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REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * CDROM.BAT, Version 3.00 *REM * Read the CD-ROM drive letter from Windows' registry *REM * Written by Rob van der Woude *REM * *REM * Sorry, for 32-bit Windows only. *REM * *REM * Inspired by Tom Lavedas' batch file with the same *REM * functionality, which was adapted by Bill James. * REM * I added a second pass through the registry to skip *REM * a ZIP drive, plus separate sections for NT 4 & 2000. *REM * The CHOICE trick to strip the square brackets from *REM * the registry entry's name came from "Outsider". *REM * *REM * Thanks, guys. *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * * * * * * * * * *REM * Recursive calls *REM * * * * * * * * * *IF "%1"=="Environment" GOTO Environment
IF "%1"=="Loop" GOTO Loop
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * For Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 only *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *VER | FIND "Windows 9" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Win9x
VER | FIND "Windows NT" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO NT
VER | FIND "Windows 2000" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO W2K
ECHO Sorry, for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 only
GOTO End
:: For Windows NT4:NT:: Find all registry sub-keys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\DISKSTART /WAIT REGEDIT /E %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\DISK"
:: Find the CD-ROM drives and parse the strings using a subroutineFOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('TYPE %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG ^| FIND /I "\\Device\\CdRom"') DO CALL :ParseNT4 %%A
:: Remove temporary filesGOTO Cleanup
:: Parse lines from REG file and store the results in environment variables:ParseNT4:: Store command line parameters in temporary variable LINESET Line=%*
:: Strip quotesSET Line=%Line:"=%
:: Strip leading space in NT 4 onlyVER | FIND "Windows NT" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 SET Line=%Line:~1%
:: Remove quotes, backslashes and "Device" and store drive:: letters in environment variables named after CD-ROM devicesFOR /F "tokens=2,3 delims=\= " %%A IN ('ECHO.%Line%') DO SET %%A=%%B
:: Once more to display the resultFOR /F "tokens=2,3 delims=\= " %%A IN ('ECHO.%Line%') DO ECHO CD-ROM drive detected, drive letter assigned is %%B
:: Flush temporary variableSET LINE=
GOTO:EOF
:: For Windows 2000:W2KSETLOCAL
SET CDROMS=
SET Temp1=%Temp%.\%~n0%Random%1.reg
SET Temp2=%Temp%.\%~n0%Random%2.reg
START /WAIT REGEDIT /E %Temp1% "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices"
TYPE %Temp1% > %Temp2%
TYPE %Temp2% | FIND "\\DosDevices\\" | FIND /V "\\DosDevices\\A:" | FIND "=hex:5c," > %Temp1%
FOR /F "tokens=3 delims=\:" %%A IN (%Temp1%) DO CALL :ParseW2K %%A
SET CDROMS
DEL %Temp1%
DEL %Temp2%
ENDLOCAL & SET CDROMS=%CDROMS%
GOTO:EOF
:ParseW2KIF DEFINED CDROMS (SET CDROMS=%CDROMS%,%1:) ELSE (SET CDROMS=%1:)
GOTO:EOF
REM * * * * * * * * * * *REM * For Windows 95/98 *REM * * * * * * * * * * *:Win9xREM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Make sure there is enough environment space *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *%COMSPEC% /E:2048 /C %0 Environment
SET CMDLINE=
CALL %TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
GOTO Cleanup
:EnvironmentREM * * * * * * * * * *REM * Reset variables *REM * * * * * * * * * *SET CDROM=
SET KEY=
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Find all registry sub-keys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SCSI *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *START /WAIT REGEDIT /E %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SCSI"
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Extract the registry sub-key that is NOT the ZIP *REM * drive and store it in the environment variable KEY *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *TYPE %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG|FIND "["|FIND /V "_ZIP"|FIND /V "SCSI]"|FIND /V "&">%TEMP%.\CDROM1.TMP
ECHO.>>%TEMP%.\CDROM1.TMP
TYPE %TEMP%.\CDROM1.TMP|DATE|FIND "):"|FIND "[">%TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Temporary batch files VOER.BAT and TYP.BAT are for Dutch Win9x *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ECHO SET KEY=%%6>VOER.BAT
ECHO SET KEY=%%4>TYP.BAT
ECHO SET KEY=%%3>CURRENT.BAT
CALL %TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Strip the square brackets [] from the KEY variable *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ECHO ]|CHOICE /C:%KEY%; %0 Loop >%TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
SET KEY=
CALL %TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
GOTO End
:SecondREM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Find all registry sub-keys of the registry entry found earlier *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *START /W REGEDIT /E %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG "%KEY%"
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Check if this really is the CD-ROM entry *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *TYPE %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG|FIND "Class"|FIND "CDROM">NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO NoCdRom
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Read the drive letter assignment and store *REM * store it in the environment variable CDROM *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *TYPE %TEMP%.\CDROM1.REG|FIND "CurrentDriveLetterAssignment">%TEMP%.\CDROM1.TMP
ECHO.>> %TEMP%.\CDROM1.TMP
TYPE %TEMP%.\CDROM1.TMP|DATE|FIND "):"|FIND "Assignment">%TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Make sure there is enough environment space *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SET KEY=
SET CMDLINE=
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Temporary batch files VOER.BAT and TYP.BAT are for Dutch Win9x *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ECHO SET CDROM=%%7>VOER.BAT
ECHO SET CDROM=%%5>TYP.BAT
ECHO SET CDROM=%%4>CURRENT.BAT
CALL %TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * If variable not set, aparently *REM * no CD-ROM drive was detected *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *IF "%CDROM%"=="" GOTO NoCdRom
REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Strip double quotes "" from the CDROM variable and create *REM * a temporary batch file to change the master environment *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ECHO @ECHO OFF>%TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
FOR %%A IN (%CDROM%) DO ECHO SET CDROM=%%A:>>%TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
CALL %TEMP%.\CDROM1.BAT
REM * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Display the result *REM * * * * * * * * * * * *ECHO CD-ROM drive detected, drive letter assigned is %CDROM%
GOTO End
:NoCdRomREM * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Display the result *REM * * * * * * * * * * * *ECHO No CD-ROM drive detected
GOTO End
:LoopREM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Strip the square brackets [] from the KEY variable *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SHIFT
IF "%1"=="]" GOTO Second
IF NOT "%1"=="[[" SET KEY=%KEY%%1
GOTO Loop
:CleanupREM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REM * Clean up the ugly mess in the TEMP directory and the environment *REM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SET KEY=
SET CMDLINE=
IF EXIST CURRENT.BAT DEL CURRENT.BAT
IF EXIST TYP.BAT DEL TYP.BAT
IF EXIST VOER.BAT DEL VOER.BAT
IF EXIST %TEMP%.\CDROM1.* DEL %TEMP%.\CDROM1.*
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