VB script to output %windir% to text file

Misan · 12 Jun 2008 at 12:11

Hi guys, I've currently been tasked with writing a VBscript that we can run as part of a users login script or distribute via a NAL object through Zenworks.

Basically I'm looking for a simple script that will determine what the Windows Directory is (e.g C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINNT) using the %windir% variable and IF C:\WINNT export the results to a text file.

So far, Ive come up with the following,

Code:

set shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
windowsdir = shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%")
MsgBox(windowsdir)

Which displays the result in a popup window, instead I'd like the result to be saved as a text file IF the answer is C:\WINNT.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

bledd · 12 Jun 2008 at 12:14

i'd use a bat file

echo %windir% > c:\ocukfile.txt

Misan · 12 Jun 2008 at 12:50

Thanks for the reply, but I'm looking more towards an IF statement.
Such as,
if 'directoryname' exists outout to a text file.

bledd · 12 Jun 2008 at 13:03

set ocuk=C:\Windows
if %windir%=%ocuk% echo TEXTHERE c:\filename.txt

think that'd work..

L33 · 12 Jun 2008 at 13:04

IF EXIST C:\winnt\explorer.exe echo "Path is C:\WINNT" >> C:\blah.txt

Misan · 12 Jun 2008 at 16:36

Cheers for the help, all sorted. I also added a new variable which outputs the computer's hostname to save some time, and have used a simple VB script to call the batch file.