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#28941 - 2002-09-12 10:50 PM Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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I have a really simple script that I am trying to run. Everything runs fine except the copy command when I login. If I run kix32 kathy at a command line the shortcut copies to the desktop.
What am I doing wrong?

;This is a test kixtart script created for Marshall users on Win98
; Created 9/12/2001 - Kathy
if ingroup("TX Mapcon Test")
? "You are a Member of Mapcon Group"
Use O: /delete /PERSISTENT
USE O: "\\Server\Apps\Apps"/PERSISTENT
COPY "//Server\netlogon\shortcuts\mapcontest.lnk" "C:\windows\desktop"
? "You should have a shortcut on your desktop that looks like a toolbox"
ELSE
?"Notify Kathy that your script is not working correctly"
ENDIF
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#28942 - 2002-09-12 10:55 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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first note, pretty old script you got there... from last year... [Big Grin]

anyway, your copy is wrong and not even preferred:
COPY "//Server\netlogon\shortcuts\mapcontest.lnk" "C:\windows\desktop"

should be:
COPY "\\Server\netlogon\shortcuts\mapcontest.lnk" "C:\windows\desktop"

also, the desktop location is not always that.
meaning you should read the value from registry...

and most importantly, you should not traffic only one logonserver, but the one user is logging on:
COPY @ldrive+"\shortcuts\mapcontest.lnk" "C:\windows\desktop"
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#28943 - 2002-09-13 02:49 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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Hey give me a break here. I am a Netware Certified person that has been thrust into the MS world against my will. Netware wins HANDS DOWN. haha!
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#28944 - 2002-09-13 03:00 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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have you see the stock prices lately [Smile]

There are a number of utilities (functions) to create shortcuts in the UDF forum.
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#28945 - 2002-09-13 03:01 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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Oh dear... don't go there. We have a lot of SAD (SysAdmin by Decree) people on this board. Deal with it.

Lonkero makes some good points but unlikely that is the solution. If your script works after logon but not during then you have other issues.

I suggest you try debugging the script to see where it fails.
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#28946 - 2002-09-13 04:41 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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I was just joking. I was a COBOL programmer in my previous life. I will look on the forum for better examples of simple login scrips. All I need is a drive mapped and a shortcut put on the desktop. Thanks for all your help!
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#28947 - 2002-09-13 06:17 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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If you put a
code:
? ''+@ERROR+' - '+@SERROR
after your copy command, you will get the error message generated for that copy command. If the copy is successful, error will be '0'.

You might also want to make sure to run the login script synchronously, see W2k/XP - Keep the Window visible on login?
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#28948 - 2002-09-13 08:40 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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Why is it?- so easy from a command prompt to copy a shortcut to the desktop and within Kixtart so hard? I get a drive mapped fine. (We have a program that all it needs is a drive mapping and a shorcut.) But copying a shortcut I cannot get to work.

Kixtart v4.11
Users have a Netware 5.1 and a Win2k login script - this is temporary Netware is being phased out.
Users have win98.
Anyone have a script that is copying a shortcut that is working I can look at?
Thanks for help.
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#28949 - 2002-09-13 09:01 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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It is different to copy a shortcut when you're already logged on and during the logon phase. please read the following FAQs:
Copy a shortcut to the Desktop, Start Menu, etc.
Sequence of events during logon

You should really put some error checks into your code to figure out what exactly is going wrong, for example check that the directories and files actually exist.

If you have a working command lne to copy the shortcut, why don't you try that one from within the login script and see whether it succeeds. I suspect that your command line copy will fail, too.

Are you using profiles under Windows 9x? you need to establish the exact location of the desktop folder before copying, it does not ahve top be at c:\windwos\desktop.
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#28950 - 2002-09-13 09:04 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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JENS:
The FAQs are where? If I type the copy command at a command line prompt, it works. Just not within the kixtart script. I am new to all of this.
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#28951 - 2002-09-13 09:05 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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they are links, just click on them.
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#28952 - 2002-09-13 09:56 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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Ok with the help of some of the links I think I have narrowed the problem down. I think Win98 is loading the desktop before the script has time to put the shortcut on the desktop.

The reason I think this is that if I login as usual, I get no icon on the desktop. If I go to a command line and type kix32 test.kix. The icon appears. I read on a link to change the registry value for winlogon to 1 this is suppose to tell the system to run all the scripts before presenting the win98 desktop but I tried this and it did not work. Anyone else have an idea? I am having so much fun with this - I love this forum.
Kixtart v4.11
Servers Netware 5.1 and Win2K
Users running Netware and Win2k logon script
Users have Win98 workstations
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#28953 - 2002-09-13 10:11 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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Kathy,
You're on the right track... just maybe going in the wrong direction. The issue is likely that the desktop has not yet been set whilst still in the logon. This is a well known issue with Wintendos. In fact, I have an FAQ on it.

Topic: Sequence of events during logon

Pay attention to the bit about RunOnce and then search for that on the board.

Yeah Jens, you said it first... but sometimes it take more than one person to say it. [Wink]

[ 13. September 2002, 22:16: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]
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#28954 - 2002-09-13 10:13 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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Another test, I ran the kix32 test.kix /debug and used F* to step each line in the script. It ran fine. Just one more thing to help backup my theory that all the things running when a user logs in is keeping the script from running correctly. Anyone else have this problem and know of a fix? Thanks - have a great weekend it is 94 degrees F here in Texas.
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#28955 - 2002-09-13 10:18 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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Next question.
How can I get a win98 PC to wait until the logon scripts finish before loading the desktop?

I tried the setting winlogon set to 1. Did not help.
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#28956 - 2002-09-13 10:21 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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Many before you have tried... RunOnce RunOnce
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#28957 - 2002-09-13 10:23 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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Registered: 2002-02-15
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Loc: Ohio
I use the following and have never had it not work.

code:
 $Icon98 = "C:\windows\DESKTOP\ESI.PIF"
	if exist ($icon98) = 0		copy "q:\esi98.pif" "C:\windows\desktop\ESI.pif"
	endif
Hope it helps,
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#28958 - 2002-09-13 10:29 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
Kathy Offline
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Loc: Marshall, TX
My ignorance is showing. Aren't .pif files old windows files.

What does your code do? I need explanations.
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#28959 - 2002-09-13 11:11 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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It's just a pointer to another executable. You should be able to replace the .pif with whatever extension (in your case .lnk) you want.

Good luck,
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#28960 - 2002-09-13 11:11 PM Re: Copying Shortcut
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fdisk will fix most of this.
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