Bah, I'm sorry I really goof'd up. I accidentally thought I copid my whole post from trying to post in another forum, but realized it was in the wrong place.

What I want to know is, how to make a variable in a setup path.

I want the batch to ask for a username with echo, then once you enter the username, it uses the text entered for the variable I set it to.

Can someone please help me, and tell me how to do this?

Thank you very very much. I appreciate any feedback.

To explain it more.

The batch says for example:

Please enter your Steam Username: (I enter mine) Mysticssjgoku4

I set my path like:

Copy "files\file.wad" "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\Steamapps\%Username%\half-life\valve"

I want %Username% as the variable
And I want it to be set to whatever is entered as the username, as below.

Thank you in advance.

@echo off
echo enter name
set /p Username=

M2

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Thanks man, it works perfectly.
Here's my code.

@echo off
echo Enter Steam Username:
set /p Username=

@ECHO OFF
Echo Copying Files..........
echo off
Echo.

Echo Copying File(s): halflife_3x.fgd (Half-Life Game Data File)
COPY "files\halflife_3x.fgd" "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\%username%\half-life\valve"
echo off
pause
Echo.

Another question. How can I make it so that it repeats the question if the user enters his name wrong and it cannot find the path?

Like he typed "stati" instead of "static". It was on accident, but instead of the batch file continuing, I want it to re-ask the question with a reponse like "Invalid Username, Please Re-enter."

Thnx

if not exist "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\%username%\half-life\valve" echo re-enter name & goto :label

[that's all one line]

and put :label immediately above your set /p line.

M2

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Thank you. So far so good. Everything works perfectly.
Now one big question.

Is it possible to make the batch file read a specified entry in the registry and pull the value from it and insert it into a set variable?

Thanks

I never mess with the registry.

Maybe somebody else knows.

Do you want to get the users' names and script your setup?

One name at a time or all at once?

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well, I want it to automatically read the first username registered in the registry.
Pull that username from the registry, then set it as the variable.

That way, if I want, I could make the setup fully unattended.

I don't know much about the reg so I don't know what 'first user' is nor where to find it.

You can use:

NET USER

to get all users

M2

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It's ok. Just, can you direct me to the correct forum to ask this question?

See the registry is just like, information stored. It keeps registry entries. Each entry is like a text file with a line of information in it. Except that text file is opened and the info inside is is used periodically when you open a program.

By user, I meant that for this map editing program, there can be multiple users that use the program. The multiple users are the ones who logged on and played. The username are stored in the registry. I want the batch to pull the first registered username from the registry and insert it into my set variable.

If you want the current user's name, it's already in a variable called USERNAME.

M2

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Hmm. Ok. I know that. Not what I was wanting to know but. Another little problem here.

They enter their username, and I want them to select the install directory they used from a list I provide.

@echo off
Title Please Enter Steam Username...
echo Enter Steam Username:
set /p Usern=

:usr
cls
Echo Invalid Username.. Please Re-enter
Echo.
@echo off
Title Invalid Username..Please Re-enter Steam Username...
echo Steam Username:
set /p Usern=

if not exist "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\%username%\half-life\valve" echo re-enter name & goto :usr

@echo off
:start
cls
Echo Map Installer 1.2
Echo Made by Mysticssjgoku4-Ryan Wehrle-ExtremeKiller
Echo.
Echo.
Echo Choose from the list below the correct path for your Steam Installation.
Echo.
Echo.1 - C:\Games\Steam\Steamapps\%usern%\Half-Life\Valve
Echo.2 - C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\Steamapps\%usern%\Half-Life\Valve
Echo.3 - Custom Path...
Echo.
set /p userinp=Choice:

set userinp=%userinp:~0,1%
if "%userinp%"=="1" goto Games
if "%userinp%"=="2" goto PF
if "%userinp%"=="3" goto Cst
echo invalid choice
goto start

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if not exist "C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\%username%\half-life\valve" echo re-enter name & goto :usr

I want that path to be a variable as well. I'm having sort of a mental block right now.

From the list, once they select which path. I want it to check that path once they enter the username.

I've having a block too.

We're going back and forth between 'user input' and 'hands off'.

It's one or the other, like XOR.

M2

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