johann83

I don't think you completely understood what he was saying... The double percents (%%) only work in a batch file. If you do as he suggested and put the following code in a batch file and run it, you will get what you expect (which is %ProgramFiles%). echo %%ProgramFiles%%I'm still not certain this will give the desired result using the RRC program, but I just thought I'd clear this up. Matt

EDIT: Oops, just saw that part of your sig which says you'll be away... My bad. Hey XMaC, did you ever get a chance to finish this up? I'm getting ready to redo my XP CD and I'd like to include Winamp using your method. Right now I have an AutoIT script which selects the options I want, but this is cludgy and if they change the installer at all, I have to go back and redo it all. Just curious. Thanks for the effort. Matt

You need to copy shortcuts for the programs that you want into the "QuickLaunch" Folder. That registry setting does not add shortcuts, it simply turns on the QuickLaunch Bar. You can add additional shortcuts by copying them into "C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" Hope this helps. Matt

Have you used any of the "REMOVE" batches from jdeboeck found on this site? I have noticed similar behavior with the Update Rollup if I remove certain components that were updated in this update. It seems as though Windows Update may actually check for the presence of certain files to verify that the hotfixes are installed. Of course, if you download and install the hotfix, I don't think it will create files that don't already exist. So if you removed some file that Windows Update checks for, then install the update, the update will not recreate this file and thus Windows Update will still say you need to install the update. This is all just a theory of course, so someone else here may have the correct answer Matt

What about the %CD% environment variable? It holds the directory from where the CMD file is executed. I should think that you would be able to use that to pass to whatever installer etc you need to. Regards, Matt

I have a similar problem with my monitor drivers. All of my other drivers install unattended, but the monitor always uses the "Default Monitor" driver. The strange thing is that the drivers I have are signed. I have a Dell 1900FP and am using drivers for it that I downloaded from WindowsUpdate. Haven't looked into the setupapi.log file, but if anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Matt

If you don't ever want it to autologin, just don't import the autologon.reg file (i.e remove the line REGEDIT /S autologon.reg from your autologin.cmd file. However, if you are like me and want it to autologin to install some apps and then reboot and not autologin anymore you can do the following. Once you are done with whatever you needed autologin for delete those three registry entries. To do it in a .REG file, you could do this: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "DefaultUserName"=- "DefaultPassword"=- "AutoAdminLogon"=- Save the above code in a file (e.g. DelAutoLogin.reg) and import it silently using: REGEDIT /S DelAutoLogin.reg