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Is this the post you refer to? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=26328 Its on the Apps Forum.

Its took enough begging, thank god for that.

In case I've caused any confusion, the guide I would like to see would be how to run the odd one or two entries during RunOnceEx execution with AutoIT. I have a perfectly good working RunOnceEx that installs all my apps as normal (switches or 7z switchless) and its the odd "problem" app that has got a strange installer that needs the AutoIT treatment. Not a complete rollout of all apps post-Windows install via AutoIT.

@et al All suggestions = useful and coherant and much appreciated and I can now personally write very crude scripts that get the job done, but going back to my orig thread question, I just wish someone who has some experience would write a definitive guide to implementing AutoIT thru' RunOnceEx, and then it could be added to the AutoIT thread as there are many superbly scripted au3 files available to all there, but no mention of what to actually do with them for beginners - and I feel this disuades them from using what is a very useful application. And it seems that as with everything else in life and computing, there are also more ways than one to get the job done. I still feel a basic guide...e.g.... 1]D/load a simple au3 script for a bit of well known freeware. 2]How to compile into your .exe 3]How to "call" your script from the 2 most popular methods - RunOnceEx and Batch_file.cmd 4]Basic do's and dont's etc. (e.g. I was using Notepad till someone suggested SCite, which has superb syntax checking etc). ...either on the main UA website or Stickied here at the start of the AutoIT thread would benefit the newer members of the forum if someone has the time/inclination to do it.

Thanks. Works fine on my SP2 test install PC. Pity no-one has sussed how to pre-update it with the latest virus definitions or this would be perfect.

"setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb" Shouldn't this be: "setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" See http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/ap...03_advanced.htm ...foot of page.

No need to extract, use the installer "as is". Use the syntax i've already posted. Works 100%.

REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Ahead Nero V6.6.0.13 Ultra" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Nero\register.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Nero\Nero66013.exe /silent /noreboot /NO_UI /sn=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX-XXXX /write_sn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 3 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Nero\WMAPlugin20933.exe /SILENT /NOREBOOT" /f

Quicktime and Real Extensions Played with WMP10. See this post, scroll down a little: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ILE+EXTENSIONS# EDIT:K-Lite Mega Codec Pack gone to V1.3.1 today. http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/KLite...ck/1080441198/1

EDIT Not beta? Just gone to V4.0.1 Build 323 to 331 now within 24hrs. (17 May/1300hrsGMT/UK) Hmmmmmm...

Yes if you want to wipe all your drivers out.

Why is the site called BETAnews? P.S. There's a clue in the name. And they continue to update releases until it goes final and then it will say so. The software manufacturers USE BETAnews as a platform for their products and to get info to the marketplace. When it goes final they'll report it and issue the version number.

Done much easier with reg tweaks: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=42693 Although some might disagree!

Still beta according to BETANEWS May 9th and no update since on their site. http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spy_S...er/1047914996/1

New version Realplayer Alt out today May 16. V138. http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Real_...ve/1054136293/1

Notepad!!

No REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f See http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=At...pe=post&id=4874 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16709 Hmmmm....

@Mhz True, and thanks to it even I have managed to create some "crude" working scripts that run fine - (no, effectively!) - from within Win envir. Its just my 100% failure rate from within RunOnceEx that has daunted me.

Are you referring to Webroot Spy sweeper V4.0.1.323? Its still beta. So maybe "Final" will install OK as before. Webroot Spy Sweeper v3.5.0 Build 199 is still the official LATEST final version. Webroot Spy sweeper N.B. Some people also reporting virus warnings when installing V4.0.1.323 and also some people can only install it in Safe Mode. Not beta??

@nujackk Yes. Au3 file converted to .exe file in same folder as app I'm trying to install. So I can just call <au3-converted-to-exe> in my RunOnceEx without any switches? And the first line of my script doesn't need to have ANY path in it? Have I finally understood this correctly? Cant find this info anywhere on forum. Thousands of scripts, yes, but not found anything on their implementation of any use to me. Perhaps if some guidelines were "Stickied" it wouldn't make AutoIt so scary to use as I've shyed away fro it for ages. Not because of the commands because the Help files are superb from within the app, but because of how to use the app in conjunction with RunOnceEx. Thanks nologic for all your help, too.

FOR %%i 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 %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i: Everyone's using this code now, supplied by someone who's name I have unfortunately forgotten. ALL credit to him though.

I can install it silently either by editing the abcopy.inf file or using the hacked msi supplied in earlier post or even using the mst way. BUT I still get the activation screen on first run.We need someone <blinkdt, nologic???> to adapt the autoit script for use during RunOnceEx, but I'm not good enough at autoit to do it! Then someone can bring all the threads together in a guide. We're almost there! @orustom S'pose so, I take that back.

If you're trying to delete ALL desktop shortcuts see this excellent post here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=45909&st=10# Credit all goes to Yzowl.

I have searched through hundreds of scripts and posts and I am struggling with AutoIT. Can someone please help me with the last few pieces with regards to "running" the scripts during UA install using RunOnceEx method. Or point me to a post as I cannot find one at all that covers this topic, sorry. Also the help files within AutoIT don't cover running scripts from U/A CD's. I can write a crude working script through reading these help files, and I can compile this script into an .exe but what I want to know is: 1]Where does the compiled .exe go? In the $OEM$\$1\Install\Apps\ProgName folder? 2]Are any switches necessary? 3]Does the <progname>setup.exe or .msi that you are calling go in same folder too? 4]Does the path at start of your script have to relate to where the setup.exe is during install stage? i.e. on the harddrive? I can successfully launch an AutoIT .exe from within Windows and install a test app, but as soon as I try anything with RunOnceEx it goes pearshaped. It normally says "error in line <whatever>".

Can post if you want, but it is not the scripts that are causing issue. Its how to IMPLEMENT the scripts thru RunOnceEx that is the problem. Have also use other peoples scripts from the STICKY post in the MSFN Apps forum and they dont work for me either because of what I'm doing with them. The scripts are fine.