" /f

and /or (?) you could use double backslashes.

e.g.: E:\\program files\\Adobe\\xyz

[Alanoll]

I've never seen \\ in a REG command when refering to directories and spaces. Network drives yes, not spaces.. In any case, the original was flawed.

There would be a " after READER if he looked in the registry along with /f

[stuffman]

You ROCK!

I've been messing with that for days now. Thanks!

Shawn

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

I've never seen \\ in a REG command when refering to directories and spaces. Network drives yes, not spaces.. In any case, the original was flawed.

There would be a " after READER if he looked in the registry along with /f

hmmm..... I think I must be confused or so....