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No but I will look into tonight. I found the solution here:Installing Apps Using Runonceex [strings] cdname = "Windows XP Professional CD-ROM" productname = "Windows XP Professional" cdtagfile = "\win51ip" RunOnceEx = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx" [sourceDisksNames] 1 = %cdname%,%cdtagfile%,,"" The line, 1 = %cdname%,%cdtagfile%,,"" , finds the install CD for me. My APPS directory is in the root of the CD. The [strings] section identifies %cdname% and %cdtagfile%. The tag file is the common tag file found on the XP Pro CD-ROM.

No but I will look into tonight.

I am using an .inf file to install my applications but I would like to install them from the CD without copying the files to the Hard Drive using the RunOnceEx.inf. How can I implement this: SET CDROM=%~d0 or something similar to set the %CDROM% variable from the .INF file Thanks in advance