Creating .url file from the %computername%

[Wallarn]

Hello
Is there any way i can create a .url file on a computer using %computername%
i need to grab the actual hostname and paste it into the .url file automatic
so other users can just doubleclick on the file and start working


[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://hostname/xxx:xx

thanks for any help

[foxidrive]

What do you want the URL file to do? Allow access to your computer?

[Wallarn]

i'm creating this file on every computer i install a webserver
i then want to copy the .url file to another computer on the network so other users can reach the webserver

i have about 180 diffrent webservers to do this on so any minutes i can save on each install would be much welcome


From the server i want to save a internet shorcut and save it to a share on the network so users can click on it and reach the www server

[foxidrive]

Have you tested this creating one manually?

Will a http link work within a LAN?

[Wallarn]

Yes i have created this file manualy and it works

but i would like to make it automagic

i want to doubleclick on a .bat file and grab hostname on the computer i installed the webserver on and save it as a Favorite
and then i want to share the favorite on a networkshare so other can reach the server

[Wallarn]

if i edit the favorite xxx.url

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://locahost/xxxx:8081


can i grab the hostname %computername% and paste it into the url? with a .bat script or any other metode vbs

[foxidrive]

if i edit the favorite xxx.url

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://locahost/xxxx:8081

Even if you fix the typo I don't think that will work using localhost.

[Wallarn]

I dont want to use localhost

i want to grab the hostname of the computer and paste that into the .url file i get



if i type %computername% in cmd
i get this

C:\>echo %computername%
ANTDT001


i want to grab ANTDT001 and paste that into my .url file


can this be done with a batchscript? so it replaces whatever hostname i have in the .url
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://whateverhostname

[foxidrive]

if you give this url file to another person on your LAN then can they access your webserver?

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[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://ANTDT001

[Wallarn]

yes but then i have 179 other server with diffrent hostname i want to modify this .url file with

if i put it this way
can i grab what the command echo %computername% outputs in cmd and past it into a text file and replace a certain word in a text file?

[Wallarn]

C:\>echo %computername% >>xxxurl.url but i want to specify where in the text file it should be pasted

Hope you understand what and where i'm going with this

[penpen]

Do you want something like this?

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(
   echo [InternetShortcut]
   echo URL=http://%computername%
) > xxxurl.url

It seems strange, as you seem to know, how to create such a file.

penpen

[foxidrive]

if you give this url file to another person on your LAN then can they access your webserver?

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[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://ANTDT001

You said that it works - did you test it on another machine in your LAN?

I'm trying to tell you that a HTTP link like that won't work - creating it is trivial but it seems that you're not telling the truth about what you want.

[Wallarn]

I'm installing a program that have a builtin webserver on computer 1 at a store
that store has 9 other client computers

these 9 client have a drive mapped to the server \\computer1\x

in share x i have saved the file xxxx.url that targets \\computer1\xxx:8081

when a user that uses a cliemt clicks on the url he then gets directed to computer1's www server

You said that it works - did you test it on another machine in your LAN?

I'm trying to tell you that a HTTP link like that won't work - creating it is trivial but it seems that you're not telling the truth about what you want.

Yes i have tested that link and it works, why do you think I'm lying?

http://imgur.com/YM87lul,IQzxs6w#0
http://imgur.com/YM87lul,IQzxs6w#1

[Wallarn]

Do you want something like this?

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(
   echo [InternetShortcut]
   echo URL=http://%computername%
) > xxxurl.url

It seems strange, as you seem to know, how to create such a file.

penpen

I cant use the variable i need to grab the actual hostname and save it in the file, this is what i want the script to do

if i'm seated on a client and use the variable %computername% the url would link to the clients hostname and that's not where the www server are installed