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C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\test.exe -y -u

Above is the example of text that would be stored as a Dim test value, that I'm drawing from the registry. But the registry has -y /setup stuff like that on the end of these file paths. I want to be able take the Dim test value and read everything up to the .exe. Everything else after that I dont want there. I used LastIndexof for getting the name of the file in a separate column (Shown Below). So text.exe was the result of that. But I want to do file path without the extra -y -u in the string.

Code:

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Dim ImagePath As String = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", RegKeyLogon.GetValueNames(i), Nothing)

Dim slashPosition As Integer = ImagePath.LastIndexOf("\")                          
Dim FileName As String = ImagePath.Substring(slashPosition + 1)
msg(FileName)

Result:

VB

test.exe

What I want Now:

VB

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\test.exe

Posted 2-May-12 14:05pm

Jefferson Daniel

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-May-12 20:39pm

How about using the debugger? You already had the result and then destroyed it -- please see my answer.
--SA

Jefferson Daniel 3-May-12 1:21am

I guess I did a bad job explaining what I was doing. Because you sort of pointed out the obvious to me. I appreciated you helping, but msg(ImagePath), yes is doing what I want already getting the file path, and I already had that part working. But

msg(ImagePath) would give me:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\test.exe -y -u

which is sort of what I want, but without the -y -u. Which is why I'm trying to fine a way to pass it through a few more code stuff so that it will cut off all text after ".exe" and that way the new modified

msg(ImagePath) would give me:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\test.exe

I want to be able to use the the modified ImagePath, for other features in my project. But I cant do it, if the file path has "-y -u " ... etc in it. Using the "SlashPosition" allowed me to delete code in the left direction of the text, but I want to delete anything on the right side of ".exe"

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-12 12:55pm

Then strip it out using

string[] terms = command.Split(' ');
string executableFileName = terms[0];

That's it.
--SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-05-02T14:39:00

Solution 1

What are you doing? Just don't do next lines; use ImagePath:

VB

Dim ImagePath As String = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", RegKeyLogon.GetValueNames(i), Nothing)

Dim slashPosition As Integer = ImagePath.LastIndexOf("\")       'remove this line!
Dim FileName As String = ImagePath.Substring(slashPosition + 1) 'remove this line, too!
msg(FileName)                                                   'remove this line, too!
'do this:
msg(ImagePath)

—SA

Posted 2-May-12 14:39pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 2-May-12 14:42pm

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VJ Reddy 2-May-12 21:26pm

Nice answer. 5!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-May-12 13:16pm

Thank you, VJ.
--SA

Jefferson Daniel 5-May-12 21:38pm

Could you keep helping me Sakryukov? I still need help.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-12 12:52pm

Maybe, if you ask a question I can answer.
Are you going to accept this answer formally (green button)? -- thanks?
--SA

Jefferson Daniel · Answer 2 · 2012-05-08T10:22:00

VB

Dim Path As String = "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\_
                     Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\test.exe -y -u"
Dim ImagePath = New Regex(".+\..{3}\s?").Match(Path).Value.Trim

msg(ImagePath)

This is what I ended up doing. It worked best, and allowed me to do other things I needed too. I'm not entirely sure if your solution above worked or not, But i'm keeping to this. Thanks anyways.