piXelatedEmpire Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 After using switches to install various apps for your unattended installation, is it possible to prevent or delete certain links etc that are created by these silent application installs?For example, readme links, help links, uninstall links etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevone Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 easy,look nero installationisthead of your silent installationrun a cmq/batch file like this@echo offstart /wait setup.exerun silent installationdel "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Nero\Nero 6 Ultra Edition\Nero Wave Editor.lnk"remove a shortcut in all user menudel "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Nero\Nero 6 Ultra Edition\Nero Wave Editor.lnk"remove a shortcut in all user menurd /s /q "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Nero\Nero Toolkit"remove a group in all user menuif your program installs in your menu, not in all user menuuse %Profile% instead of %AllUsersProfile% B) B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achdine Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 %Profile% is not a Windows variable. The variable Bevone meant was %UserProfile%, which expands to something like "C:\Documents and Settings\Bevone".You can see the other variables that Windows set by opening a command window and typing "set."The rest of what he said is correct; the Start Menu is stored in the individual user profiles and in the shared profile under the Start Menu folder. Links from both places are in the Start Menu of any logged on user. You can edit anything in the Start Menu by simply adding/deleting files from these folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevone Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Aaaaarg!!!I've make an error on my first post!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 You could try something like this insteadcraplinx.cmd::removes pointless shortcuts from Programs subdirectories@echo off&setlocal enableextensionsfor /d %%a in ("%UserProfile%\..\*") do if exist "%%a\Start Menu\Programs" call :doit "%%a\Start Menu\Programs"endlocal&goto :eof:doitpushd %1for /f "delims=" %%b in ('dir /b/s/a "*.lnk"^|findstr/il "uninstall readme help"^2^>nul') do if errorlevel 0 del /f/a/q "%%b"popdgoto :eof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZileXa Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 This is how I do it (extremely easy)After al programs are installed, I remove all the shortcurts I don't want, catagorize some others until I have the perfect Startmenu (I make sure this is the All Users menu)Then I create a RAR SFX of the all users starmenu, in my CLEANUP.CMD I delete the contents of all users startmenu, the SFX will extract after the cleanup.Works great. easy to modify.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 For msi based installation I am creating mst file (for example acrobat reader) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyharry1971 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Ive been cleaning up my start menu using this method the only problems I had where alcohol as the .lnk file had the % symbol in it fixed it by using alcoho~1.lnk but am having a problem moving the 7-zip link to another folder in the start menu. I'm pretty sure the problem is being caused by the - symbol but have not been able to find a workaround I'm sure its something easy like putting a \ in or something. Please help...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfive19 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 if I really want to move stuff around on the start menu (or even delete stuff) i use autoit. I usually get rid of desktop icons and move them to a menu ive made. If you want the code just ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinkdt Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 @dirtyharry1971:SET AllUsers=%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\DesktopDEL "%AllUsers%\Alcohol 120%%.lnk" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nad01 Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Here are some varibles.%ALLUSERSPROFILE% = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users%USERPROFILE% = C:\Documents and Settings\{username}%HOMEPATH% = \Documents and Settings\{username}For interest here is a link to a listing on Environment Variables.Environment Variables in Windows XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now