[SOLVED] Question about pushing a .exe file

[Akewl]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to do something simple, but I can't manage it

So I have a portable EXE file that cannot be installed, I would just like to put it in a folder like C:\test and then create a shortcut on the desktop.

To shorten my explanation, I think I have the solution:

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create_user_desktop_shortcut("test",target=r'C:\Ftest\test.exe',wDir=r'C:\test\\',icon=r'C:\test/test.exe')

But I can't figure out how to put my .exe file in c:\test, can you help me?

Thank you.

[agauvrit]

Hello,

welcome to the forum. The first step is to consult the WAPT documentation.

There's a section specifically dedicated to this topic: https://www.wapt.fr/fr/doc/wapt-create- ... -with-wapt

When creating the shortcut, you need to understand the difference between the two existing functions, but I'll let you look that up.

Alexandre

[Akewl]

Good morning,

First of all, thank you for your welcome and the super quick and efficient response, it works!

The shortcut isn't working, even though I followed the documentation and added it right after the `def uninstall` command

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def session_setup():
  create_desktop_shortcut(r'File',target=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\File\file.exe')

[Akewl]

I just found this

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create_shortcut(makepath(common_desktop(),'Logiciels','SketchUp 2014.lnk'),target=r'%s\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp.exe' %programfiles, wDir=r'%s\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\\' %programfiles,icon=r'%s\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp.exe' %programfiles)

I'm testing it!

[Akewl]

Okay, I'll change them to:

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def session_setup():
  create_shortcut(makepath(common_desktop(),'Logiciels'),target=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\File\file.exe' %programfiles, wDir=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\File\\' %programfiles,icon=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\FilerGet\file.exe' %programfiles)

But it doesn't work; it doesn't even create the software directory on the desktop



Any idea what my mistake was?

Thank you in advance!

[Akewl]

I bypassed my problem by creating it manually using the following commands:

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mkdirs('C:\Users\Public\Desktop\File')
mkdirs('C:\Users\Public\Desktop\File\Download')

It works now, it's my copyfile that doesn't work.

[agauvrit]

Good morning,

The solution:

In the user context (session_setup), you must indeed use:

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create_user_desktop_shortcut("test",target=r'C:\Ftest\test.exe',wDir=r'C:\test\\',icon=r'C:\test/test.exe')

This portion of the package code is only launched when the user session starts, in user context.

In the system context (install), to create a shortcut in the shared folder Users\Public\Desktop:

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create_desktop_shortcut("test",target=r'C:\Ftest\test.exe',wDir=r'C:\test\\',icon=r'C:\test/test.exe')

For path construction, it's best to use the `makepath` function like this:

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install_path = makepath(programfiles,'FilerGet')
filecopyto('monexe.exe',install_path)

Good day

Alexander

[Akewl]

Great, it works, thank you!

One last question: is it possible to grant non-admin rights to the created folder?

Thanks in advance.

[agauvrit]

Look into "icacls.exe" by searching the forum; there are threads about it, I think

[Akewl]

OK thanks,

I tested the following command:

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run([r'realtargetpath\FilerGet','/T /grant "tout le monde":r'])

But it doesn't work, hmm

Any idea what the problem is?

Thank you in advance