How to get the full path of a file properly?

Question

I've to add a script to windows registry via command line as follow:

Reg add HKCU\Software\...\.\.. /v backUp /t REG_SZ /d "%~dp0\backUp.bat" /f

The script is called "setup.bat" it contains only the above line. BTW backUp.bat is running at the same dir as the "setup.bat" so for that i'm using %~dp0 to get the full path of the script dir. I surrounded %~dp0 by ", because some path contains spaces.. So, normally when i run i set properly the full path of the backUp.bat, whenever the script is running, but the problem is that i get a double slash before backUp.bat in my registry, look:

C:\Users\marwen\Desktop\bin\\backUp.bat

If i change the command as this:

Reg add HKCU\Software\...\.\.. /v backUp /t REG_SZ /d "%~dp0"\backUp.bat /f

Same here, the result is faulty :

C:\Users\marwen\Desktop\bin"\backUp.bat

How to solve this ?

norlesh · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-01 12:43:59Z

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untested but Reg add HKCU\Software\...\.\.. /v backUp /t REG_SZ /d "%~dp0backUp.bat" /f without the slash should do it.

answered Jan 1, 2014 at 12:43

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Marwen Trabelsi Over a year ago

Works.., this really silly, notepad++ highlight it as a string.. anyway thank you!

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