Scripting the SymHelp.exe Utility

This is how you would script using the SymHelp extracted files. The files can be found in %temp%\STSFX2ADF when you launch the SymHelp.exe.

Note, source_files.exe and temp.exe contain the SymHelp extracted files—I used WinRAR to make self-extracting EXEs.

@echo on
title Administrative Spyware Utility

REM LANDESK INSTALL
“C:\Program Files (x86)\LANDesk\LDClient\sdmcache\apps\Symantec\symhelp\source_files.exe”
ping -n 4 127.0.0.1>nul
if exist “C:\Program Files (x86)\LANDesk\LDClient\sdmcache\apps\Symantec\symhelp\STSFX2ADF\SymDiagUi3.exe” (
start “” “C:\Program Files (x86)\LANDesk\LDClient\sdmcache\apps\Symantec\symhelp\STSFX2ADF\SymDiagUi3.exe” -spe
goto :end
)

REM LOCAL INSTALL
@echo off
color 0a
set CurDir=%CD%
md c:\temp
“%CurDir%\temp.exe”
ping -n 4 127.0.0.1>nul
if exist “C:\temp\STSFX2ADF\SymDiagUi3.exe” (
cls
echo SymHelp 2.1.21.164 Utility from Symantec
echo.
runas /u:administrator “c:\temp\STSFX2ADF\SymDiagUi3.exe -spe”
goto :end
)

:end
exit /b 0

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