Batch file help

[colomtnbkr]

At work we are in the middle of a laptop security update project and it takes us a while due to having to check versions of the programs that are installed. I would like to know if there is a way to create a batch file that will run and create a print out of all the selected program versions.
We are running on Windows XP SP3.

[Geek-9pm]

Go into the Program Fles directory,

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

E:\Program Files>dir *.exe /tw /s

The command in purple gives the last time each EXE file was written. But it does NOT tell if that was the date of the latest update.We only think it could be.

Perhaps somebody else has an idea. 

[BC_Programmer]

a Batch file to list the version number of a file:

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@echo off
setlocal
set vbs="%temp%\filever.vbs"
set file=%1

echo Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >%vbs%
echo WScript.Echo oFSO.GetFileVersion(WScript.Arguments.Item(0)) >>%vbs%

for /f "tokens=*" %%p in (
'cscript.exe //Nologo %vbs% %file%') do set filever=%%p

del %vbs%
echo %file% : %filever%

endlocal


[colomtnbkr]

Does this print to a text file? All I get when I run it is a flicker of a CMD screen. 

[BC_Programmer]

No. the code I provided merely echoes the version number of the filename passed on the commandline. The idea was that you would expand this... but I take it your experience with batch is limited.

Anyway-

two files:


Save this is "filever.vbs"...

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Dim cFileVersions
Dim sFilename

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

set cFileVersions = oFSO.GetFile(WScript.Arguments.Item(0))

set fileverstream = CFileVersions.OpenAsTextStream(1,0)

On Error resume next
Do Until fileverstream.AtEndOfStream
sFilename = fileverstream.readLine()

if trim(sfilename) <> "" then
err.clear
WScript.Echo sfilename & ":" & chr(9) &  oFSO.GetFileVersion(sFilename)

if err.Number <> 0 then
WScript.Echo sfilename & ":" & chr(9) & "(File Inaccessible)"

end if
end if
Loop


save this as "filever.bat"

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cscript /NOLOGO %~dp0\filever.vbs "%1" > versionoutput.txt&&notepad "versionoutput.txt"
exit

create a text file with a list of the filenames whose versions you need.

drag the text file you created (with the list) onto the filever.bat file; after a few seconds (depending how long your list was) it should come back with a list of the files and their file versions in notepad.

[Helpmeh]

BC, you may want to enclose

%~dp0\filever.vbs

in quotes, or even remove %~dp0\ all together.

[BC_Programmer]

in quotes, or even remove %~dp0\ all together.

Then the batch won't work.

[Geek-9pm]

Hey BC. That was  among you best posts ever!
I learned a lot from seeing how you do vbs, Had no idea you could do all that in a few lines of code. 

[greg]

Print out of all the selected program versions.
We are running on Windows XP SP3.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html


Software Versions & Usage

  2007 Microsoft Office system Version 12.0.6502.5000
  Adobe AIR 1.5.3 Version 1.5.3
  Adobe Reader Version 9.3.0.148
  ArcSoft, Inc. - PhotoStudio Version 5.5.0.93
  Belarc, Inc. - Advisor Version 8.1k
  CA - Host Intrusion Prevention System Version 1, 5, 0, 1
  CA - Host Intrusion Prevention System Version 1.5
  CA Anti-Virus Version 10.0.0.230
  CA Security Suite Version 5.0.0.626
  CA, Inc. - CCProvSP Version 5.0.0.626
  CA, Inc. - CCUpdate Version 5.0.0.626
  CANON INC. - CNSLMAIN.EXE Version 1, 2, 0, 0
  CANON INC. - Easy Guide Viewer Version 1.0.1.0
  CANON INC. - MP Navigator EX Version 2, 0, 0, 0
  Cinematronics - 3D Pinball Version 5.1.2600.5512
  Computer Associates Antivirus Version 9.0.0.0
  Corel Corporation Limited - WordPerfect (R) Office 2000 Version 9.0.0.528
  DataSafeOnline Version 1.1.0.8998
  EIPC - Alarm Clock 4 Free Version 1.00
  Google Update Version 1.2.131.7
  Google Updater Version 2.4.1441.4352.beta
  IrfanView Uninstaller Version 1, 0, 0, 3
  IrfanView Version 4.23
  Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Version 1.44
  Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7.0.18066
  Microsoft Application Error Reporting Version 12.0.6010.5000
  Microsoft Clip Organizer Version 11.0.8164
  Microsoft Corp. - Windows Live Writer Version 14.0.8050.1202
  Microsoft Corporation - Internet Explorer Version 8.00.6001.18702
  Microsoft Corporation - Office Source Engine Version 11.0.5525

    Microsoft Corporation - SelfCert Version 11.0.8164
  Microsoft Corporation - Windows Installer - Unicode Version 3.1.4001.5512

     
  Microsoft Corporation - Windows Live Call Version 14.0.8050.1202
  Microsoft Corporation - Windows Live Mail Version 14.0.8050.1202
  Microsoft Corporation - Windows LiveŽ Photo Gallery Version 14.0.8051
  Microsoft Corporation - Windows Movie Maker Version 2.1.4027.0
  Microsoft Corporation - Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility Version 1.0.0.1
  Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U15 Version 6.0.150.3
  SupportSoft, Inc. - Dell Support Center Version 7.0.1710.0

[Salmon Trout]

Then the batch won't work.

You can call a vbs by name just like a batch but you need to get a couple of things right first. Just make sure the default script engine (cscript or wscript) is the one you intended. You can set the default script engine & logo / nologo behaviour so that afterwards just using the script's name with no extension is enough if the script is in the same folder or else on the PATH.

[BC_Programmer]

You can call a vbs by name just like a batch but you need to get a couple of things right first. Just make sure the default script engine (cscript or wscript) is the one you intended. You can set the default script engine & logo / nologo behaviour so that afterwards just using the script's name with no extension is enough if the script is in the same folder or else on the PATH.

yes. that would work at the prompt.

However, the intention was to allow for simply dragging a text file over the batch file, in which case, the current directory will probably not be the folder containing the batch. In my case, it stayed as my userprofile folder.