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+@echo off
+setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+
+rem ============================================
+rem  PPTX Image Compressor - Installer/Runner
+rem  - No admin rights required
+rem  - Uses local CaesiumCLT and Python Embeddable
+rem  - Pass-through of all CLI args to the .py
+rem ============================================
+
+set "APP_NAME=PPTX Image Compressor"
+set "SELF_DIR=%~dp0"
+set "SCRIPT=%SELF_DIR%pptx_image_compress.py"
+
+rem ---- Python Embeddable config (adjust if needed) ----
+set "PY_EMBED_VERSION=3.11.9"
+set "PY_EMBED_ZIP=python-%PY_EMBED_VERSION%-embed-amd64.zip"
+set "PY_EMBED_URL=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/%PY_EMBED_VERSION%/%PY_EMBED_ZIP%"
+set "PY_DIR=%SELF_DIR%python-embed"
+set "PY_EXE=%PY_DIR%\python.exe"
+
+rem ---- CaesiumCLT discovery ----
+set "CAE_EXE=caesiumclt.exe"
+
+if exist "%SELF_DIR%%CAE_EXE%" (
+    rem Prefer local caesiumclt.exe near the BAT
+    set "PATH=%SELF_DIR%;%PATH%"
+) else (
+    where /q %CAE_EXE%
+    if errorlevel 1 (
+        echo [ERROR] ^> 'caesiumclt.exe' nicht gefunden.
+        echo         Lege 'caesiumclt.exe' neben diese BAT ^(empfohlen^)
+        echo         oder sorge dafuer, dass es im PATH liegt.
+        exit /b 2
+    )
+)
+
+rem ---- Python discovery / installation ----
+set "PY_CMD="
+
+rem 1) existing python in PATH?
+where /q python
+if %errorlevel%==0 (
+    for /f "delims=" %%P in ('where python 2^>nul') do (
+        set "PY_CMD=%%P"
+        goto :have_python
+    )
+)
+
+rem 2) local embeddable python present?
+if exist "%PY_EXE%" (
+    set "PY_CMD=%PY_EXE%"
+    goto :have_python
+)
+
+rem 3) download embeddable python locally
+echo [INFO] Kein Python gefunden. Lade Embeddable Python %PY_EMBED_VERSION% ...
+powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command ^
+ "try { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '%PY_EMBED_URL%' -OutFile '%SELF_DIR%%PY_EMBED_ZIP%' -UseBasicParsing; exit 0 } catch { Write-Error $_; exit 1 }"
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo [WARN] Automatischer Download fehlgeschlagen.
+    echo        Bitte lade die Datei manuell herunter:
+    echo        %PY_EMBED_URL%
+    echo        und speichere sie als:
+    echo        %SELF_DIR%%PY_EMBED_ZIP%
+    pause
+)
+
+if not exist "%SELF_DIR%%PY_EMBED_ZIP%" (
+    echo [ERROR] Embeddable-Python ZIP nicht vorhanden. Abbruch.
+    exit /b 3
+)
+
+echo [INFO] Entpacke Embeddable Python nach "%PY_DIR%" ...
+if exist "%PY_DIR%" rmdir /s /q "%PY_DIR%"
+mkdir "%PY_DIR%" >nul 2>&1
+powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command ^
+ "Expand-Archive -Path '%SELF_DIR%%PY_EMBED_ZIP%' -DestinationPath '%PY_DIR%' -Force"
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo [ERROR] Konnte ZIP nicht entpacken. Abbruch.
+    exit /b 4
+)
+
+set "PY_CMD=%PY_EXE%"
+
+:have_python
+if not defined PY_CMD (
+    echo [ERROR] Konnte Python nicht ermitteln. Abbruch.
+    exit /b 5
+)
+
+rem ---- Optional: 'import site' im Embeddable aktivieren (freundlich fuer spaetere Erweiterungen) ----
+if exist "%PY_DIR%" (
+    for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /b "%PY_DIR%\python3*.pth" 2^>nul') do (
+        set "PTH_FILE=%PY_DIR%\%%F"
+    )
+    if defined PTH_FILE (
+        powershell -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command ^
+          "(Get-Content -Raw '%PTH_FILE%') -replace '^\s*#\s*import site','import site' | Set-Content -Encoding ASCII '%PTH_FILE%'"
+    )
+)
+
+rem ---- Verify script presence ----
+if not exist "%SCRIPT%" (
+    echo [ERROR] Script nicht gefunden: "%SCRIPT%"
+    echo         Lege 'pptx_image_compress.py' neben diese BAT.
+    exit /b 6
+)
+
+echo.
+echo [%APP_NAME%] Starte ...
+echo Command: "%PY_CMD%" "%SCRIPT%" %*
+echo.
+
+"%PY_CMD%" "%SCRIPT%" %*
+set "RC=%ERRORLEVEL%"
+
+echo.
+if "%RC%"=="0" (
+    echo [OK] Fertig.
+) else (
+    echo [ERROR] Prozess endete mit Code %RC%.
+)
+
+endlocal & exit /b %RC%