Logoff Script

[MattX]

Right, stick with me on this as its gonna take a little explaining.

Where I work we don't use roaming profiles so the children and staff at the school get a little cross when their bookmarks in IE don't follow them around. So I ended up knocking up this script which works fine when they logon:

; AutoIt Version:    3
; Language:          English
; Platform:          WinXP
; Author:            Matt Marsh - mmarsh@#########
; Script Function:  Bookmark Programe - Logon Script

if FileExists ( EnvGet("USERPROFILE") & '\Favorites\st johns homepage.url' ) then
    Filecopy ( 'N:\bookmarks\Favorites\*.*', EnvGet("USERPROFILE") &'\Favorites')
Else 
    Filecopy ( '\\stjohns01\apps\Favorites\st johns homepage.url', EnvGet("USERPROFILE") &'\Favorites')
        Filecopy ( 'N:\bookmarks\Favorites\*.*', EnvGet("USERPROFILE") &'\Favorites')
endif

exit

All its doing is checking for a URL on the PC and then copying over any other URLs that are held on the users N: drive [ home dir ] - which is hidden just for info.

All that works fine.

Of course if they add some bookmarks when they are surfin' then i want to add those into their N: drive so next time they logon to a different PC they are copied over to their profile for when they logon. So I knocked up this:

; AutoIt Version:    3
; Language:          English
; Platform:          WinXP
; Author:            Matt Marsh - mmarsh@#########
; Script Function:  Bookmark Programe Logoff Script

Filecopy ( EnvGet("USERPROFILE") &'\Favorites\*.*', 'N:\bookmarks\Favorites' )

This also works, but does it work as a logoff script ? Errrrrr no. Now my questions are. Can a logoff script be an .EXE or does it have to be in the .CMD or .BAT format.

I am using the logoff script within AD and a policy on a 2003 server. I have forced a policy update and when checking a PC thats logging off it is running any logoff scripts that are setup.

Now I tried using .CMD instead by using an Xcopy command:

xcopy %userprofile%\favorites\*.* n:\bookmarks\favorites /s /y

But this returns a 'invalid number of parameters' error.

Can someone tell me where the hell I am going wrong ?

[scriptkitty]

well you can run an exe from a bat file.

Dos doesn't like long filenames, or long directories, unless in quotes. I think you might need the shortnames. I would just run my compiled exe from the Bat file.

looks good, unless you are logged out of the network before it runs.

Edited November 18, 2004 by scriptkitty

[ezzetabi]

But W2000 may dislike shortname since they can be deactivated somewhat in NTFS drives.

[MattX]

well you can run an exe from a bat file.

Dos doesn't like long filenames, or long directories, unless in quotes. I think you might need the shortnames.  I would just run my compiled exe from the Bat file.

looks good, unless you are logged out of the network before it runs.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Indeed that may be part of the problem - the network killing the network drive access before it gets a chance to run. I am not sure of the process when it comes to log off scripts - looking on the MS site as usual tells you nothing.

I've spashed out on MS Windows 2003 inside out - £28 from amazon - that may tell me + I wanted it for a few other things.

If I cannot get the log off script to work I'll either set it up as a normal app for the user to fire off just before they log off - [ some hope I know ] - or I'll have to think of another way of doing it.

I wonder if one could write a script that runs in the back ground and detects when IE closes and when it does copy the files then....

Anyone written such a thing, maybe sort of detect when IEXPLORE has terminated. . .