[wpkg-users] Copying a shortcut from a network share to desktop?

[Falko Trojahn]

Helo Chris,

> <package id="CH4EnvChangeShortcut" name="CH4 Environmental Change
> Shortcut" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="0"> <install cmd='net use
> x: \\10.251.193.3\MMedia\Shortcuts' /> <install cmd='copy "x:\CH4
> Environmental Change.lnk" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop"'
> /> <install cmd='net use x: /delete /yes' /></package>
>
> The shortcut definetly exists and is named as above.
>
> Help much appreciated, I have a number of apps which only need a shortcut
> placed for the user to access and getting this to work would be excellent!
>

This works here flawlessly:

<install cmd='cmd /c copy /y "w:\packages\spybotsd15\Spybot - Search &
Destroy.lnk" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\"' />

But, IMHO you shouldn't use "net use" within a package, but e.g.
in the pre-action command from wpkg-client or in your wpkg-start.bat.

Of course it would be a better solution, too, if you use "%SOFTWARE%"
 - defined within WPKG-Client or in wpkg-start.bat.

Then your settings and package would be like this:

wpkg-start.bat or within Wpkg Client:

set SOFTWARE=\\10.251.193.3\MMedia\

<package id="CH4EnvChangeShortcut"
   name="CH4 Environmental Change Shortcut"
   revision="1"
   reboot="false"
   priority="0">

   <install cmd='cmd /c copy /y "%SOFTWARE%\Shortcuts\CH4 Environmental
Change.lnk" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\"' />
</package>

Any variable name apart from "%SOFTWARE%" is possible, too.

Best regards,
Falko

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