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Can you tell me which part of the registry entry tells it to use 2048?

Are you thinking there are files there that shouldn't be? Is that what you mean by validating?

I found this in another spot on msfn. Maybe this will help some: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=66101

I don't know if this makes a difference or not but my statement in cmdlines looks like this: REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg Note REGEDIT instead of REGEDT32.EXE. Anyone know if this makes a difference?

Which ones are you still trying to find, maybe we can give you a hand with those. As far as getting a snapshot of your registry before and after changes...I've used RegShot which has helped on a couple occasions and a program I use to package software called WinInstall. It's not used for this purpose but part of what it does it make a .reg file of changes made to the registry. Search the web for the keywords registry and snapshot and you should get quite a few hits.

That sounds great! I will definitely check that out sometime in the next couple of days! Thanks!

gunsmokingman or ryanVM - could you guys briefly explain to me the difference? I'm new at this and have only tried one method of installing apps and that's using the RunOnce method. I just recently changed this to point to installs I have on my network. Thanks ahead of time for your help.

Have you checked the registry tweaks link pinned at the top of the Unattended Windows Forum? Post again with what you can't find there.

I can find some free programs that may let you do something like this but so far I cannot find reference to a registry entry for a specific folder. I'm still looking so in the meantime if you find something post it so we know you're set.

I found something that may do what you're looking for. Haven't had time to try it but will shoot you the link anyway. Check out the last paragraph on the page and see if this is what you're looking for. http://www.systweak.com/asov2/Windows_Appe..._NT_2000_XP.asp

Thanks for the list and the links as the ref.chm does not list them all. It took me forever to find the Beacon one.

I thought the same thing eyeball. Thanks for the tip ironside.

Does this happen with other software or just in Works?

and then there's Debbie

I can't seem to figure this one out. I have this command in my RunOnceEx.cmd file for installing Media Player 10: REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "v:\Software\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\Version10\MP10Setup.exe" /Q:A /R:x /C:"setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N\" /f If I run the statement shown in bold from the Run command it works (the v: drive mapping is working because other programs install during unattended from v: so I know it's not that) but it's not working during the unattended install. Can someone help with this? I'm getting really frustrated and I know it's something simple I'm not seeing. Thanks

I have this in my winnt.sif: [Components] OEAccess=off

In my case the install eventually works it's just that the new hardware found screen appears and makes you think you need to interact with it but if you wait it goes on and installs. Ugly, very ugly.

roy1984 could you be a little more specific in your request? I'd like to try to help but I don't think I understand what you're trying to do.

I was worried that the more I changed things the worse they would become so I started keeping a library of installs, i.e. versions, and I'm keeping a change log each time. That way if something breaks I have a backup plus a list of the changes I've made. So far this has worked well. Especially since I've been making a lot of changes lately.

My RunOnce entry looks like this and it works just fine. Don't know if the problem is with your install or what. REG ADD %KEY%\046 /VE /D "Macromedia Flash Player" /f REG ADD %KEY%\046 /V /D "y:\Public\Software\Macromedia\Flash\install_flash_player_active_x.msi /qb" /f

Can you post your RunOnce file?

573310 - I'm having a similar problem I think. During the GUI part of my unattended install I get the Found New Hardware wizard at T-35. It sits there for about 3 minutes then goes away and continues the install. Everything's fine once the setup completes and I log in...no problems. It's good that it continues the install but it looks sloppy popping up on the screen. Can anyone offer any suggestions? This is making me crazy.

Thanks Gunsmokingman. Good idea.

So here's where you would start...here's a vbscript that will uninstall the software. If you already know this please don't take offense...open Notepad and copy the script below into it and name it RemoveGoogleDesktop.vbs or whatever other file name you'd like to use. To test it install Google desktop then run the .vbs file from Start, Run. If this works it's your first step: On Error Resume Next 'Remove Google Desktop if it is installed Dim filesys, ws Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Test to see if file exist - if it does then Google Desktop is installed 'If the file exists uninstall Google Desktop If filesys.FileExists("C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe") Then ws.exec("C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe -uninstall -silent") End If

In the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall you'll find a key for each entry in the Add/Remove programs list and some other programs that may not be listed there. Scroll down through the keys until you find the one for Google desktop search. There will be an uninstall string listed on the right-hand side. You can put this into a batch file that you can use in a login script. If you're not sure how to do this last part I can help with that too.