Check for GroupWise Notify During Upgrade

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By Steve Eschenburg

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Posted: 11 Sep 2003

Problem: User didn't get the GroupWise upgrade or somehow GroupWise was not installed on their PC and now they want it.

If they had it, the upgrade will remove Notify from the Startup group but it won't put it back by default. That's a problem.

Solution: Create a batch file (Yes, a !DOS! batch file.) as shown in the example. Ours is called GROUP.BAT. Place it in SYS:\PUBLIC. When they call to say they want GroupWise, or if you see that they don't have the update, simply have them go to Start...Run and execute the GROUP.BAT file. It checks for the existense of Notify in the Startup Group, installs/updates GroupWise, and returns the Notify icon to Startup if it was there to begin with. If it wasn't then it ignores that part.

Example:

@ECHO OFF
cls
echo.
echo  Checking for GroupWise Notify in the Startup group...
echo.
if exist "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\GroupWise Notify.lnk" 
SET VERSION=9X
if exist "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\NOTIFY.EXE" SET VERSION=9X
if "%VERSION%"=="9X" GOTO INSTALL

if exist "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\
Startup\GroupWise Notify.lnk" SET VERSION=2K
if exist "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\
Startup\NOTIFY.EXE" SET VERSION=2K
if "%VERSION%"=="2K" GOTO INSTALL

if exist "C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
GroupWise Notify.lnk" SET VERSION=NT
if exist "C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
NOTIFY.EXE" SET VERSION=NT
if "%VERSION%"=="NT" GOTO INSTALL

Set VERSION=NONE

:INSTALL
echo  Starting the GroupWise Setup...
echo.
\\GW_TYDOM1\SYS\Public\Grpwise\Software\Client\Win32\Setup.EXE 
echo  Wait for the GroupWise Setup to finish. Then press a key to continue.
pause > nul

echo.
echo  Replacing the GroupWise Notify icon in the Startup group,
echo  if it was there before the upgrade...
echo.
if "%VERSION%"=="NONE" GOTO END

if "%VERSION%"=="9X" copy "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Novell GroupWise\
GroupWise Notify.LNK"
"C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp" > nul

if "%VERSION%"=="2K" copy "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\
Start Menu\Programs\Novell
GroupWise\GroupWise Notify.lnk" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\
Start Menu\Programs\Startup" > nul

if "%VERSION%"=="NT" copy "C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\
Programs\Novell
GroupWise\GroupWise Notify.lnk" "C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\
Programs\Startup" > nul

:END
echo  Done. If this window is still open you may close it now.
echo.

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