Adapting .REG Files.

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

Is this any better . . .

Code:

@echo off
Set "Folder=C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement"
rem (Net Session >NUL 2>&1)||(PowerShell Start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /b)

PowerShell -Command "& {Set-ExecutionPolicy ByPass}" -NoExit
For %%i In (%Folder%\*.ps1) Do PowerShell -Command "& {%%i}"

echo Press a key to restart "explorer.exe". & Pause > nul

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

I got the following when I just double-clicked on the .cmd file.

Code:

Set-ExecutionPolicy : Access to the registry key
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell' is denied. To change the execution
policy for the default (LocalMachine) scope, start Windows PowerShell with the "Run as administrator" option. To
change the execution policy for the current user, run "Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser".

However, the .ps1 files could still be run. Have you run my code in post #118?

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

In your code, are the ✱ supposed to be *?

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

Paul Black said:

In your code, are the ✱ supposed to be *?

No, they are not supposed to be *
I don't know what will happen if they are replaced with *
My code works fine with ✱

Paul Black said:

Is this any better . . .

The output was "PermissionDenied", but my .ps1 files could still be run properly.

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

I just found this which I am going through . . .
Provide A Batch File To Run Your PowerShell Script From.

I came up with this but it doesn't quite work . . .

Code:

@echo off
Set "Folder=C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement"
PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ""%Folder%\*.ps1""' -Verb RunAs}";
echo Press a key to restart "explorer.exe". & Pause > nul
rem TaskKill /f /im explorer.exe & Start explorer.exe

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

Paul Black said:

Provide A Batch File To Run Your PowerShell Script From.

It cannot run .ps1 files one by one in a folder.
You may use your codes in #119/121 if you are happy with it.

Paul Black said:

In your code, are the ✱ supposed to be *?

My code works with the former but not with the latter, which will cause an error.

Paul Black · 22 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

Matthew Wai said:

This part is much more difficult! An expert can certainly do it much better than I do. I can only come up with the following awkward method:

Code:

@echo off
(Net session >nul 2>&1)||(PowerShell start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /B)
If exist "%temp%\✱.vbs" (del "%temp%\✱.vbs")
Echo Set X = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")>>"%temp%\✱.vbs"
Set "Folder=C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement"
For %%i In ("%Folder%\*.ps1") Do (Echo  File found: "%%i"
Echo X.run ^"Powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file ^" ^& chr^(34^) ^& "%%i" ^& chr^(34^), 0, true >> "%temp%\✱.vbs")
Echo  Processing the files. & "%temp%\✱.vbs"
Echo  Operations completed. & Del "%temp%\✱.vbs"
Echo  Press a key to restart "explorer.exe". & pause > nul
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer.exe

I copied your code above into Notepad and saved it as a .cmd.
In the code copied, it shows ✱ [6 points] instead of the normal * [5 points].
Anyway, I ran the code and it works!

Could you just explain why there is an echo at the beginning of this line please . . .

Code:

echo Set X = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")>>"%temp%\✱.vbs"

Thanks in advance.

Matthew Wai · 22 Mar 2020

Paul Black said:

Could you just explain why there is an echo at the beginning of this line please . . .

echo Set X = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")>>"%temp%\✱.vbs"
The above tells Windows to do the following:
Write the text Set X = CreateObject("Wscript.shell") into the file "%temp%\✱.vbs"

Paul Black said:

In the code copied, it shows ✱ [6 points] instead of the normal * [5 points].
Anyway, I ran the code and it works!

Do a simple test: replace all ✱ with ❤️ and run the code, which will still work.

Paul Black · 22 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

Thanks for the explanation, I understand now!

This is very strange!
I am on my Laptop, and it shows ✱ as a little box!
On my Desktop, it shows as a 6 pointed star instead of a 5 pointed star.
It doesn't matter as the script still runs OK and it will be my Desktop where the changes will be made anyway.