eryk sun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > At startup cmd.exe runs a script which is defined by the registry variable > > AutoRun in "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" > > > > I set this variable with: > > > > rc = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" > > ar = "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\autorun.cmd" > > system('reg add "%s" /v AutoRun /d "%s"' % (rc,ar)) > > > > and write into autorun.cmd: > > > > set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop > > The AutoRun command (it's a command line, not a script path)
A script path is a legal command line, too. > gets run for every instance of cmd.exe Yes, this is the intended trick! > Your batch file needs to set a sentinel variable such as YOUR_APP_AUTORUN > that, if set, makes the batch file exit without extending PATH if it was > already done. Having "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop" twice in PATH is not a problem. > Also, you can't just overwrite a user's AutoRun command like that. If > a command currently exists, you have to concatenate your command with > the existing command using parentheses and the "&" operator, e.g. > (previous_command) & (your_command). Good hint, thanks! > Use winreg for this. system("reg ...") works for me and is easier :-) -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum IZUS/TIK E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Universitaet Stuttgart Tel: ++49-711-68565868 Allmandring 30a Fax: ++49-711-682357 70550 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list