Ben.Hahlen

How do I associate the dll? In the ini I just need to set the names of the .msp's of the hotfixes, right?

So then it should be possible just to copy the cd-contents to my DVD, install it from there, including the settings I set in my .MST file, and then apply the patches afterwards, right? And what about the service packs? Extract those as well? And do I need the "Full File" updates, or just the "client" updates? If so, I need to start finding all the patches Found all the updates, and downloaded them. Do I need any switches when running that "ohotfix"? I couldn't really find it in the link you gave, might have overlooked it though. Thanks for your help

Since the first question might be unanswerable, here another question, that is related, and might be a good work-around: Is it possible to slipstream updates into Office 2003 without making an administrative install point? Or do I need to install the updates seperately then?

*bump* Come on guys, my hopes are on you...

I have tried to search, but I couldn't find this. So here it is: When installing office "normally", so using the normal CD, you are asked if you would like to delete the cached installation source from your HD. Since I have create an administrative installation of Office, this is not happening anymore, and according to Microsoft, you cannot cache the source using an administrative installation point. Now I am wondering whether it is possible to recreate the administrative install point to a "normal" install again to be able to cache the installation source. Does anybody here have any experience with this? Or does anybody know whether it is possible? Thanks in advance.

Hey Guys, Is there any update yet on this rebooting problem?? I'd really like to use this installer, but the rebooting issue is not very convenient. I temporarily fixed it in RunOnceEx by calling a sleep command after using the installer, but of course it would be very nice if it would just work. Thanks a lot in advance.

Thanks man. That worked out perfectly I'll post my completed RunOnceEx-es here soon for reference

I don't think it has to do with the "$oftware"-folder name, b/c it works for the first three. Somehow, it seems like a limitation of the RunOnceEx-key or something. I really have no clue what to do next...

Alright, so I've tested from the hard-drive, at least, the RunOnceEx-es are being called from the harddrive... I don't see why it should work from the hard-drive, but not from CD-ROM... Now it goes up to the third one, adds the keys for the fourth one, but doesn't run it. After I restart, the fourth one runs, but no keys are added at the end... This is really getting annoying... Someone has more ideas??? Please?

This will be kind of a long post, so i hope you'll read it all: The problem is as follows: The install runs my first RunOnceEx and the second one smoothly. But after the second one, I have to restart the computer to run the third one... After that: Nothing. No keys are being added or anything. Could somebody maybe shed some light on this situation? Thanks in advance. These are my RunOnceEx-es: (I left out the @rem cmdow @ /HID @echo off IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\CD.txt set CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\CD.txt set CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\CD.txt set CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\CD.txt set CDROM=J: IF EXIST K:\CD.txt set CDROM=K: IF EXIST L:\CD.txt set CDROM=L: IF EXIST M:\CD.txt set CDROM=M: IF EXIST N:\CD.txt set CDROM=N: IF EXIST O:\CD.txt set CDROM=O: IF EXIST P:\CD.txt set CDROM=P: IF EXIST Q:\CD.txt set CDROM=Q: SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx parts... RunOnceEx_1_utils.cmd (called from cmdlines.txt): REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Utilities" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 6.0.1 + Update 6.0.2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\001_utils\001_adobe\Adobe_Reader_601.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 2 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\001_utils\001_adobe\update\update602.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.20" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\001_utils\002_nero\nero.exe /silent /noreboot /NO_UI /NOCANCEL /sn=xxx /write_sn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "WinRAR 3.30" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\001_utils\003_winrar\winrar.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\RunOnceEx_2_mm.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 2 /D "rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" /f EXIT RunOnceEx_2_mm.cmd: REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Multimedia Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "WinAMP 5.05" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\001_winamp\winamp.exe /S /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 2 /D "taskkill /F /IM winamp.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "The Codecs 2.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\002_codecs\codecs.exe /S /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Tag_Rename 3.0.6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\003_tag_rename\TagRenameSetup.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 2 /D "sleep.exe 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 3 /D "taskkill /F /IM TagRename.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 4 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\003_tag_rename\RegKey.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "Quicktime 6.5.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\004_quicktime\QuickTimeFullInstaller.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "RealPlayer 10 Gold" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\005_realplayer\RealPlayer10GOLD.exe -s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\002_multi_media\006_media_player\MP10Setup.exe /Q:A /C:\"setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\RunOnceEx_3_system.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 2 /D "rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" /f EXIT RunOnceEx_3_system.cmd: REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing System-Related Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Diskeeper 8.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\003_system\001_diskeeper\Setup.exe /s /v/qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 2 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\003_system\001_diskeeper\DKProfessionalUpdate.exe /s /v/qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Tweak UI Powertoy" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\003_system\002_tweakui\TweakUI.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Everest Home Edition 1.10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\003_system\003_everest\everest_home_110.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "AdAware SE Personal 1.04" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\003_system\004_adaware\aawsepersonal.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 2 /D "taskkill /F /IM Ad-Aware.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 3 /D "taskkill /F /IM hh.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D ".Net Framework 1.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%sytemdrive%\install\003_system\005_DotNet_Frame\netfx.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\003_system\006_spybot\spybotsd13.exe /VERYSILENT /NOCANCEL /TASKBARHIDE /AUTOCLOSE" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\RunOnceEx_4_office.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 2 /D "rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" /f EXIT RunOnceEx_4_office.cmd: SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Office Software" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Microsoft Office 2003 Professional + SP1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\004_office\001_office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=unattended.MST /qb-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Microsoft Office Proofingtools" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\004_office\002_proof_tools\PTKSetup.exe PIDKEY=xxx /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Microsoft OneNote" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\004_office\003_one_note\setup.exe /qb-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "Personal Folders Backup" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\004_office\004_pf_backup\pfbackup.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\RunOnceEx_5_inet.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\099 /V 2 /D "rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" /f EXIT RunOnceEx_5_inet.cmd: REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Internet Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "MSN Messenger 6.2.0137" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\001_msn\MsnMsgs.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Messenger Plus 3.01.94" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\002_msgplus\MsgPlus-301.exe /silentinstallnosponsor" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\002_msgplus\startmsgplus.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "MS Java VM Build 3810" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\003_ms_java\MSJavaVM_3810.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "DC++ 0.401" /f REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\004_dc++\dc++0401.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Macromedia Dreamweaver MX" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\005_dreamweaver\Setup.exe -s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 3 /D "taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "SmartFTP 1.981" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\005_internet\006_smartftp\SmartFTP.msi TRANSFORMS=unattended.mst /qb-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\999 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$oftware\RunOnceEx_6_pers.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\999 /V 2 /D "rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" /f EXIT RunOnceEx_6_pers.cmd adds the tweaks and restarts the system. <edit>updated version</edit>

Thanks, I'm trying to make it work now... I'll post some screenshots if it works (or doesn't work )

Let me explain: I currently have a RunOnceEx.cmd that consists of 33 entries, and more to come. I would like to try to let my DVD have a more "Professional" look by sorting out the types of software that I am installing (System-maintenance, Multimedia) and having a window for each of those which shows which software is being installed. It will look like this: etc... I already found this thread: Too many entries in run once, and it had the posting in it that i need to call: rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess It also said: REG ADD %KEY%\999 /VE /D "Installing More Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\999 /V 01 /D "%CDROM%\software\RunOneEx2.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\999 /V 02 /D "%CDROM%\software\rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" /f But how does that exactly work? Do I need to clear the "RunOnceEx" key first? Could somebody please explain? <edit>added images of first try</edit>

A script for Everest? I replaced the name "AIDA" for "Everest" in my runonceex, with the same switches, and it works perfectly, even installs in my custom location. When I get back home later today I'll post the switches I have...

Unfortunately, it's still not working... :'( I get this error when running RunOnceEx.cmd: REG ADD %KEY%\019 /VE /D "Diskeeper 8.0" /f The operation completed succesfully REG ADD %KEY%\019 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\019_diskeeper\setup.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=\"D:\system\diskeeper\" /qb" /f Error: Too many command-line parameters REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Virtual PC 2004" /f The operation completed succesfully REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\020_virtual_pc\setup.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=\"D:\utils\virtual_pc\" /qb" /f Error: Too many command-line parameters REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\020_virtual_pc\reg.reg" /f The operation completed succesfully Anyone has some solution? Please? Pretty Please?

Thanks ZoSTeR, I'm gonna try it now, with the same switch for VPC, I'm hoping and praying it works

Yup, I would like to know that as well...

That's the part that works. But now I would like it to silently install into a custom directory. More specifically: "d:\system\diskeeper" Virtual PC 2004 I would like to install silently to "d:\utils\virtual_pc" I've got my hopes on you guys... (not to put any more pressure or anything )

How could I edit the .mst file? I created it with the Office 2003 mst-creator... Didn't know how else to do it... And what would that batch contain then?

Hi guys, I have almost finished my unattended DVD, but there are two apps that are driving me crazy: Diskeeper and Virtual PC 2004. I'll try to explain best I can, both apps have the same problem. Code in RunOnceEx.cmd: REG ADD %KEY%\019 /VE /D "Diskeeper 8.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\019 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\019_diskeeper\Diskeeper.msi TRANSFORMS=unattended.MST /qb-" /f and REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\020_virtual_pc\VPC2004.msi TRANSFORMS=unattended.MST /qb-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\020_virtual_pc\reg.reg" /f "reg.reg" contains registration info for VPC, since it's just a reg key. I'll take Diskeeper as the "reference app", but as I said, I'm facing the same problem for both of them, so consider it the same for VPC. This was the latest thing I've tried for both. The thing is, that I want it to install in "D:\system\diskeeper". I've even tried the /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR="D:\system\diskeeper" switches, when running it from setup.exe. If I try just to call the "Diskeeper.msi" with the INSTALLDIR switch, RunOnceEx skips over it, apparently for no reason. It's driving me nuts, I've searched this forums from top to bottom, but I can't find it... Can someone PLEASE help me with this? These are the only two apps I want to add to my "perfect" unattended DVD... Thanks in advance, Greetz, Ben

Well, it seems to work in VPC... So far, so good, i'd say

I'm gonna test it within a few mins in VPC. I presume the switches are the same. In the last version I had some problems with the switch for writing the name and the SN. Anybody else had the same problem? Anywho, I'll post my result tomorrow for this version. And thanks to everyone here who has helped me (...and they didn't even know it )

Hey Guuz, I've been playing around with this stuff as well, because like you, I would like to have my apps on a different partition. Maybe this is not what your looking for, but it will save you a lot of work: Found it here This works with most of the apps for me Good luck, Greetz, Ben

Hmz, actually the names are the same... Thanks for that insight (Feeling kinda stupid now... )

Yes I did, same problem, gonna check now just to be sure...

Hey guys, I've profited a lot from this forum in making my unattended XP-CD. But I still have one issue that I can't seem to resolve. Here is the problem: In my winnt.sif I have: [userData] ProductID=* FullName="Ben" OrgName="" ComputerName="Ben001"But when I completed my install in VPC, my computername is: ben-d102atjy4a6 Does anyone maybe have a solution for this? I'm using GuiRunOnceEx and cmdlines.txt. Thanks in advance, Ben