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batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 20 Nov 2013 22:25
by rubing
Using Windows 7 and wrote a little batch script to open an image file of interest in the native Windows Photo Viewer, so basically am just using the command:
CALL somepic.png
This works fine when I click on the program or it's shortcut or enter it at the commandline. However, it does not work when I try to execute the program by shortcut command key (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-V) created under the shortcut's properties.
I don't have a problem running other batch files this way. any help appreciated!
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 04:59
by foxidrive
Try another key combination - maybe there is a clash.
Use this too: I'm not sure how call works with it at all.
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 12:16
by rubing
Yes, it was a clash! When it first didn't work I suspected a clash and so tried a different lettter (m), unluckily that was also a letter that clashed...arrrrrrrgggghhhhhh...freaking windows!
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 13:27
by Squashman
That makes for an interesting question though. Is there a way to find all the shortcut keys assigned. I assume they all exist within the registry.
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 13:52
by AiroNG
see:
which, ultimately, will lead you here:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/19797-45-custom-shortcut-keys-list-remove#8344880Which makes no sense at all (well... at least to me).
Why on earth would windows calculate them at logon?!
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 19:38
by foxidrive
Thanks for that link.
The solution on that page has issues and fails in later Windows, but I used the info to create a batch file that works to list the hotkeys.
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@echo off
(
echo set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"^)
echo A = Wscript.Arguments(0^)
echo set lnk = WshShell.CreateShortcut(A^)
echo If lnk.hotkey ^<^> "" then wscript.echo lnk.hotkey ^& " - " ^& A
)>"%temp%\findhotkey.vbs"
for %%a in (
"%UserProfile%\desktop"
"%UserProfile%\Start Menu"
"%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu"
"%Public%\Desktop"
"%AllUsersProfile%\desktop"
"%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu"
) do (
cd /d "%%~a" 2>nul && (for /r %%b in (*.lnk *.pif *.url) do cscript /nologo "%temp%\findhotkey.vbs" "%%b")
)
del "%temp%\findhotkey.vbs"
pause
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 20:00
by bars143
foxi,
i used your code in my window-7 32-bit netbook:
result is:
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C:\Users\Jocelyn\AppData\Local\Temp\findhotkey.vbs(4, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Object doesn't support this property or method: 'lnk.hotkey'
C:\Users\Jocelyn\AppData\Local\Temp\findhotkey.vbs(4, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Object doesn't support this property or method: 'lnk.hotkey'
Press any key to continue . . .
incompatiable to my computer?
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thanks
bars
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 21:10
by foxidrive
That's curious. The documentation which supports that .hotkey goes back to Win9x so it should work.
Can someone else test it please?
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 22 Nov 2013 03:42
by AiroNG
@foxidrive
Test on win7 (64bit). got the same error as bars143.
Test on winXP (32bit, virtual): works perfect.
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 22 Nov 2013 04:41
by foxidrive
Thanks for the tests.
Windows 7 (32 bit) works fine here but...
I've discovered two things - it doesn't support some types of file shortcuts - maybe they were created with a different or older shortcut creation method.
It does still work with the supported links, but each of those unsupported files returns an error like this:
c:\Temp\findhotkey.vbs(5, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Object doesn't support this property or method: 'lnk.hotkey'
Another error occurs in my XP VM and it seems that the *.pif should be removed in the FOR loop as this error is returned:
c:\Temp\findhotkey.vbs(3, 1) WshShell.CreateShortcut: The shortcut pathname must end with .lnk or .url.
Re: batch file does not work with shortcut key
Posted: 23 Nov 2013 19:19
by AiroNG
Sadly, i have absolutely no experience with VBscript.
Because of that fact i tried a different approach:
I created some shortcuts (win7 .lnk) to a batch file and gave them different shortcut keys.
then i renamed and opened them with VBinDiff and found what i was looking for:
test1.txt (shortcut:
ctrl + alt +
i)
0000 0040:
49 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E5 00 14 00
I....... ....Õ...
test2.txt (shortcut:
ctrl + alt +
p)
0000 0040:
50 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E5 00 14 00
P....... ....Õ...
test3.txt (shortcut:
ctrl + shift +
p)
0000 0040:
50 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E5 00 14 00
P....... ....Õ...
test4.txt (shortcut:
shift + alt +
p)
0000 0040:
50 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E5 00 14 00
P....... ....Õ...
test5.txt (shortcut:
ctrl + alt + shift +
p)
0000 0040:
50 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E5 00 14 00
P....... ....Õ...
IF all shortcut keys would be stored in this manner it could be possible to write a batch-script to search and list them.
To be honest, my knowledge of batch isn't good enough to test that
edit:
i posted my solution here:
http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5118