Re: command files and networking

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"doskei" <jessemcnaughton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK, so this question is probably answered elsewhere. Normally I think
> I'd be able to solve it with the wealth of publicly available
> information out there, but the difficulty here seems to be that there's
> no way to search for this information efficiently without bringing up
> tons of nonrelavent results.
>
> So. The problem.
> I'm trying to create a cmd file that launches on boot on my laptop,
> which performs a series of commands that are location- (i.e. network-)
> dependant. So when I'm at work, it connects to the office VPN (req'd
> for wireless connectivity), then maps a number of work-related network
> drives and and sets my homepage. When I'm at home it skips vpn
> (automatically on wireless), connects to a number of network drives
> provided by my little personal server, and sets my homepage.
>
> The only thing I can't seem to do with this thing is launch the VPN.
> I'm running XP pro SP2. The VPN is a pseudo-dialup connection in
> Network connections. The trouble is, I don't know how to specify that
> location in DOS ... in fact I'm rather guessing it might not be
> possible. Creating a shortcut there and examining its properties just
> gives me a huge text string that looks like a registry key from the
> CLSID folder.
>
> So I'm looking for anyone's thoughts. I would really like to be able
> to launch a Windows XP network connection from a cmd file.
>

You could create a shortcut of your VPN icon on the desktop,
then invoke this shortcut in your batch file, e.g. like so:

@echo off
"%UserProfile%\Desktop\VPN.lnk"

Alternatively you could use this approach:
@echo off
"%AllUsersProfile%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk\Rasphone.pbk"




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