Running BAT/UVK combo?

[Xander]

Fred, I'm trying to write a batch file that will launch UVKportable with a script to run the few tasks (<UVKCommandsScript>\<SendReports>\<CleanupRegistry>\<CleanupJunkFiles>\<CleanupAppData>\<UAKScan>\<SmartUninstaller>) I pretty much always do and then, once that's done, launch UVKportable as normal. However, if I should need to run the script again later, I don't want it to repeat the same tasks unnecessarily so I figure the easiest way might be to simply log the date into the registry and check for it.

At first I thought about using an AutoIt command to do a RegRead/IfThen but the UVK commands couldn't be run between the IF and ENDIF so that's where the batch file came in.

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If (reg query hklm\software\PromptCare /v datestamp) <> %date% then

REM Run a UVK script with Send Reports/CleanupReg/CleanupJunk/UAKScan/SmartUninstaller
start "" uvkportable.exe -ReadFile "start.uvk" -Passive

Mark it in the reg as having been done so that running script again doesn't re-trigger
reg add hklm\software\PromptCare /v datestamp /d "%DATE%" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /f
)

REM Start UVK as normal with "AlwaysButOnlyOnceADay" tasks done.
\\nas\uvk\uvkportable.exe

Other hitch is that, for registry access, the batch needs to be run as admin. I would prefer to keep it all within a UVK script (with UVK itself asking for admin rights) but can't see a way to work in the "once a day" part.

[Fred]

Xander, you can make the batch itself a UVK script. Then you just need to drag it over UVKPortable. Just prepend <CmdScript> to the code and rename the file extension uvk. UVK elevates automatically.

As a secont thought, there's a better way. You don't need admin rights to read the registry. So just move the reg write part to start.uvk. In the beginning of the script, add

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<Run> -h
%ComSpec% /c reg add hklm\software\PromptCare /v datestamp /d "%DATE%" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /f

This way, you can run the batch without elevation. But you'll probably need to specify the full path of start.uvk

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REM Run a UVK script with Send Reports/CleanupReg/CleanupJunk/UAKScan/SmartUninstaller
start "" uvkportable.exe -ReadFile "%~dp0start.uvk" -Passive

%~dp0 expands to the path of the current batch.

[Fred]

OK, I noticed there were some errors in the launching batch, so I tested this and ensured it was working.

Below is the code of the launching batch (launch.bat). Doesn't need admin rights.

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@echo off
reg query hklm\software\PromptCare /v datestamp | find "%date%">nul
if errorlevel 1 start "" UVKPortable.exe -ReadFile "%~dp0start.uvk" -Passive

And below is the code of my start.uvk UVK script. Notice how it writes the date to the registry in first place.

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<UVKCommandsScript>
<CmdScript>
@echo off
reg add hklm\software\PromptCare /v datestamp /d "%DATE%" /t REG_SZ /f

<VBScript>
MsgBox("The script is executed")

You just need to replace the <VBScript> part with the code of your UVK script

[Xander]

Thanks, Fred. I constantly forget about <cmdscript> being an option.

Got it working off my lesser-used flash drive but it seemed happier on my NAS once I added "%~dp0" in front of the UVK executable. I also threw in a "/wait".

In the batch itself, I added another "%~dp0UVKportable.exe" to get it running after the basics were done.

[Muhammad Tasneem]

Dear Xander,

You all are experts, using UVK. It is really good for all novices (specially me) if you share your scripts/batch file here. In this way we know how an expert think or done their job.

[Xander]

Most scripts end up in the Tutorials section; there's not really a subforum for it. I don't use many, in fact. I focus mostly on the Repair section and soon the new C++ version of UVK will have profiles so I can streamline jobs more quickly.