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[SOLVED] Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 10:09 AM
by 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.
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 10:26 AM
by 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
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 11:15 AM
by 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')
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 11:18 AM
by 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!
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 11:24 AM
by 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!
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 11:48 AM
by 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.
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 12:24 PM
by 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
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 2:05 PM
by Akewl
Great, it works, thank you!
One last question: is it possible to grant non-admin rights to the created folder?
Thanks in advance.
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 3:21 PM
by agauvrit
Look into "icacls.exe" by searching the forum; there are threads about it, I think
Re: Question about pushing a .exe file
Published: January 3, 2019 - 4:33 PM
by 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
