Martin H

A little tip: If you, like me, prefer to have a completely silent installation, then you can just use '7zSplit.exe' to split the SFX installer into there original seperate components, i.e. 'archive.7z', 'config.txt' and '7zS(D).sfx' and then just change the 'RunProgram=' command line from e.g. '/qb' to '/qn'(if dealing with '.msi' installers), and then also add GUIMode="2" and re-join the SFX installer from the command prompt with the moded '7ZSD.sfx'(if the SFX installer dosen't use it allready). Also, you can repack the 7z archive and delete 'msistub.exe'(if it's included), since the modified SFX module can run '.msi' installers directly from 'RunProgram='. I am personally going to do this to shark's great 'Adobe Reader 8.0 Lite' and 'Sun JRE 6.0 Update 1' switchless installers before i add them to my 'XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\' folder. '7zSplit.exe' and the moded '7ZSD.sfx' download location (in russian) : http://7zsfx.solta.ru/downloads_RU.html

You are very welcome, my friend CU, Martin.

Nearly all of these are compressed catalog files needed for SFC and the actual hotfixed files have been directly integrated.

Thank's mate

If anyone else should be interressted in this tweak also, then i have just tested it out and apparently then the correct value is '2'(dword), since if using '0'(or not making the value at all), then the ballon tip returns upon reboot/log off/on. I have log'ed off/on 4 times now with the '2' value and no ballon tip has popped up, so i guess that i must have remembered wrong when i previously said that it once didn't work for me with that value. I have also tried to test it with a registry monitor to make absolutely sure(RegSnap) and the result was also that after about 3 reboots/logoffs, then Windows sets 'StartButtonBalloonTip' = 'dword' : '2'(before that there originally wheren't defined any 'StartButtonBalloonTip' value at all).

Well said, mate - I couldn't agree more Also a humle 'Thank You' from me too

Hi quiksilver Well, i can tell you what i personally do... I make a test nLite run where i only enable the tweaks which i don't allready know in advance where in the registry they are located and of course also only the tweaks that i'm interressted in myself. Then after nLite has processed the 'XPCD' folder, then i unpack : 'XPCD\i386\nLite.in' and open the unpacked 'nLite.inf' and there i can check which reg keys are made or altered. However you will need to figure out for yourself which reg keys matches which tweak, but personally i don't have much difficulties in that regard, or else google is your friend

Well, like the title says, then i would very much appreciate if someone knew a reg key that could be set, so that when you rightclick on an executable and select 'Send To > Desktop (create shortcut)', then the shortcut on the desktop would only be e.g. 'RipIt4Me' instead of 'RipIt4Me.exe', and so that i didn't have to always rename the shortcut to delete the extension afterwards. Thank's in advance. Edit: And i mean without disabling 'show extensions for known filetypes'... Hmm, maybe such a reg key dosen't exist, but i just thought that i remembered that i had once seen such a tweak in a reg tweak collection i once glanced through some time ago ?

Sorry, i don't know what the problem is and i also don't know why you need to make extra "run as" changes if your user account has admin rights to begin with, but atleast i can answer this question of yours : It's the '.exe' or '.cmd' file which you want to have loaded after the '.7z' archive has been extracted, so if you have a folder with: '7ZSD.sfx', 'config.txt' and 'archive.7z', then it's the installation program, or batch file which is packed inside the 7z archive. Basically, what happens is that the '7ZSD.sfx' module will unpack the 7z archive into your Windows Temp folder and then it will look in the 'config.txt' file to see which file you want to have loaded from the newly unpacked 7z archive, which in your case is the 'winrar.exe' installer executable and with the extra '/s' switch to make the installation silent/unattended. Sorry that i couldn't be of more help, though - but i just thought that i would explain what exactly happens, so that you would understand the answer to your question. CU, Martin. Edit: Ahh, i thought that i did remember that the WinRAR installer executable was called 'wrar.exe' or something and not 'winrar.exe' and so i have just downloaded the latest version(WinRAR v3.7b8) to check the name of it(i personally have converted to 7-Zip for all packing/unpacking jobs) and sure enough, it was called 'wrar37b8.exe', so unless you have renamed the installer executable, then this should be the reason why you're having problems

@jcarle Ahh, i see Thank you so very much, mate @Andromeda43 Thank you for the tip, mate Personally, then i'm only interessted in getting rid of the start button type of ballon tips, but nonetheless, i am gratefull for your kind helpfullness Thank's again to the both of you guys. I have searched a lot around the web, but had difficulties finding the key for only disabling the start button tips, but i guess i didn't do my homework good enough CU, Martin.

Does anybody know which reg key(s) is needed to remove only the "Click on th start button" ballon tip, which comes the first couple of times you boot into Windows after a re-install ? I have noticed that the following key is made and set to '2' when the ballon tip isn't shown more : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartButtonBalloonTip. The problem is just that i have tried adding this key to a fresh install and i checked that it was set correctly, but then after about 2 boots where the ballon tip wasen't shown, then it suddently came back again at the next boot and then when i checked the registry, then the key was still present and unaltered ? Thank's in advance. CU, Martin.

I have just read up on the docs for the modified 7-Zip SFX installer module and i'm just blown away of how cool it's been made now There are a bunch of commands that can be used in 'config.txt', but most notably, then '.msi' files can be run from 'RunProgram=', so 'msistub.exe' isn't needed anymore. The console window can be completely hidden if adding the parameter 'hidcon:' to 'RunProgram=', like this : RunProgram="hidcon:setup.cmd", so 'hidcon.exe', 'hidec.exe' and 'cmdow.exe' and the likes isn't needed anymore either. Finally, then "waiting" is enabled by default for 'RunProgram=', unless 'nowait:' parameter is used, so 'startX.exe' is also not needed anymore. These examples are all from the latest beta linked to in my previous post. CU, Martin.

Sorry for asking a question that i can just test myself to find the answer to, but it's just because that i can't use a VM app to test, because i only have 224MB ram(256MB, but with 32MB shared for the on-board graphic chip), and last i tried 'Microsoft Virtual PC' then i couldn't make it work, and i guess that it's because of my low amount of RAM, and so i would really appreciate if anyone allready had tested this and knew the answer to this, so that i didn't have to waste one CD more to test it with(i have tested/wasted about 20 CDs allready in the last month and haven't very many left now). My question is about if i can add 'C:\install\hidcon.exe RunOnceEx.cmd' to 'cmdlines.txt' and then avoid seeing the command prompt window at T-12 ? I would like to avoid using 'cmdow', since then the command prompt window will still be shown shortly before it is hidden and although 'hidec.exe'(or 'RunHiddenConsole.exe' which it used to be called) seems like a nice alternative to 'cmdow', then i have read that it dosen't work from 'cmdlines.txt' unfortunetly. Thank's in advance. CU, Martin.

Just in case someone didn't knew it, then Oleg_Sch has made a modified version of the 7-Zip SFX installer module, which e.g. gives the possibility of hidding the extraction dialog completely, so that the installation will become totally silent. This is done by adding 'GUIMode="2"' to 'config.txt'. It's from the same guy which also gave us the two other great tools 'hidcon.exe' and 'msistub.exe'. http://7zsfx.solta.ru/en/ CU, Martin.

You can instead use the GuiRunOnce method for installing apps and which is a little easier than the RunOnceEx method(but a little less professional looking during install). You then remove the 'RunOnceEx.cmd' from your 'cmdlines.txt' and instead add the following to your 'winnt.sif' file : [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd Then place all your apps/switchless installers into a folder you create called: 'XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\'. Then you create a batch file which installs all the apps and name the batch file 'start.cmd' and also place it in the 'XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\' folder. Please read MSFN's 'Unattended Windows' guide, so that you will understand the basics a litttle better : http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/sitemap CU, Martin. Edit: Sorry, i apologise for being off-topic...

Many thank's for all your help, DonDamm - i really appreciate it CU, Martin.

I simply follow the great MSFN unattended guide's RunOnceEx section : http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/31/ So inside your 'XPCD\$OEM$' folder, then make a new folder named '$1' and everything you place in there will be copied to '%systemdrive%' during installation. Then make a new folder in 'XPCD\$OEM$\$1' called e.g. 'install'(you can also make another one called e.g. drivers) and then place all your apps in there + a 'cleanup.cmd' file which amongst other command also includes 'rd /s /q %systemdrive%\install' at the end, so that the '%systemdrive%\install' directory is deleted. Also follow the above linked guide to make yourself a 'RunOnceEx.cmd' file and place it in the 'XPCD\$OEM$' folder and add "RunOnceEx.cmd' to your 'cmdlines.txt' file right under [COMMANDS]. Alternatively, you can make the switchless installers into nLite addons instead and add them as hotfixes, but personally i preffer the above solution... CU, Martin. Edit: Corrected 'Additionally' to 'alternatively'.

Hi DonDamm Thank you very much for your kind help, i really appreciate it Sorry about not providing enough information about my process, i completely forgot about that I'm using nLite to integrate Xables XUDPack and make the disc unattended/tweaked and since nLite also supports user creation, then i'm also doing that from inside nLite, instead of from batch files. I hear what you're saying about using passwords, but personally i would rather avoid it, as i have no use of it in my situation. I have just looked again through nLite's user creation dialog and i'm now certain that there isn't an option for defining the password to not expire, but thank's to you then that dosen't matter since i can then just add 'net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited' to my 'cleanup.cmd' file which i run from 'RunOnceEx.cmd' after all my apps have been installed and configured. I am however thinking about something though... When i run 'net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited' from the command line, then i can see that it's working correctly by running 'net accounts' and checking that the passwords maximum age is defined to 'unlimited' now, but when i then go into 'Computer Management' and check the properties of my account, then the checkbox in front of 'Password never expires' isn't checked ? I also rebooted and checked again and still it wasen't checked ? Could you(or anyone else which knows it ) please tell me if this is normal behaviour and that i shouldn't worry about it ? Thank's in advance. CU, Martin.

Is there a setting in nLite which will make it so that the password never expires ? I have an admin acount without password, an user account with admin rights also without password and then a guest account. Then after some time, then i get a prompt about the password for my user acount(with admin rights) is expirering soon. I know that i can change it after the install from Windows, or find the needed reg key(s) that controls this setting and then add the reg key(s) to my other reg tweaks which i run from RunOnceEx(those tweaks that nLite dosen't support i.e. disable all Windows sounds/disable delete confirmation dialog etc.), but i would first just check if it was possible to controll from nLite ? Thank's in advance. Martin.

Sorry, i made a mistake in my previous post, but here are the correct reg keys for enabling all 7-Zip's file-associations during an unattended installation. I have also attached a reg file with the keys to this post. I have myself spend a long time searching the web for these keys and didn't really find anything conclusive and so i figured that maybe someone else would be in the same boat and would appreciate the info A reboot or log off/on is needed to make the 7-Zip icons show for the supported formats. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip] @="7-Zip.zip" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip] "PerceivedType"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip] "Content Type"=- [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip\OpenWithProgids] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip\PersistentHandler] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip\CompressedFolder] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.gz] "PerceivedType"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.gz] "Content Type"=- @="7-Zip.gz" [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.gz\PersistentHandler] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.z] "PerceivedType"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.z] "Content Type"=- @="7-Zip.z" [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.z\PersistentHandler] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tar] "PerceivedType"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tar] "Content Type"=- @="7-Zip.tar" [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tar\PersistentHandler] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cab] @="7-Zip.cab" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cab] "InfoTip"=- [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cab\PersistentHandler] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.7z] @="7-Zip.7z" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rar] @="7-Zip.rar" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rar] @="rar Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rar\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rar\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rar\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rar\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\rar.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.gz] @="gz Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.gz\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.gz\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.gz\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.gz\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\gz.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rpm] @="7-Zip.rpm" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rpm] @="rpm Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rpm\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rpm\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rpm\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.rpm\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\rpm.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.deb] @="7-Zip.deb" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.deb] @="deb Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.deb\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.deb\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.deb\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.deb\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\deb.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cpio] @="7-Zip.cpio" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip] @="zip Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\zip.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.arj] @="7-Zip.arj" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.arj] @="arj Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.arj\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.arj\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.arj\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.arj\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\arj.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.tar] @="tar Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.tar\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.tar\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.tar\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.tar\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\tar.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.lzh] @="7-Zip.lzh" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.lzh] @="lzh Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.lzh\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.lzh\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.lzh\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.lzh\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\lzh.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.001] @="7-Zip.001" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.z] @="z Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.z\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.z\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.z\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.z\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\z.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.001] @="001 Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.001\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.001\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.001\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.001\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\split.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.7z] @="7z Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.7z\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.7z\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.7z\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.7z\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\7z.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.iso] @="7-Zip.iso" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.iso] @="iso Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.iso\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.iso\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.iso\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.iso\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\iso.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.bz2] @="7-Zip.bz2" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.bz2] @="bz2 Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.bz2\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.bz2\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.bz2\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.bz2\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\bz2.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cpio] @="cpio Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cpio\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cpio\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cpio\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cpio\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\cpio.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cab] @="cab Archive" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cab\shell] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cab\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cab\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zFM.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.cab\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\Formats\\cab.dll" To retain the current preferences, then export this key : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\7-Zip\Options] And if needing to change the language from the default to e.g. english : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\7-Zip] "Lang"="-" CU, Martin. 7zip.reg undo.reg

Just in case someone else could use the info, then here goes... I have solved my problem by looking through a bunch of reg keys under the main eset key and then done alittle experimenting... To bypass the 3 dialogs that NOD32 v2.70.32 displays when windows starts up after an unattended install, then copy/paste the following text and save it as 'nod32.reg' and then add 'regedit /s nod32.reg' as the next line after 'start /wait nentenst.exe /silentmode' in your batch file which is loaded from GuiRunOnce. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eset\Nod\CurrentVersion\Kernel] "SampleEnable"=dword:00000001 "UnwantedEnabled"=dword:00000000 This will enable 'ThreatSense.Net'(but only for unknown threats and not for anonymus statistical data) and disable detection of unwanted applications. If you want to disable 'ThreatSense.Net', then just set 'SampleEnable' to 'dword:00000000' instead, and if you want to enable detection of unwanted applications, then you set 'UnwantedEnabled' to 'dword:00000001' instead. Personally, then i also want to automatically have the splash screen disabled, have silent mode enabled and disable the use of the graphical GUI, so i use : Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eset\Nod\CurrentVersion\Common] "SilentMode"=dword:00000001 "GraphicMode"=dword:00000000 "DontShowSplash"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eset\Nod\CurrentVersion\Kernel] "SampleEnable"=dword:00000001 "UnwantedEnabled"=dword:00000000 CU, Martin.

Thank you very much for your reply, phkninja Sorry, i forgot to say that i actually allready was using that command for the two programs i run i.e. 'start /wait <app> <switch>'. I have come to think about that i just need to find and export the reg keys under 'HKLM\Software\eset', which will define the options that the dialogs will ask me about, so that i can add the NOD32.reg file to my start.cmd, so that NOD32 dosen't need to prompt me anymore I will post back the keys needed when i'm finished for others to benefit from Again, many thank's for the kind help and support guys - I really appreciate it CU, Martin.

Thank you very much for your reply (I edited my first post before i had seen your reply.) Unfortunetly, then then dialog pops up just before the reboot with a shutdown setting of 60 secs.

In my 'start.cmd' which i run from GuiRunOnce, then one of the apps i install(NOD32 v2.70.32) will open a wizzard that asks for some user input, and then when i use 'shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60', then the wizzard will just start to show up and then be ended again because of the reboot. I would like to have the reboot done just after the apps was installed and before the shell/explorer opens so i can avoid ending the wizzard prematurilly and just configure the wizzard upon next boot. In the unattended guide then it states that 60 seconds is good to use for the shutdown.exe command, since then the shell is fully loaded and ready for restart, so does this then mean that it isn't good to use 'shutdown.exe -r -t 0' ? Thank's in advance. PS: Sorry, i'm a complete newbie into unattended Windows installs... Martin. Edit: PPS: I'm of course running NOD32 silently(/silentmode), but it's because that it will ask a couple of questions upon first boot.

@OverFlow Thank you so much for your nicely detailed reply to my question - I really appreciate it I'm very releaved to hear that i don't have to worry about this overwriting buisness at all and i also don't think that you need to make any changes to your script as it's really no problem once you know that it's harmless Again, many thank's for your brilliant script and for your kind support Best regards, Sincerly - Martin.