Copy a file to an XP users desktop after unzipping

[Mike Doty]

I want to copy a go.pif file or other startup file to an
XP users desktop after installing all files to a folder
using WinZip (which is optional) so the user can click on it
to start my program. In earlier Windows a simple
shell "copy \windows\desktop ..." worked fine.
I don't want to use a full installation program
like Inno because they are bigger than what I'm copying.
I can now use PB/DLL or PB/CC for the installation program
that is now written in DOS. The installation program
in DOS was simply inside the WinZip self extractor.
Perhaps just using Inno is the solution.




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[Lance Edmonds]

Locating the desktop folder is best done with a Windows app, but eveb if you locate it successfully, it might not be possible for your app to deposit a shortcut there anyway due to policy/right restrictions.

Inno would certainly be the easiest way to deal with this unless you want to write some Windows code. That said, the code for locating the desktop folder and creating a shortcut can be readily found on this BBS.



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Lance
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[Mike Doty]

Search for? (Shortcut to desktop?) Thanks.




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[Lance Edmonds]

try this one: http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ead.php?t=3308

if you are using pb/cc 3.0 or pb/win 7.0 then the calls to coinitialize() and couninitialize() are not required as the compiler does these operations automatically.

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[Amos Vryhof]

This should work in Windows 2000 and XP....

UserDesktop$=ENVIRON$("USERPROFILE")+"\DESKTOP"

From there, you may wish to write a small routine
that checks between the backslashes for long foldernames
and truncates then appropriately.

For example, the above would return

E:\Documents and Settings\Amos Vryhof\DESKTOP

PowerBASIC won't like this, and SHELL probably won't either.

What you would want is E:\DOCUME~1\AMOSVR~1\DESKTOP

Either way, this might not work due to permissions and such
as Lance stated above, but should get you the information you
are looking for.


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Amos
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