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MoveFileEx() and GetMultiStringValue - 6/30/2005 11:34:37 AM   
  Timshel

 

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Status: offline 		I have 2 questions...
1. I have seen mention of a function known as MoveFileEx() which I would be
interested to use to move/replace a file currently in use. Is this available
within VBScript, and if so, how do get to it??

2. In the absence of MoveFileEx() I have attempted to use the
'PendingFileRenameOperations' registry value to move/replace a file in use.
This is a Multi String value under
'HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\SESSION MANAGER\'.
I can create this value and populate it with the necessary information using
the SetMultiStringValue function from WMI's 'StdRegProv'. Additionally I
would like to append my entries to any existing entries, for which I have
used 'GetMultiStringValue' to retrieve the info first. This works fine
however, I encounter issues when there are blank entries in the value - which
I understand is used by some install programs to delete files in use. Only
the entries before the blank are returned by 'GetMultiStringValue' anything
after this is excluded. This problem is apparent on Win2K but not on WinXP.

Any info is greatly appreciated...

Cheers,

Timshel
 
 
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Re: MoveFileEx() and GetMultiStringValue - 6/30/2005 12:54:35 PM   
  tnoonan

 

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Status: offline 		replace a file inuse

http://www.spoogenet.com/index.php?module=article&view=5&5cbaa9d36385e275f0a415eb9b827618=770550be7b99869d2f28617edf1380a7

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Re: MoveFileEx() and GetMultiStringValue - 6/30/2005 4:20:16 PM   
  Timshel

 

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From: Australia
Status: offline 		Thanks for the link but it's not going to work for me...

OK... so I haven't been clear about what I'm trying to do...[:I]

I actually want to delete a user profile folder, however this folder contains files in use at the time the script runs. I therefore need to be able to effectively move it during system startup. Hence looking at 'MoveFileEx' and PendingFileRenameOperations reg key.

My current script uses PendingFileRenameOperations key to move the folder to 'C:\deleteme\oldprofile\... and then deletes the folder by running 'cmd /c RD /s /q C:\Deleteme'.

This is fine except that I thought I'd be clever and append my 'PendingRename...' operations to any existing entries. To do this I read the current values using the 'GetMultiStringValue' function... and then add my entries to the array before writing it back in using 'SetMultiStringValue'. This works fine for both XP and 2K until the registry value has null lines.

Null lines in this multi string value are used to delete files instead of renaming them. This is common among application install programs. Note that RegEdit and Regedt32 both consider Null lines as illegal and will strip them...

Null lines isn't an issue for my script under XP. However, under 2K GetMultiStringValue will only return the strings prior to the null line.

Does anyone know if WMI can be updated on Win2K so it behaves the same as XP?? (I suspect not)

Can anyone offer an alternative to solve my situation??

Cheers,

Timshel

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