Adapting .REG Files.

Paul Black · 20 Mar 2020

Matthew Wai said:

Yet another suggestion:

Code:

@echo off
(Net session >nul 2>&1)||(PowerShell start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /B)
Set "Folder=C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement"
For %%i In ("%Folder%\*.bat") Do (echo Processing "%%i"&CMD /C "%%i" & echo.)
echo Press a key to restart "explorer.exe". & pause > nul
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer.exe

"explorer.exe" will be restarted only after you press a key after all the .bat files have been processed.

That's even better @Matthew Wai, thank you.

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

Just a quick question, what is the difference between . . .

Code:

(Net Session >NUL 2>&1)||(PowerShell Start -verb RunAs '%~0' & Exit /b)

Code:

(Net Session >NUL 2>&1)||(PowerShell Start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /b)

Thanks in advance.

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

Try to figure out this thread: PowerShell start 'D:\Matthew's scripts\Testing.cmd'
If you can't figure it out, I will try to explain it.

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

My question is why the first one was used for the BAT files is different to the second one used for the REG files.

Is it to escape any special characters [spaces etc] because of literal interpretations etc?

The difference between the two is that the first one shows -verb RunAs '%~0' and the second one shows """%~0""" -verb RunAs. Could I use """%~0""" -verb RunAs in BOTH?

Thanks in advance.

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

Paul Black said:

My question is why the first one was used for the BAT files is different to the second one used for the REG files.

Because I did not know the second one when I used the first one. Now I know the second one is better than the first one.

Paul Black said:

Could I use """%~0""" -verb RunAs in BOTH?

Yes.

Paul Black said:

'%~0'

It does not work if the file path contains apostrophes.

Paul Black said:

"""%~0"""

It works even if the file path contains apostrophes.

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Brilliant @Matthew Wai, thank you!

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

As you know the final part of this is to run ALL .ps1 files from a folder.
I have come up with this but it continuously opens blank Windows . . .

Code:

@echo off
(Net session >nul 2>&1)||(PowerShell start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /B)
Set "Folder=C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement"
For %%i In ("%Folder%\*.ps1") Do PowerShell -Command (echo Processing "%%i"&CMD /C "%%i" & echo.)
echo Press a key to restart "explorer.exe". & pause > nul
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer.exe

Thanks in advance.

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

Paul Black said:

As you know the final part of this is to run ALL .ps1 files from a folder.

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

Paul Black · 21 Mar 2020

Hello @Matthew Wai,

I came up with this that part works!

Code:

@echo off
Set "Folder=C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement"
rem PowerShell -Command "& {Set-ExecutionPolicy ByPass}" -NoExit
rem For %%i in (*.ps1) Do PowerShell -Command "& {.\%%i}" -NoExit
For %%i In (%Folder%\*.ps1) Do PowerShell -Command "& {%%i}"
echo Press a key to restart "explorer.exe". & Pause > NUL
TaskKill /f /im explorer.exe & Start explorer.exe

The trouble is it lists everything within the file and does NOT list just the filename etc.

Thanks in advance.

Matthew Wai · 21 Mar 2020

Paul Black said:

I came up with this that part works!

It does not work at my end. It produced the following error:

Code:

C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement\PS1.ps1 : File C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement\PS1.ps1
cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see
about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:4
+ & {C:\Users\System-Admin\System-Admin_Implement\PS1.ps1}