cheers ppl, but i'm using the RunOnceEx.cmd method and my winnt.sif does not have a [GUIRunOnce] so therefor it only loads the RunOnceEx.cmd command at T12 stage it then waits till first login to start instalation of apps, therefore explorer is loaded. and i dont need the extra feture of the new WinRAR this one does me fine as i only use it to unpack. it's not a big issue but it's anoying so i would like a way of closing the folder when it pops up... any ideas? oooo.. i know this is off topic but here is a few regedits i have sused out this one stops the anoying windows sound at startup and shutdown [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemStart] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemStart\.Current] @=hex(2):00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemStart\.Default] @=hex(2):00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemExit] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemExit\.Current] @=hex(2):00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemExit\.Default] @=hex(2):00,00 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemExit\.Default] @=hex(2):00,00 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemStart\.Default] @=hex(2):00,00 and here is a few for the visual fx [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30534" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00000048 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00000049 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30539" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00001004 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00001005 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30531" "SPIActionGet"=dword:0000101a "SPIActionSet"=dword:0000101b "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30533" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00000026 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00000025 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30532" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00001024 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00001025 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000001 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30535" "SPIActionGet"=dword:0000004a "SPIActionSet"=dword:0000004b "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultByFontTest"=dword:00000001 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListBoxSmoothScrolling] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30544" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00001006 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00001007 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30540" "RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced" "ValueName"="ListviewAlphaSelect" "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30541" "RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced" "ValueName"="ListviewShadow" "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000001 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30543" "RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced" "ValueName"="ListviewWatermark" "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "MinimumMEM"=dword:00000054 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30536" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00001002 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00001003 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30546" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00001014 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00001015 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30530" "HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001 "RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced" "ValueName"="TaskbarAnimations" "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\Themes] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30538" "CLSID"="{AABE54D4-6E88-4c46-A6B3-1DF790DD6E0D}" "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" "NoApplyDefault"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30547" "SPIActionGet"=dword:00001016 "SPIActionSet"=dword:00001017 "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultByAlphaTest"=dword:00000000 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView] "Type"="checkbox" "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30537" "CLSID"="{01E2E7C0-2343-407f-B947-7E132E791D3E}" "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "HelpID"="windows.hlp#51140" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing] "DefaultValue"=dword:0000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 Cheers again