ChiDragon

Aha, I had also tried that method of splitting up the variable and the rest of the path like that but had neglected to think of double-backslashes. Thanks very much, it's working just fine now.

Now this is REALLY screwed... I change the path to the exactly currect full path and it still claims that it can't find it. I copy and paste said path into the explorer bar and it opens fine. I remove the full path and just keep the installer name and it runs fine (but only when testing it in my "\$OEM$\$1\Install\Codecs\DivX", not when I try it with unattended installation from the files copied to the systemdrive).

Isn't that exactly what you want to do??

Yes, I meant change the current directory. Here is what I did, based on your code: function getWin(win, inc) { var cntr = 0; while (!WshShell.AppActivate(win)) { if (cntr==12) return true; cntr++; WScript.Sleep(inc); } return true; } var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell"); process = WshShell.Environment("PROCESS"); systemdrive = process("SYSTEMDRIVE"); var oExec = WshShell.Exec("systemdrive\Install\Codecs\DivX\DivXPro502Bundle.exe"); while (oExec.Status == 0) { It's still claiming that the system cannot find the file specified even though it's there.

1) Is there any way besides using a batch to change directories? The reason I ask is that my Jscripts don't seem to allow environment variables in the source paths for the installers that they open, and they're unable to find the installer if I just use the filename without a full path (even though they are in the same directory)... unless I use the CD command. Long and confusing sentence but hopefully it makes some sense. 2) Will this syntax work in 1.1.2? <filecopy source='%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Install\Applications\Firefox\plugins\' target='%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\' mask='*.*' /> I'm trying it that way instead of doing a directory copy because I don't want to overwrite any files already in that directory.

I got some error about missing 1394 drivers initially too... I had removed stuff with nLite from my plain old XP source, then reopened the reduced source in nLite, slipstreamed SP1, and removed additional components. Starting over again with the regular source, slipstreaming, and THEN removing the components fixed it.

Cool, I'll try it out, thanks.

I was just wondering if there was any way to get XPlode to silently execute stuff during a program installation. For instance, I would like to install Nero and then import a registry file with Nero's settings, but without actually noting it. Instead of saying "Installing Nero" and then "Applying settings", I want to just have it say "Installing Nero" and doing both tasks. The only way I can think of is to make a batch and hide it, but that would require a whole bunch of batch files, considering how many programs I want to do this for.

Well installing with hotfixes but without programs worked so I guess it's a problem with one of the programs. I'm thinking the problem is with Alcohol 120%, as a dialog popped up to install the SCSI driver for the virtual drive with it the first time I tested, and I was sitting there watching so I clicked through it. The other times I removed the SCSI driver from the XP disc with nLite since it says that all you have to do with virtual drives is to deselect in device manager and reboot or something, but the dialogs popped up anyway.. However, they disappeared after a minute or two so I figured that was alright. That problem doesn't make any sense, but anyway, I'll try now with nLite and everything being used but with Alcohol 120% not installed during the unattended batch. The only link that you listed that seems to apply is the first one, but I'd rather not have to call up M$ to get a hotfix... If this doesn't work then I'll type out the list of programs that I'm installing for you. Thanks for all your help.

I know, I meant that either the code on the page needs to be updated or the file needs to be renamed after downloading to be the same as the code in order for the batch to actually open it. It's a no-brainer, but it was easy for me to miss, personally.

Yep, 0.98.4. Tried without using nLite on the files copied from the disc but still installed programs and got the error. Now to try without programs...

Thanks prathapml. Two things now... At the top of the first post it says that this is only for critical updates, but the Advanced Networking Pack recommended update is listed. Is this just for the sake of noting that it can't be installed with SVCPACK, for those who choose to use it? And the Windows Media Player 8 update is referred to as Q817787 but is actually KB817787. The sample code on the unattended guide's Installing Hotfixes page also makes this error... Just saying that it would be good to fix those, as it's been one of the many things that has tripped me up so far.

Disc without registry tweaks didn't do it.. now to try without nLite.

The test of my first unattended install went relatively fine. Then I tweaked it some more with more registry settings, program installs, and changed 2 or 3 things in nLite. Now every time I install it in VMWare I get the error pictured below upon reboot, after a minute or two while everything loads. A second or two after this is displayed, it reboots itself. I haven't got a clue what's causing this, and installation in Virtual PC yields similar results, only the screen just goes black and then reboots instead of displaying any message. Thoughts?

Here's what I came up with: ;List View with Status Bar, arranged by type [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,31,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0D,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 02,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,E0,A5,1F,0E,\ 73,35,CF,11,AE,69,08,00,2B,2E,12,62,04,00,00,00,\ 03,00,00,00,43,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults] "{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}"=hex:1C,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,00,\ 02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,F0,F0,F0,F0,\ 14,00,03,00,90,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,\ FD,DF,DF,FD,0F,00,04,00,20,00,10,00,28,00,3C,00,\ 00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\ 52,01,60,00,78,00,78,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,\ 02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser] "ITBarLayout"=hex:11,00,00,00,4C,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,\ 1B,00,01,00,52,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,07,00,00,\ A0,0F,00,00,05,00,00,00,62,05,00,00,26,00,00,00,\ 02,00,00,00,21,07,00,00,A0,0F,00,00,04,00,00,00,\ 21,01,00,00,A0,0F,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00

"2) DirectX.cab and BDA.cab may be excluded if your application is not supported on version of Windows 95, 98, 98 Second Edition or Millenium." Does that mean that we can delete those files if we're running Windows XP?

Thanks MCT. This RegSnap program is interesting... I'll post what I can find out from it about the different view registry settings.

I don't want QuickLaunch enabled and I'd like list view. Thanks anyway.

I tested my unattended XP+SP1 CD in VMWare and among a bunch of things that I screwed up on, the tweak I applied to set all folders to list view with the status bar only half-works. The list view is there, but the status bar didn't show up from the get-go. I applied the REG file from cmdlines.txt after the useraccounts.cmd file. Here's what I used: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=hex:08,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,a5,1f,0e,73,35,cf,11,ae,\ 69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,43,00,00,00 Any ideas?

Great, it's working now. Thanks very much for the quick reply.

I'm attempting to make a Jscript so that I can automatically install NewsBin Pro, but I get a scripting error when I try to use WshShell.SendKeys ("{\}");. The reason I'm using it at all is to load my settings file within the program automatically (the backslash is needed for typing the path in the Load box), but that's not important... Is there some alternate code or something for sending the backslash key?