Startup script to copy a file that doesn't have an extension

[Garacesh]

Trying to copy Google Chrome's master_preferences file because their GPO's have no way to suppress the first-run window ("skip_first_run_ui": true, "show_welcome_page": false,)

 

I've tried using XCOPY, COPY and ROBOCOPY, as well as using but they all just assume that the file is a folder because there's no extension. master~1 doesn't work either.

 

I guess I could copy master_preferences.txt, then delete master_preferences, then rename master_preferences.txt but I'd rather not do that if there's a 'proper' way to do it.

[Steve21]

Any reason you don't use normal gpo file copies?

 

Steve

[Garacesh]

Well, mostly 'cause I didn't know that existed

But that isn't working either.

 

Edit: Huh. Replace works, but Update doesn't.. I thought Update was supposed to be 'Create it if it doesn't exist, replace it if it does'?

Edited October 20, 2017 by Garacesh

[QwertyMash]

You are correct update should create it if does not exist - It might be a bit of a bug due to the lack of an extension? I can test this for you if you like on my test environment.

[Carm01]

AutoIT script, then compile and run the exe

 

#RequireAdmin
FileCopy("\\some\location\master_preferences", "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\master_preferences", 1); copies any file with or without extensions and overwrites it.