Vash-Kun

I just wanted to mension that the database does not include the silent swithes for rhe RunOnceEx Creator itself, Shouldn't it?

On learning VB: Does Mono count as the same learning experience? I understand that windowforms are not quite there yet, but cost is a huge factor for me. I'm on the Piratrol patch and don't want to download a illegit VB.

Actually, they used to, but the new 6.x series just plows right over them. I've never gotten YIM to install silently after the 5.x series. Anyone else have any luck?

Ok, I followed all the directions, and things seem to work as planned, but during my install, I get a weird "This version of Windows Media is incompatible with this version of windows" message that brings things to a halt until I click on "cancel". I do have WMP removed with nLite, is that causing it?

A free and easy solution would be Burnatonce. http://www.burnatonce.com I use it to burn all my bin/cue and iso format disks. Works with most any drive. And if it doesn't, you're out nothing.

And virtual machine testing requores a nice, beefy system unless you are very, very patient. Those of us running castaway machines from old jobs just have to reinstall every day and see what works.

I'm having problems getting switches to work on this. does it need extraction or something?

could you then, in theory, make a giant .msi with apps, tweaks, the whole shebagibang, compress it if need be, and just install that? Kind of the monolithic kernel approach?

I'll give it a shot. But when dealing with a decrepit p2-400, there is no Virtual Machine. There's "Freah install and p*** off the wife again" lol

Again my search fu fails me. Where do I look to customize my newstyle start menu pin-to items unattendedly? Outside of a clean install and reg shot, I just can't find what I need. Should I just learn to stop worrying and love the Quicklaunch Bar?

the /s switch stopped working. I don't mean something changed, I mean that after changing other stuff in RunOnceEX, and quad-checking the lines AND downloading the brand new full version of Yahoo, it won't install silently. am I retarded?

I've read the hive guides and they make less sense now than when I thought it was where honey comes from. If I do that, would I need to prepare 2 sets of RunOneceEx? One to install programs, once, and one to move Docs and Settings, per user? Pardon me if I come off like an absolute dolt, but this is the ONE issue that I haven;t been able to crack no matter what I try. I'm trying to convince a friend that partitioning the drive into a Wondows and Files type setup is a good idea. I'm ofering to do a custom setup disk for him, but he refuses to just suck it up and use the "stuff" partition as a seperate drive, he has 5 different user profiles. Moving them all with TweakXP per install would kill me. Thanks guys.

Ok, tiny brainstorm here.... If you relocate the My Documents and shared folders physically to another drive, then reinstall WITHOUT using the winnt.sif setting, then use a reg file to redirect the shell folders in RunOnceEx, that should work for a single user, right? If it does, how can I get that to run once on the first login for EVERY user? I know it's the combo of winnt.sif and auto user creation causing the double folder problem, but solving this per user is causing me fits.

But how do you tell Windows to run with the user profiles in the folder if it's on a different drive? I'm getting the famous "user.PCNAME" folders. If I skip the auto user creation step, and create users after install, will they default to the properly named folders? I'm aiming to not have to back up the contents of the profiles each install. What am I missing?

@jrzycrim I think I just had random misnumberings. I'm not cut out for actual programming, as even batch files cause me fits. But then, learning from websites never works for me, except here. Maybe a "programming n00b" thread in another forum with suggestions from seasoned veterans? So far, this is the most capable memberbase I've seen without having to wade through 1000 12 year old kids.

Ok, the source of my woes was not the 025, 026 keys, though let me explain that. I just wanted to ensure that pskill ran immediately after the install finished and the program was launched. Is that necessary? the actual typo was in the "/v 1" section. I wasn't incrementing the value switch. Duh. But the 025, 026 progression does exactly what I want it to do though, but is it kludgy?

Ok, I ran the ROE.cmd and lust like you said, something is asking for input, but fot the life of me, I have no clue why. The problem occurs here: REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Installing Winamp 5.03" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Winamp\winamp503_full /S"/f REG ADD %KEY%\026 /V 1 /D "pskill winamp.exe"/f I get this prompt: Value 1 exists, overwrite? y/n now, right after this, Yahoo MEssenger 6 is set up exactly the same way, with pskill, and it worked fine before. It was there last time, I just added Winamp in later. After I answer y or n, it completes fine. What should I change?

Thanks for the info on this pack though. It was a major sticking point, other ther than the 12 minute hang.

Would that work for all setups of this type? Isn't it an inno setup?

Is there a way to silently install the Klite Codec Pack (any version) and specify WHAT you want installed? I like the Full over the Mega, and am dinda happy with the current silent install, but I want to include all the audio codecs and install DirectVobsub and some of the other stuff unselected by default. I do not wish to install EVERYTHING though. Is there a way, or should I try a Lite verson of the KLCP and install VobSub and other things seperately? Or does my answer lie in another codec pack all together? I'm trying to avoid making a custom installer if at all possible.

I downloaded the .msi version, added all the little Xcrap switches, and got a big load of nothing. But on the other hand, I found that when you do 5.03 full, /S for the switch, you don't get Winamp Agent installed. You actually have to go through all that stuff when yu start it the first time. It's a trade off. Fully unattended install to your specs? no. Simple switch to get you on with your batch file? Yep!

OOOOOOOkkkkk...... THAT makes some more sense. I tried to follow the install timeline to see where I might have jacked it, but I guess I missed that gem of info. I DID change ROE.cmd to add more applications, so that's probably where the hangup is. I'll comb for errors, and unhide the window if I can't spot it myself. Thanks again!

Ok, I'll try that when I get home, but my cmdow /HID is the first line in my RunOnceEx.cmd, and it started as a cut and paste from the one in the ROE guide. There are no hotfixes, as I am working with a slipstreamed SP2 RC2 disc. The kicker here is that this disc has gone through several versions as I worked out drivers, applications and such. The last install worked flawlessly. Then I added a few programs and shortcuts to be copied to program files and all users start menu. I never changed anything that I hadn't tinkered with before. Would something in RunOnceEx.cmd, which runs after first logon (right?), affect the actual install process, which is before first logon? And why would this process hang now, after several runs without the problem, the only changes being made in the $OEM$ folders? I guess I just need a n00b theory seminar. Thanks!

I recently have had great success experimenting with an unattended install disc, after many previous failed attempts. I'm using nlite reduced source on XP Corp, slipstreamed SP2 RC2. I had several versions come out fine, started with ATI drivers, and adding a program or 2 in each version, and it all worked fine. Then, it happened. I added the unattended versins of Firefox and Thunderbird, added TmpgEnc and Virtualdub uncompressed in my $Progs folder since they don't install, and added shortcuts in my $Docs/All Users/Start Menu/ folder for my key apps so I can clear the desktop in my cleanup script. Those were the only changes made to the last working setup. When I boot this version, it works fine up to 12 minutes, about 2/3 through the Registering Components step. It hangs. Forever. Would copying my $OEM$ folder to save my work and recopying the base XP cd and rerunning nlite help? What did I do to screw this up?