I want to create a shortcut based on the windows username via a batch file
i was thinking along the lines of:
if %username% in (a,b,c,d) (
shortcut ShortcutName DestinationPath
)
else (
shortcut OtherShortcutName OtherDestinationPath
)
I'm having issues with the first part as I already know how to create shortcuts via command line...
Hope I can find some help.
There is not really an array type in batch files, but we can fudge it by iterating over a space-separated list with for:
@ECHO OFF
set Array=Peter James Robby Jimmy
for %i in (%array%) do (if %i==%USERNAME% (echo %USERNAME% is found) else (echo %USERNAME% not found))
If Robby is logged in, output is:
Not found
Not found
Robby is found
Not found
"arrayi" kann syntaktisch an dieser Stelle nicht verarbeitet werden.for %%i in (%array%) do (if %%i==%USERNAME% (echo %USERNAME% is found) else (echo %USERNAME% not found)) made it workingexample:
@ECHO OFF &SETLOCAL
if defined Array[%username%] (
shortcut ShortcutName DestinationPath
) else (
shortcut OtherShortcutName OtherDestinationPath
)
some more code to get it more clearly:
@ECHO OFF &SETLOCAL
set "Array[Peter]=true"
set "Array[James]=true"
set "Array[Robby]=true"
set "Array[Jimmy]=true"
set "MyUserName=Jimmy"
call:check "%MyUserName%"
set "MyUserName=Paul"
call:check "%MyUserName%"
goto:eof
:check
if defined Array[%~1] (
echo %~1 is in the array.
) else (
echo %~1 is NOT in the array.
)
exit /b
.. output is:
Jimmy is in the array.
Paul is NOT in the array.
@echo off
for %%i in (a b c d) do (^
if %%i'==%username%' (shortcut ShortcutName DestinationPath &goto isuser)^
)
rem else
shortcut OtherShortcutName OtherDestinationPath
:isuser
rem other code...
