I have got a simple task for kix that I have mastered in a batch script but want to place it in my logon kix script. I want to read the registry to see which server the roaming profile is being stored on.
The result will be \\server\profiles$\username.v2 [the new Windows 7 profile path] and this will be saved as $new_prof
I also want a variable $old_prof which is the same as $new_prof except that is doesn't have the .v2 extension
Basically, I want to run this from within my kix script
shell '%comspec% /c for /f "tokens=3" %%C in ("c:\windows\system32\reg.exe" query "hklm\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Profilelist" /s /f centralprofile ^| find "REG_SZ") do set $new_prof=%%c'
Then I check to see if $new_prof exists before proceeding at which point it fails.
1) How do I check what I am getting in variable $new_prof if anything? 2) How might I truncate $new_prof to be $old_prof [ie. missing the .v2]
#204624 - 2012-04-0301:53 AMRe: Passing a result back to Kixtart
[Re: Devlin7]
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Is there a reason you dont want to simply read the registry value straigh to a variable inside of kix, instead of trying to use a batch script and passing it in?
I went with the batch script option rather than kix because I couldn't work out how to make kix search the registry for a value. You see that each user has their own entry under PROFILELIST. I have cut and pasted your two lines into my script but it is still ending early when I run if exist($new_prof)
Is there an easy way to see what is set for the value $new_prof?
Just wanted to say thanks for your help. The following seems to work $new_prof = ReadValue("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\@sid","centralprofile") $old_prof = Left($new_prof,-3)
