@ECHO OFF
:: Check Windows version
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax

:: Check command line arguments (only 1, optional)
IF NOT "%~2"=="" GOTO Syntax
IF NOT "%~1"=="" IF NOT EXIST "%~f1" GOTO Syntax
ECHO "%~1" | FINDSTR.EXE /R /C:"[/?*]" >NUL && GOTO Syntax

:: Navigate to the default directory for CAPTURE.TIF
PUSHD C:\

:: Navigate to an alternative directory, if specified
CD /D "%~f1" 2>NUL

:: No directory is no problem, non-existing directory is
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
	POPD
	GOTO Syntax
)

:: Locate the IrfanView main executable
START /WAIT REGEDIT.EXe /E "%Temp%.\~capture.tmp" "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IrfanView"

:: Abort if IrfanView wasn't found
IF NOT EXIST "%Temp%.\~capture.tmp" GOTO Syntax

:: Use IrfanView to capture the screen
FOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%A IN ('TYPE "%Temp%.\~capture.tmp" ^| FINDSTR.EXE /R /I /C:".UninstallString.="') DO (
	"%%~dpAi_view32.exe" /capture /silent /append=capture.tif /killmesoftly
)

:: Delete temporary file
DEL "%Temp%.\~capture.tmp"

:: Done, return to original directory
POPD
GOTO:EOF


:Syntax
ECHO.
ECHO Capture.bat,  Version 1.00 for Windows 2000 and later
ECHO Append a screen dump to a multi-page TIF file
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:  CAPTURE.BAT  [ tif_dir ]
ECHO.
ECHO Where:  "tif_dir"  is the path where the multi-page TIF file
ECHO                    "capture.tif" will be saved (default: C:\)
ECHO.
ECHO Note:   This batch file requires IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com)
ECHO.
ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com