RemoteMaster/RMIR v2.00-preview4 - setup.vbs

[Capn Trips]

[*]Launch RM directly from RM shortcut (Run Setup.vbs to create/update the shortcuts)

When i run Setup.vbs, I get an error message:



What does it mean? ..and more importantly, how do I fix it?

[gfb107]

Uh-oh. Try logging in with admin privileges

[Capn Trips]

I am the only login on the machine and I have admin privileges.

[xnappo]

I am the only login on the machine and I have admin privileges.

But have you right-clicked and done 'run as administrator'?

xnappo

[Capn Trips]

Will try when I come home.

[eferz]

I understand the difference between the administrator account and the equivalent given to user accounts. However, because the Setup.vbs file is a vb script file and not an executable, you don't have the option to "Run as administrator". So, I logged in as Administrator...



The issue seems to be more specific to the "JavaHome" key being in a different place on 64-bit systems. This is where I found it instead.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6]
"JavaHome"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jre6"
"RuntimeLib"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jre6\\bin\\client\\jvm.dll"
"MicroVersion"="0"

As a work around, I created a short-cut for "RM" specifying "-rm" as an argument for "RemoteMaster.jar". Where as without any arguments, double-clicking on "RemoteMaster.jar" will bring me into "RMIR" directly.


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[gfb107]

What a pain.

Does HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\shell\open\command exist?

[eferz]

What a pain.

Does HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\shell\open\command exist?

Yes.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jre6\\bin\\javaw.exe" -jar "%1" %*"

[gfb107]

Here's a version of Setup.vbs that will try the following 3 keys one after the other to find javaw.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6\JavaHome
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6\JavaHome
HKCR\jarfile\shell\open\command\

[Capn Trips]

Better.

Now the script runs, at least, but I get a pop-up that says:

"Program shortcuts were not created because javaw.exe was not found."

I am running Win 7 64-bit. Javaw.exe is installed in its default directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin)

RMIR runs fine, so i know that the system can "find" the program, but no matter where I put setup.vbs, I get that pop-up about being unable to find javaw.exe.

I have run setup.vbs from the default download directory, moved it to c:\Program Files(x86)\java directory and each subordinate folder including the \bin folder, and I always get the same pop-up. How can I tell the vbs where to look for the javaw.exe file?

[gfb107]

One more try: Setup.vbs


It must be run from the folder in which you unzipped RM/RMIR

Setup.vbs is a text file, so you can edit it in Notepad.

[Capn Trips]

Well, it ran, but both created shortcuts open in RMIR. I edited the properties of the one labeled RemoteMaster and manually added the -rm switch and it works now.

[gfb107]

Alright, I think I've got the final fix now: Setup.vbs

[Capn Trips]

Success! Thanks.

That said, I just checked and although I now have functioning shortcuts, the file association has not occurred.

This is not to say that I've EVER had the RM file association work, I have not, but I just read that setup.vbs should ESTABLISH those file associations.

I'm sure that it;s due to years of overwriting and manually replacing various files here and there, but ...

What do I have to do so that I can double-click on a rmdu file and have RM open, and to double-click on a RMIR file and have RMIR open?

I've tried the "open with.." and then select program trick, but neither of the RM or RMIR shortcuts is an option. I've tried associating it with Java, with remotemaster.jar, and with remotemaster.bat, but none of those work either.

What have i screwed up?

[gfb107]

It's not you, it's me. Here's another Setup.vbs