It represents the first command line argument passed to the batch file. If you run your batch file with: myfile.bat firstArg secondArg %1 becomes “firstArg” and %2 becomes “secondArg” The related shift command shifts the position of arguments one to the left. Running shift once in a batch file will make “%1” value to be … Read more
Windows 10 Home Edition does not have Local Users and Groups option so that is the reason you aren’t able to see that in Computer Management. You can use User Accounts by pressing Window+R, typing netplwiz and pressing OK as described here.
The exit codes are not documented. The documentation is here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/regsvr32 However, the source code for a version REGSVR32.EXE is shipped with Visual Studio 2008. This gives its version as 4.0.0, so is not the same as the one shipped with windows, which reports version 6. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177531(v=vs.90).aspx A quick look shows these: #define FAIL_ARGS 1 … Read more
To get help for command prompt commands use their /? option. Exit /? shows: Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter) or the current batch script. EXIT [/B] [exitCode] /B specifies to exit the current batch script instead of CMD.EXE. If executed from outside a batch script, it will quit CMD.EXE exitCode specifies a numeric number. … Read more
Or you can create a “real” newline character. setlocal enableDelayedExpansion set NL=^ rem two empty line required echo first line !NL! second line set multi=Line1!NL!Line2 set multi=!multi!!NL!Line3 echo !Multi! With this variant the newline is a “normal” character in the string, so the variables act normally and you can assign them to another variable, this … Read more
The caret ‘^’ character serves two purposes in Windows batch files: 1. line continuations: ~~~ @echo off dir ^ /ad ^ c:\temp ~~~~ results in dir /ad c:\temp, which lists only the directories in C:\temp. 2. Escaping reserved shell characters & | ( < > ^. Use a preceding caret to escape and print the … Read more
I personally use Console2 with the Bash shipped with MYSYS-Git. You can also use PuTTY and SSH to a real linux box 😉
Solution is: Add [Setup] UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\{#MyAppExeName} Specifying the actual ico file did not work, but this entry did. I tested against Windows 8/8.1. Windows 7 works without this line.
You can use the win32gui module to do that. First you need to get a valid handle on your window. You can use the win32gui.FindWindow if you know the window class name or the exact title. If not, you can enumerate the windows with the win32gui.EnumWindows and try to find the right one. Once you … Read more