VENDELETE.CMD - VENDOR.XML file Remover

[ubersurfer]

VENDELETE.CMD - VENDOR.XML file Remover

I wrote this simple command file to detect and delete the BlackBerry VENDOR.XML files from the following Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 locations:

32-bit systems -

*systemdrive*\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader

64-bit systems -

*systemdrive*\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader

Win XP (32 and 64) -

*systemdrive*\Documents and Settings\*username*\AppData\Roaming\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML
*systemdrive*\Documents and Settings\*username*\Application Data\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML

Vista, Win7 (32 and 64) -

*systemdrive*\Users\*username*\AppData\Roaming\Res earch In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML

With VENDELETE, you no longer have to hunt for and delete those pesky, hybrid-inhibiting Vendor.xml files yourself.
It's completely safe when used as directed as it looks for the Vendor.xml file only, in the specified locations only.

How to use:
1. Download VENDELETE.ZIP here
2. Extract the enclosed VENDELETE.CMD file
3. Double-click VENDELETE.CMD

Optionally, you may download the EXE version here. It works just the same as the CMD file, only slightly faster.

Please: I need testers of this, particularly Vista users. If you spot any problems with vendelete.cmd, please post them here and I will attend to them as soon as possible.

VISTA USERS: Please be sure to run this as Administrator

ubersurfer

[Deathcommand]

For anyone wondering if it's safe, It is.

Just checked the code.

[ubersurfer]

Originally Posted by Deathcommand

For anyone wondering if it's safe, It is.

Just checked the code.

That's okay ... so did I.

Originally Posted by ubersurfer

It's completely safe when used as directed as it looks for the Vendor.xml file only, in the specified locations only.

[mike_augie]

nice did a reload and had to reinstall base used it to check on window 7 64 bit seems to work well , ty

[Deathcommand]

Originally Posted by ubersurfer

That's okay ... so did I.

It was for people who are too afraid to download anything on the internet. :P

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[mcfz]

This could come in handy for lazy people like me.

Thanks!

[ubersurfer]

Originally Posted by mcfz

This could come in handy for lazy people like me.

Thanks!

Ha! That's why I wrote it ... I got tired of folder-surfing every time I installed a new hybrid (which is every time a new hybrid is released). I guess that makes me lazy, too.

Even lazier: I compiled the CMD file into a stand-alone EXE. The EXE works about a nanosecond faster. I'll make it available for download if anyone cares to save nanoseconds.

[SCrid2000]

Awesome man!
Is it ok with you if we package this in our hybrids?

[ubersurfer]

Originally Posted by SCrid2000

Awesome man!
Is it ok with you if we package this in our hybrids?

Thanks, I appreciate the offer!

I see no problem with you including vendelete in your hybrids (as long as you give me credit for developing it, of course ). I'm happy to help the BB community.

Would you rather include the EXE version, though? You can download it here.

Way too cool, SCrid. Way too cool.

[SCrid2000]

Originally Posted by ubersurfer

(as long as you give me credit for developing it, of course )

Lol, absolutely
I'll have to check out the .exe version later (got class in a few), thanks again!

[ubersurfer]

Originally Posted by SCrid2000

Lol, absolutely
I'll have to check out the .exe version later (got class in a few), thanks again!

Thank YOU!

.

[Justam]

personally I think you should just stick with the cmd file....its easier to verify the code is clean, rather than having to decompile an exe.....the cmd file is def more transparent

[Blackfeet]

Just a note to Vista users: Remember to run it as "Administrator". When I trie to run it without doing that, I just got a "loop" of it trying to access the files, and the dreaded "Access Denied". Once I ran it as Administrator, it found and deleted both of the Vendor files without a problem.

Cool app.... Thanks for sharing!

[lordnorms]

Hybrid+VENDELETE=rocket science.

[ami1]

Thanks for script - no need to search/hunt for vendor.xml files anymore.

Has a minor issue though - it assumes windows is installed on C:

Though its correct for 99% cases i guess, but i have xp on c: and win7 on d: (apart from few linux distros on other partitions)

Replacing C: with %SYSTEMDRIVE% everywhere in the file seems to work.

Just for completeness, specially if Scrid or OSBB are going to include it in the hybrids.