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I found the resource kit here. I just used this to make a .mst file for deployment within my company...
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/t...ddl/default.htm
Let me know if this is what you were after, its about halfway down the page.
Well, I solved my own problem before I read your reply.
All I had to do was extract the ork.exe file with Winrar into it's component files, one of which was setup.exe. Anyway, you can use the "standard" /qn or /qb switches with that setup.exe file. It works silently now in the unattended install.
Thx for your interest.
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No, didn't work.
Although that page implies that it is for the Office 2003 Resource Kit, it is really switches for the Office 2003 install. The switches on that page do not work when installing the Resource Kit (ork.exe).
If I do a
ork.exe /?
I get a list of 4 switches, one of which is /Q, which purports to be the Quiet Mode. It is not Quiet. It still asks for the EULA and what kind of installation I want. Definitely not for unattanded use.
I really need ORK.MSI for Office 2003 so I can use msiexec with its quiet switches. I see that others are using ORK.MSI, but I don't know where or how to get it.
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What are the silent install switch(es) for Office 2003 Resource Kit (ork.exe)?
Thx.
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@bob3d
dunno, if this is working. you surely have tried just to use that batch file as a prog's cmd. if that didn't work, then nothing else will. if you haven't tried yet, do so. WPI and RunOnceEx are designed to wait for every process's end. Since a batch script should also run in a separate cmd-process the only thing you should have to do it to use the start /wait mechanism inside the .cmd
Post an excerpt of you .cmd file. Perhaps others do have another / better idea.
It works as you have described. Any batch file (.CMD) works in the cmd line of the config.js file as I should have expected (and tried), as long as the start /wait mechanism is used in the batch. Experienced a good install...
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How do you run a .cmd file (batch file, of course) from the WPI config.js file and have it wait until the batch has finished before continuing? The batch file is required for a particularly difficult app install where the user/serial # is entered via regedits and app restarts.
Thx.
PS Please don't request me to search, if this has been answered in the Forum before. I am sending this in a half-destroyed garage in Florida, trying to resume my occupation. I do appreciate your charity.
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You also can use this short one..
FOR %%d IN (d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x: y: z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%d
but remember to have "win51ip.SP2" in your cd...
Also systemroot is C:\Windows or C:\WINNT.. and systemdrive is C:\
Thanks!
Much more elegant as a solution. I tested it this afternoon and it does work. The only difference is that I check for %%d\setup.exe, since that always must be present on any Windows install CD.
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here is what I use for the batch file to see my cd rom no matter what the drive letter.
First make a txt file called cdxp123.txt
and put it at the root of the cd. this txt file will be blank it is the file name we will be looking for.
now in your batch file as the first thing to run is this
IF EXIST D:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=D:
IF EXIST E:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=E:
IF EXIST F:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=F:
IF EXIST G:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=G:
IF EXIST H:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=H:
IF EXIST I:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=I:
IF EXIST J:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=J:
now the %CDROM% will work.
Hope this helps.
I like to use this cause I install all the software off the cd instead of having it copied to the hard drive and then installed.
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I have always been annoyed at the start point of Explore when right-clicking the Start Button going to C:\Documents and Settings\"UserID"\Start Menu, so I added this "Explore from C:\" selection to the Start Button right-click menu:
;Add "Explore from C:\" to Start Button right click menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ExploreFromC]
@="Explore from C:\\"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ExploreFromC\command]
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just remove %cdrom% from the line and it should work
Removing the %cdrom% will not work since the [GUIRunOnce] .cmd batch is running from the hard drive install directory and not from the cd.
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I don't think %cdrom% is a native system variable. Try substituting the drive letter of your cd-rom for %cdrom% in your .cmd file.
- Ravashaak
"substituting the drive letter of your cd-rom for %cdrom%" will work if there always is a known drive letter for a particular machine. But for some machines its D: and for some its E:, etc, depending on the number of hard drives and/or partitions installed. I'd like the install to be machine configuration independant.
One would think there is a system variable.
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put this line in a .cmd file
xcopy.exe %CDROM%\i386 /e /k /h /i /y %SystemRoot%\i386
also these in a .reg file...
the xcopy command gives me the following error:File not found - i386
0 File(s) copiedIts as if the %CDROM% variable is not being recognized.
Also, shouldn't %SystemRoot% be %Systemdrive% ?
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@Dj-Throll
No, that [Disk1.config] doesn't work. Atleast, not directly using our current methods.
The best/simple option is, do your partitioning yourself without having it unattended.
But if you DO want it unattended, there's 2 ways to go about it:
1. WinPE
2. You need to use a different set of boot-disks, and a perl-script and so on - go here for details - http://unattended.sourceforge.net
And both the 2 ways are quite lengthy, in terms of time/testing before it gets to work. Assume sort of 2 months work, to get it working (perfectly) in those methods.
2 months to get your partitioning (a 10 second job) automated? That's a HUGE waste of time if you're a home user.
I now totally agree, after several attempts using variations. Disk1.config cannot work in Winnt.sif. BartPE/WinPE must be used, which is not pratical for home/casual users.
Oh well...
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Hello.
Anyone got this to work while running cd boot with winnt.sif ??
I am trying to create a 2 GB C partition, but it won't
Here is my winnt.sif...
What specifically is it doing? Creating a full partition? Or is it failing altogether?
I am attempting to do something similar, with mixed results.
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Unsure whether repartition does a quick format. If so, then you would have to set it to no, to enable manual options for choosing method of format.
Yep. Thats what I eventually tried last night. With autopartition off, I get to choose the partition to install to AND the method, Full or Quick, just 1 and half minutes into the unattended install. From there on it installs in a completely unattended fashion.
Thanks.
I still want to figure out how to force it without my having to do anything at all. Somebody else has another suggestion I'll try.
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Obviously, don't use \ / : * ? " < > | which can't be used in a directory name. Also, $ should be avoided since the installation app ascribes special meanings to directories depending on how it is used. I have not personally had any problem using an ampersand in a directory name, but I can understand why it should be avoided.
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I noticed that when "Repartition=Yes" is specified under [unattended] in the WinNT.sif file located in the I386 subdirectory, the installer performs a Quick NTFS format. I would like it to perform a full (or long, if thats the correct term) format. I cannot find any info defining the type of format in the documentation or within this forum.
Any ideas?
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It worked perfectly. Thanks! 
the xcopy command gives me the following error:
AVG Free v7.0.289 switch's
in Application Installs
Posted
This works, thanks to Greenmachine steering me to the AVGamin7 DL and the information it contains:
The AVG 7 free version will then install silently and not self-start at the end of the installation. It will also create a log file containing too much information beyond the point where it tells you there were no errors.
I found similar info in other AVG threads, but not all of them from the command line AND for the free edition.