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That's probably why your command wasn't working. You have to create the junction to a mapped drive. So you were doing this: linkd D:\data \\myserver\globaldata Where you should've mapped \\myserver\globaldata to a drive letter (such as G: for example) and used the following syntax: linkd D:\data G:\ I tried "linkd D:\data G:\" after mapping the network share to G: and still the same error message appears. @gunsmokingman: I'm not exactly sure on how the Scripting Guy link is supposed to help me. I read it twice but for some reason I fail to see how this solves my problem. Can you please explain it?

Here is the part of my setupapi.log, which is describing the problems I think: [2007/08/16 13:16:01 504.3 Driver Install] #-019 Searching for hardware ID(s): usb\vid_0457&pid_0151&rev_0100,usb\vid_0457&pid_0151 #-018 Searching for compatible ID(s): usb\class_08&subclass_06&prot_50,usb\class_08&subclass_06,usb\class_08 #-198 Command line processed: C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe #I022 Found "USB\Class_08&SubClass_06&Prot_50" in C:\WINDOWS\inf\usbstor.inf; Device: "USB Mass Storage Device"; Driver: "USB Mass Storage Device"; Provider: "Microsoft"; Mfg: "Compatible USB storage device"; Section name: "USBSTOR_BULK". #I023 Actual install section: [uSBSTOR_BULK.NT]. Rank: 0x00002000. Effective driver date: 07/01/2001. #-166 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV. #I063 Selected driver installs from section [uSBSTOR_BULK] in "c:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf". #I320 Class GUID of device remains: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}. #I060 Set selected driver. #I058 Selected best compatible driver. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES. #I124 Doing copy-only install of "USB\VID_0457&PID_015100000000002F2". #-166 Device install function: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS. #I056 Coinstallers registered. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES. #-011 Installing section [uSBSTOR_BULK.NT.Interfaces] from "c:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf". #I054 Interfaces installed. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE. #I123 Doing full install of "USB\VID_0457&PID_015100000000002F2". #I121 Device install of "USB\VID_0457&PID_015100000000002F2" finished successfully. [2007/08/16 13:16:05 504.8 Driver Install] #-019 Searching for hardware ID(s): usbstor\diskut161___usb2flashstorage0.00,usbstor\diskut161___usb2flashstorage,usbstor\diskut161___,usbstor\ut161___usb2flashstorage0,ut161___usb2flashstorage0,usbstor\gendisk,gendisk #-018 Searching for compatible ID(s): usbstor\disk,usbstor\raw #-198 Command line processed: C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe #I022 Found "GenDisk" in C:\WINDOWS\inf\disk.inf; Device: "Disk drive"; Driver: "Disk drive"; Provider: "Microsoft"; Mfg: "(Standard disk drives)"; Section name: "disk_install". #I023 Actual install section: [disk_install.NT]. Rank: 0x00000006. Effective driver date: 07/01/2001. #-166 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV. #I063 Selected driver installs from section [disk_install] in "c:\windows\inf\disk.inf". #I320 Class GUID of device remains: {4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. #I060 Set selected driver. #I058 Selected best compatible driver. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES. #I124 Doing copy-only install of "USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_UT161&PROD_USB2FLASHSTORAGE&REV_0.0000000000002F2&0". #-166 Device install function: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS. #I056 Coinstallers registered. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES. #-011 Installing section [disk_install.NT.Interfaces] from "c:\windows\inf\disk.inf". #I054 Interfaces installed. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE. #I123 Doing full install of "USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_UT161&PROD_USB2FLASHSTORAGE&REV_0.0000000000002F2&0". #W100 Query-removal during install of "USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_UT161&PROD_USB2FLASHSTORAGE&REV_0.0000000000002F2&0" was vetoed by "STORAGE\RemovableMedia\7&68b3565&0&RM" (veto type 5: PNP_VetoOutstandingOpen). #W104 Device "USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_UT161&PROD_USB2FLASHSTORAGE&REV_0.0000000000002F2&0" required reboot: Query remove failed (install) CfgMgr32 returned: 0x17: CR_REMOVE_VETOED. #I121 Device install of "USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_UT161&PROD_USB2FLASHSTORAGE&REV_0.0000000000002F2&0" finished successfully. [2007/08/16 13:16:13 504.12 Driver Install] #-019 Searching for hardware ID(s): storage\volume #-018 Searching for compatible ID(s): storage\volume #-198 Command line processed: C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe #I022 Found "STORAGE\Volume" in C:\WINDOWS\inf\volume.inf; Device: "Generic volume"; Driver: "Generic volume"; Provider: "Microsoft"; Mfg: "Microsoft"; Section name: "volume_install". #I023 Actual install section: [volume_install]. Rank: 0x00000000. Effective driver date: 07/01/2001. #-166 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV. #I063 Selected driver installs from section [volume_install] in "c:\windows\inf\volume.inf". #I320 Class GUID of device remains: {71A27CDD-812A-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}. #I060 Set selected driver. #I058 Selected best compatible driver. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES. #I124 Doing copy-only install of "STORAGE\REMOVABLEMEDIA\7&68B3565&0&RM". #-166 Device install function: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS. #I056 Coinstallers registered. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES. #-011 Installing section [volume_install.Interfaces] from "c:\windows\inf\volume.inf". #I054 Interfaces installed. #-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE. #I123 Doing full install of "STORAGE\REMOVABLEMEDIA\7&68B3565&0&RM". #I121 Device install of "STORAGE\REMOVABLEMEDIA\7&68B3565&0&RM" finished successfully. [2007/08/16 13:16:03 460.3] #-199 Executing "\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe" with command line: winlogon.exe #-167 SPFILENOTIFY_NEEDMEDIA: Tag = "\win51ip.sp2", Description= "Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD", SourcePath = "D:\i386", SourceFile = "syssetup.inf", Flags = 0x00000000. #E169 SPFILENOTIFY_NEEDMEDIA: returned FILEOP_ABORT. Error 1223: Der Vorgang wurde durch den Benutzer abgebrochen. #W187 Install failed, attempting to restore original files. Can somebiody tell me what is going wrong and how to fix it (quickly :-) )? The problem is that I will be moving and switching employers after today and nobody else really knows all the details of this Unattended Windows DVD (which is used to install all PCs) that needs to be modified. Best regards, mf_2

Thank you for this much input to my problem. I googled for junction points and found a bunch of Microsoft applications, linkd and mountvol. Linkd looked promising but doesn't work. I want to map \\myserver\globaldata into D:\data, so this is my linkd command: linkd D:\data \\myserver\globaldata Since this didn't work, I swapped the parameters, but it still didn't work. The error message I got was "Cannot create a link at %whichever-path-the-first-parameter-is%". When googling about that error message, I got exactoly six results, two were identical and one was either in Chinese or in Japanses, so that left me with four links, all of which turned ot to be addressing some SYSVOL Active Directory troubles. I am really running out of ideas here. I cannot simply change the drive letter of the local D: to something else, that is an absolute no-go. Does anybody have any other suggestions?

I cannot change the D partition to another drive letter since there is other data on that drive too and the main application on those computers is looking for that other data on D only. I'll look into those junction points.

Hello, On my computers, I run a software which needs to access data in the path D:\data. However, this data is exactly the same on all machines, so I wanted to map a server share (\\myserver\globaldata) into D:\data. Is this possible? This would make maintenance a lot easier, since I would only need to make file changes on those files once instead of 50 times (I administrate about 50 client machines). I tried looking into "subst" and "net use", however the first does pretty much the opposite and the latter doesn't do what I want. Best regards, mf_2

Hello, I successfully completed my Unattended DVD of Windows XP Professional. However on each new PC which was set up using that DVD, I get a warning from the Windows File Protection that Windows files have been modified whenever I plug in a USB stick. How can I make that go away without disabling the file protection (which I would only consider the last option)? What is causing this behavior? Best regards, mf_2

No, I didn't want to use that. I could've sworn I saw a switch for the components section somewhere a while back but back then I was searching for something else, so I didn't pay much attention.

How can I remove MovieMaker without using nLite? Is there a switch for it in the components section of winnt.sif? The search option didn't show anything useful.

I'm installing the Realtek Audio Drivers on my HP DC7700 machine via AutoIT, since there was no possible way to make them install correctly when directly slipstreamed into the Windows installation. However, I need to get rid of the control panel or whatever that is which is placed into the taskbar after isntallation. Can somebody tell me the name of the regkey to remove for that control panel? Unfortunately, the DC7700 is located at my workplace and I need to finish the unattended DVD asap (which means today, and I'm at home the rest of the day). Maybe someone uses the same drivers and has a good idea?

Of course it is blank, you haven't selected anything to burn yet If you have got a bootable image file (ISO) already: Start Nero Burning ROM Skip the "New..." screen by clicking Cancel Go to "Recorder" and "Burn Image" Then select your iso image, check "finalize disc" (or something like that, my nero is german, so I had to try to translate it) and hit the burn button. That's it. Another thing: If you only have your DVD folder and want to turn that into a bootable iso, use Microsoft cdImage, it's a very good tool. It comes with the boot sector image.

Sorry, I never saw your last reply in that other topic because my problem was solved meaning I didn't visit that topic anymore. Does the /f>Nul also work for copy commands? Whenever I copy a file, it shows me "Copied 1 file(s) successfully" or something like that. I'd liek to get rid of that too. "copy /?" didn't show anything useful, I only found a switch in there to skip the confirmation upon overwriting files.

Hello, I run a bunch of batch commands at the end of my Unattended DVD. Via '@echo off' I was able to hide the command prompt, however lots of commands still send s "Operation completed successfully". Is there a way to suppress those messages? Reg.exe is one example, and it doesn't feature a switch to turn these messages off, so is there a global option to turn those messages off? Thanks for your help, mf_2

Yes, that's exactly what I wanted! Thanks a lot!

Hello, My Unattended DVD is coming to an end, and now I have reached the part where the computer joins a domain successfully and logs off and back on w/ an user accout from the domain. Now all the registry settings that I made for the local Administrator will be lost and I would have to run the regfile again. but I don't want to do that, is there a way to make all changes apply to all other user profiles as well (not just the current one)? Best regards, mf_2

Problem solved: The whitespaces around the equal sign have to go. "SET var=value" works like a charm, unlike "SET var = value"