OR Command (or similar)

[bsaff]

Hello hopers,

I'm trying to set up a batch file for login script on SBS 2003.
What I really want to do is set it up so that the script will put a standard set of shortcuts onto users desktops if they dont already have them.
The problem I have is that different users have several different names for their Outlook shortcut, therefore my
IF NOT EXIST "%userprofile%\desktop\Microsoft Office Outlook.lnk". (copy "[location of link]" "%userprofile%\desktop".) code doesnt guarantee against users getting multiple outlook shortcuts on their desktop.

Is there an OR command I can use so that the .bat looks for several different shortcut names before creating a new one, or is there an alternative way to code the .bat for shorcuts (perhaps by target rather than file name).

Cheers guys

Ben (noob)

[Sidewinder]

You can piggyback commands in batch code so only one of a series of statements get executed.

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if condition1 do something1 & goto skip
if condition2 do something2 & goto skip
if condition3 do something3 & goto skip
:skip

I'll leave it to you to decide who gets what Outlook shortcut. 8-)

[bsaff]

I couldnt get your method to work, but I modified it a bit using the GOTO SKIP command to create:

IF EXIST "%userprofile%\desktop\Microsoft Office Outlook.lnk"       GOTO SKIP
IF EXIST "%userprofile%\desktop\EMAIL.lnk"            GOTO SKIP
etc...
etc...

copy "[shortcut location]" "%userprofile%\desktop"

:SKIP

et voila, it works

Cheers for pointing me in the right direction