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mbrownnycnyc/fileuritounc_handler_installer.bat

Created May 7, 2013 20:28
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Quick little batch script to parse the file URI when executed in explorer, because skype likes to change UNC paths to file URIs (and it has it's own handling). Relies on the win32 port of the gnucoreutils to be in the %path%.
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fileuritounc_handler_installer.bat
echo "sed s/file:// %1 > %temp%\_holder" > c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
echo "set /p holder= < %temp%\_holder" >> c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
echo "echo %holder% | sed s@\/@\\@g > %temp%\_final" >> c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
echo "set /p holder= < %temp%\_final" >> c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
echo "del /q /f %temp%\_holder" >> c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
echo "del /q /f %temp%\_final" >> c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
echo "explorer %holder%" >> c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat
reg add HKCR\file\shell\open\command /ve /d "c:\windows\fileurihandler.bat %1"
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