Marthax

Of course, that was it! I must have written that in my cleanup.cmd by mistake. I'm sorry to have troubled your minds. Thanks anyway!

Hi Everyone! I've looked through the Registry_Tweaks.txt file and also some threads here on MSFN, but still I cannot find the reg tweaks I'm looking for. Well, actually I found one of them in Registry_Tweaks.txt, but it doesn't work. Here are the ones I need: Remove "My Printer & Faxes from the NEW start-menu" Remove "Set Program Access and defaults from the NEW start-menu" Thanks in advance! Marthax

Hi Guys! When I check my administrative tools, it's completely empty. Why is that? I've been using nLite and I probably removed something by mistake which caused this, it's just that I don't have a clue of what that is. Can somebody help me out here? Sorry if I posted in the wrong place, but I wasn't 100% sure that nLite was the one that caused this. Thanks in advance! Marthax

Well, I finally solved it and as it turned out, it was a silly mistake of me. The thing is that I use BBlean, which replaces explorer at the time when it's run and stops RunOnceEx from running since explorer has to run for it to start. So, I simply rearranged the setup process so that my Blackbox installs in the end and now everything works. Oh, I also had to combine 2 cleanup.cmd's to make it work since one didn't make it. I use the first one after the first restart. Then, this cleanup executes a file that places new information into RunOnceEx, telling it to execute Cleanup2.cmd after another restart. When the restart is done, Cleanup2.cmd executes and everything is gone. I tried using only cleanup.cmd after one restart, but it didn't remove everything since the "D" and "Install" folders were left. So the setup order is like this: 1.RunOnceEx 2.Restart 3.Cleanup.cmd 4.Restart 5.Cleanup2.cmd & Blackbox 6.Restart Well, thanks for your help anyway guys and I hope that this solves the problem for those of you that have the same problem as I did .

I tried it out with the cleanup.cmd once more and it didn't work. So, I did a little investigation and checked regedit. Guess what? The entry is there, but somehow, Windows doesn't execute it. I don't understand why. I've tried putting different numbers to rearrange the priority, but it didn't help a thing. I'm beggining to think that perhaps, I nLited my Windows a "little" to much and now, my Windows seems to be having some registry execution problems. Funny though, because it executes RunOnceEx. I'm not sure about this, but what do you guys think? Also, what services/components are required for registry entries to work properly?

I was just about to try that out, SoreGums and as soon as I've tried that, I'll try your script, Gunsmokingman.

With $$, I ment the Windows folder as it says on the Unattended site, but I just checked it out and you guys are right, explorer doesn't understand it (syntax error). I'll just use %systemdrive%\Windows\system32. Anyway, Any more ideas on how I could solve this problem of mine?

And this means? Sorry, but I'm no expert when it comes to VBS.

Hopefully, yes EDIT: If it makes the whole thing easier, then here's my Cleanup.cmd: cmdow /hid @echo off shutdown -f -r -t 25 -c "The computer will restart within 25 seconds" del "%Allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.3.lnk" del "%Allusersprofile%\Desktop\*.*" /Q del "%Userprofile%\Desktop\*.*" /Q del "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Remote Assistance.lnk" del "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk" del "$$\System32\sleep.exe" del "$$\System32\cmdow.exe" del "%Userprofile%\Desktop\Spybot - Search & Destroy.lnk" del "%Userprofile%\Desktop\Skype.lnk" del "%Userprofile%\Desktop\Notepad++.lnk" del "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk" del "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Outlook Express.lnk" del "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk" del "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk" del "%systemdrive%\autoexec.bat" del "%systemdrive%\config.sys" rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Nvidia Corporation" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\7-Zip" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Gaim" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox" /S /Q rd "%Userprofile%\My Documents\My Music" /S /Q rd "%Userprofile%\My Documents\My Pictures" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories" /S /Q rd "%allUsersprofile%\Start Menu\Accessories" /S /Q rd "%Userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Nero" /S /Q rd "%Userprofile%\My Documents\My Skype Pictures" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\EA Games" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Spybot - Search & Destroy" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Skype" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR" /S /Q rd "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\VideoLAN" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Powertoys for Windows XP" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\XP Codec Pack 1.0.3" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\FirstClass" /S/Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Azureus" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\foobar2000" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\arniWORX" /S /Q rd "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\TrackerV3" /S /Q rd "%Systemdrive%\Drivers" /S /Q rd "%Systemdrive%\temp" /S /Q rd "%Systemdrive%\D" /S /Q rd "%Userprofile%\My Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures" /S /Q rd "%Systemdrive%\Install" /S /Q rd "%Systemdrive%\D" /S /Q DEL %0

RunOnceEx.

No, it's not that. Maybe I was a bit unclear. If I do it manually, it works. That is, if I execute the cleanup.cmd by hand, it deletes the files, while if I do the same thing, but let RunOnceEx do it, it doesn't get deleted. Why is this?

Hi everyone! I have been inactive for like 2 months on this forum since I've been busy building my new righ, but now I'm back (and it feels great ). Anyway, I have a small problem. When I execute my Cleanup file, I want it to delete 2 folders, "D" (created by BTS Packs) and "Install" (where all my installation files are kept). It does delete everything except one folder inside the Install folder (Office2k3, one file remains here also) and one file in the "D" folder (Watchdriverpolicy.exe, or something like that). When I restart the computer and execute the cmd file manually, it deletes these files. However, if I do the same thing, but unattended, it doesn't delete them. Why is that? I mean, I see the cleanup file get executed, but the folders are still there. I've tried many different methods when timing this file, but with no success. Anyone who knows how I could solve this? Thanks! Marthax

I used nLite, just like Jeremy. Anyway, I tried it out earlier today on VMware and it worked! I just hope, that it'll work when I install it on my "real" PC. Anyway, thx for the help.

@Jeremy: Do you have a router or anything similar? I have a switch and when I start Windows for the first time, the firewall is turned on as default. So, when I remove the service, the installation has probably already activated the service and then removed it and so, it's impossible for me to disable it. I don't know for sure, but that's my guess. How can I fix this?

Fridge-RaideR, I'm very interested of how you got your Internet to work without the Windows Firewall / Internet Connection Sharing service. I mean, when I removed it, my Internet stopped working and I couldn't make it work Any ideas why and what to do?

I don't know about the latest TV's today but, as far as I know, your image quality will be a lot worse then if you would've used a normal computer screen. Why? Well, for starters, they can't handle that high resolutions and refresh rates. I've used two different tv's and both had a pretty blurry image, but I guess it's ok if you play games a lot, but I think your eyes would suffer from it, but this could all be old. I used CRT tv's, maybe the LCD's are a lot better, this is just my experience.

Good Luck

I would not recommend to do any backup before doing the format, this time because of the circumstances.

I don't fully understand your problem. Is the "X" positioned in the top right corner gone?

So it's not possible?

these are some decent RAMs within the price range you wanted: 1. 2. 3. Personally, if I would be forced to buy these kind of RAMs, I would go with nr 1.

I know this sounds horrible, but if you wanna be on the safe side, deleting all files without any backup is the safest option her becuase backup files can easily get infected if the virus is smart. Even if you have a AV program, what if your AV doesn't detect a virus until it's to late. You'll have to do the same thing all over again. I know it sucks, but trying doing backups regularly in the future so that if something like this happends, you're prepared.

@chilifrei64: I think what Pirate® is trying to say is that his Windows can't find regedit.exe which makes reg files & settings useless. Try doing the same thing with the regedit.exe, search for it.

You are aware of the fact that it's supposed to be "runonceex.cmd" not "*.inf", right? Yes, the files are the same, otherwise the whole UA thing would be useless as it would've been restricted to only one language. Try executing your ROE file in Windows and then, check your registry if the entries are created properly. If that doesn't work, post your ROE file here, maybe that will trigger something.

Are you able to use the search function? If so, try searching for "calc.exe". Then, you'll see if it has been removed or if it has been moved in some way. I would also suggest a complete Scandisk. That could solve the problem as tester_pedro stated. Try it.