BritishBulldog

can you post a copy of your cmd file. so in the iso you have the i386 directly in the root? the picture had the folder in it and the cmd has D:\XPCD??

here is a vbs script to find all Hard Drives set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'finding HARDDRIVES drive letter For Each objDrive In fso.Drives If objDrive.DriveType = "2" Then hddrive = objDrive & "\" WshShell.Popup "Your HD is in drive " & hddrive ,,"Find HDD in vbs" End If Next i am implementing it to the code from the top

is the ntldr file in your i386 directory? what does the structure of the ISO look like? what have you got in the .cmd file to make the image in CDImage Pro can you post this info..

Hi all, is there a way to put text to the screen via MsgBox or popup and still have the code running in the background. maybe a different command. It is for a search funktion and i need a message box on the screen all the time while it is searching in the background. The two methods above show a message box and wait for you to close it out.

just as a note have you seen this proggy and thread? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=switch++finder

try calling it from your cmdlines.txt file. add this entry under [COMMANDS]there [COMMANDS] "RunOnceEx.cmd" make up a RunOnceEx.cmd file with this in it cmdow @ /HID @echo off 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\CD.TXT SET CDROM=%%d SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\install\wpi\WPI.hta" /f EXIT changing this to the correct path REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\install\wpi\WPI.hta" /f You can have it as REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$OEM$\WPI.hta" /f depending where you have your WPI.HTA file,then save it in the $OEM$ folder. If you have a different directory from the $OEM$ one like in my code, then you dont have to have it copying to the harddrive all the time, makes the installation quicker. I get the best results this way.

now that looks like msi to me....

This would also give a message box coming up for 3 seconds to tell you the CDROM was not found. Better than just quitting the vbs. If Len(CDROM) = 0 Then WshShell.popup "CDROM not found",3,"Diskeeper" WScript.Quit End if

@VAD it means this so it would be discPath=''; or discPath='root';

Hi Thehalon yes i will add that to the piccy, thought that was abvious.

I agree with www2000, i would never write a comment like and as for this who is jumping to conclusions, maybe RedVyper has searched?????I have also been told to 'SEARCH' yes in capitals! and that was the only comment. Now this is a site for support and if the only support is 'search' then we can get rid of everything and just leave the google search at the top. Sorry but i had to rant on about this. I can see it being frustrating for senior members always reading the same post but then they dont have to answer.

sounds like something is wrong with the xpboot.img in cd image pro. try downloading again. and you do not need sp2 to make an unattended cd....

have you tried this, as this is what dreamweaver give me if the html and the exe are in the same directory <a href="/SETUP.EXE%20TRANSFORM=Unattended.MST%20/qb-">Office 2003</a>

I am not sure but maybe you should try this as HTML does noe like spaces. <a href="SETUP.EXE%20TRANSFORM=Unattended.MST%20/qb-">Office 2003</a>

no you dont need to as long as the XPlode.xml is in the same directory as the XPlode.exe. are you sure that your xml works? Try clicking on it with the right mouse button and then 'open with - Internet Explorer' If everything is ok you will get your listing up if not then an error message is seen I also have XPlode in an install directory in the root of my CDROM, this way it is not copied over to the harddrive. mine is called up throught the cmdlines.txt [COMMANDS] "RunOnceEx.cmd" and is in the RunOnceEx.cmd cmdow @ /HID @echo off 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\CD.TXT SET CDROM=%%d SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\install\XPLode\XPLode.exe log:"#systemdrive#\XPlode.log" /f EXIT directory structure is as follows %CDROM% | | | ---cd.txt | ---$OEM$ | | | ---cmdlines.txt | | | ---RunOnceEx.cmd | ---Install | ---XPLode | | | ---XPlode.exe | | | ---XPlode.xml | ---Acrobat | ---WinAmp which means it is started after first logon

How did you make your Iso image? did you use CD Image Pro? if not try it http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/finish.htm

Hi durex (what a name ) I do too, try and get as short a code as possible. another one i came across the other day was WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB 2}" WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER 3}" which means hitting the tab twice and the ENTER 3 times. You should be able to use it with most of the SendKeys but be carefull with the ENTER. If you do actually need a short pause between them, best then to go back to listing them all seperate. This is best used with the TAB.

obviously you are using ISO's to install through VMWare. 1. make your snapshop before WPI gets loaded and then close VMWare (this depend on where you are starting from ie. CDROM or through Install directory on HDD) 2. change your config.js 3. make a new ISO image with the same name as the first. 4. restart VMWare and Revert as simple as that.

It has been mentioned somewhere this may be an older version but it installs only the core and Internet Explorer plugins. j2re-1_4_2_01-windows-i586.exe /s /v/qn ADDLOCAL=jrecore IEXPLORER=1" should be able to add it to the 1.4.2.06 version check this out http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/applications/sunjava.htm and this http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/...ide/silent.html

try this cdrom detection script in vbs, its a bit shoerter and it also checks if the drive is ready..the last line is just for the demo set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'finding CDROM drive letter For Each objDrive In fso.Drives If objDrive.DriveType = "4" And objDrive.IsReady Then If fso.FileExists(objDrive & "\WIN51") Then cdrom = objDrive End If Next WshShell.Popup "Your XPCD is in drive " & cdrom ,3,"Find CDROM in vbs"

would have been quicker but i am in a different time zone, so when you posted i was in bed.

here it is. This vbs is in the same directory as the setup.exe otherwise the complete path has to be entered. This will check every 2 seconds (sleep 2000) for the window. I have extra sleep of 1000 (1 second) to make sure the windows is completely up. You have to make sure that you have the exact title for the windows you are waiting for. Try AutoIt to get this info. set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell") WshShell.RUN ("setup.exe") Do until WshShell.AppActivate ("MyProg Installation") WScript.Sleep 2000 Loop WScript.Sleep 1000 WshShell.SendKeys "%{n}" Do until WshShell.AppActivate ("MyProg File Associations") WScript.Sleep 2000 Loop WScript.Sleep 1000 WshShell.SendKeys "%{n}" Do until WshShell.AppActivate ("MyProg install complete") WScript.Sleep 2000 Loop WScript.Sleep 1000 WshShell.SendKeys "%{c}"

if i am correct it is in the boot.ini wether you can change it before an install i dont know

I already answered you to this question on this thread http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...30entry223845 and i dont think this is possible with WPI as this only selects the apps for installation and passes on the info into the registry. If you want a progress bar the XPlode can be used but here you cannot choose what you want to install. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=24507

Sorry but i dont need to watch my mouth as I have said nothing wrong. All I did was ask a perfectly normal question and get shouted at back. As you said this is a site for support and there was none there. As i said i did use the search and came up with nothing.