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I guess I'm the latest victim. It just happened! Old text deleted Edit: Here's what happened; I placed the program title in the wrong field; DUH! WPI placed that entry first, and when it went to display the menu, everything being garbage from the first entry on, it displayed nothing. The actual Config.js file though, was intact. A manual edit fixed the problem. It was human error in my case but nothing destructive occured. Perhaps in the next version a check can be made that a Title exists before the entry is accepted. This is the only entry that seems to be able to confuse WPI, it may be worth a little extra code.

He was speaking from frustration. I've been in his shoes, and it isn't something that I'd care to repeat any time soon. When you spend a day trying to figure something out that has no documentation and crashes with no apparent rhyme or reason, it's enough to drive you up the wall. Just so I'm not misunderstood, I must say that I do use the program now and I do appreciate all the time that people have put into getting it to the shape that it's at now. I just wish that there was more documentation about the way it works so that I could at least troubleshoot the issues that I had myself without begging for help that was seemingly over everyone else too. Yes, once it's set-up it's easy to use. But to set it up the user had better have knowledge of JScript and the time to take the scripts apart to be able to understand why some things don't work as intented. (That error 222 was only part of my own frustration.) Once again, I am not being ungrateful for a program that I use frequently, I am simply pointing out something that could be improved for wider user appeal.

UltraEdit-32. Text/HEX Editor with some very good features and a few useless ones. In the last couple of versions it has been trying to become an all-in-one swiss-knife utility. Still my editor of choice though.

PowerCfg.exe is another alternative. I prefer it to the massive registry entries.

It's not that difficult. Follow the topic here and you should be able to figure it out: Topic

Oops... Here it is. @CMDOW.EXE @ /HID SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SET Confirm=1 ECHO RESCAN > TMP_LISTVOL.TXT ECHO LIST VOLUME >> TMP_LISTVOL.TXT ECHO EXIT >> TMP_LISTVOL.TXT START "Listing volumes" /WAIT /MIN CMD /C "DISKPART /s TMP_LISTVOL.TXT | MORE | FINDSTR /R /C:"^ *Volume [0-9][0-9]*" >TMP_LISTVOL.LOG" DEL TMP_LISTVOL.TXT FOR /F "usebackq delims=:" %%V IN (TMP_LISTVOL.LOG) DO ( SET LINE=%%V SET VOLUME=!LINE:~2,9! SET TMP_OLD_LETTER=!LINE:~15,1! SET VOLTYPE=!LINE:~39,10! SET VOLINFO=!LINE:~71,8! SET VOLNAME=!LINE:~19,11! IF "!VOLTYPE!" == "Removeable" ( ECHO SELECT !VOLUME! >> TMP_TEST1VOL.TXT ECHO REMOVE NOERR >> TMP_TEST1VOL.TXT ) ) ECHO EXIT >>TMP_TEST1VOL.TXT IF %Confirm%==1 ( START "Deassign Removable Drives" /WAIT /MIN CMD /C "DISKPART /s TMP_TEST1VOL.TXT DEL TMP_TEST1VOL.TXT DEL TMP_LISTVOL.LOG ) EXIT I changed SET VOLTYPE=!LINE:~39,9! to SET VOLTYPE=!LINE:~39,10! and at the end, DEL >>TMP_TEST1VOL.TXT to DEL TMP_LISTVOL.LOG Oh, and I inserted a confirmation flag for testing purposes. Thank you again for Drive Map and this.

Here's a strange thing; I created another entry but instead of installing a program, I used the FILECOPY command to copy the icon to the %CDROM%\Install Directory. It copied the file without a problem. So, RunOnceEX can run a batch program, copy a file, (so the the path is correct) but it cannot find the EXE file that resides in the same folder. I've never seen this before.

cmdlines.txt is executed automatically by the operating system during installation. But you can call your main batch file with it, and other initialization programs that you may need. The Unattended Guide here is quite good, and everything will eventually make more sense once you start playing around with it. There is a lot to learn so give it some time and experiment first until you get the hang of it. Yes, you need to create the $OEM$ folder. The cmdlines.txt is just a text file that you create with notepad. The first line is that Windows can recognise it for what it is. The second line is an example of merging a registry file if you need to the third line is your setup batch file. Make sure that the path is correct.

Learning something new every day... Here's a screenshot. I discovered another issue that *may* have something to do with it, although I don't see the connection. I use WinXP Reduced Media Edition and WPI crashes when it tries to initialize the player, unless I turn off the option. Could that have an indirect effect to my immediate problem? It just doesn't make sense... If the pathing is wrong, it shouldn't be able to run the Sample1 file, which is a batch. So, it can find the Batch file but not the Executable which is in the same directory. Can someone tell me how the file structure of WPI works? %CDROM% is passed to RunOnceEX and it holds the path to the installation directory, correct? Are the WPI scripts also relative to the same path or something else? The manual is very vague about this particular point and makes troubleshooting impossible. Thanks for all the help on this, I would like to see this working to conclude my UA installation.

I'm not aware of any registry settings that control the clock font directly, but it can be changed with a custom theme. There is a program called Style Builder that is used to create themes.

The path to your batch file (.BAT or .CMD) should be specified in the cmdlines.txt file. The cmdlines.txt contents should look like this: [COMMANDS] "regedit /s blahblah.reg" "install\setup.bat" The cmdlines.txt must be placed in the $OEM$ folder and any paths should be relative to that folder too. Hope this helps

Awesome! Thank you Mdes, it works like a charm! I only had to correct a couple of syntax errors but it was easy. This also explained how delims and tokens work. Double bonus! Thank you again.

Regedit /s filename.REG

Concerning the description box, is it possible to have the "Undefined" label removed? I like to have a picture there but no description.

Understood. I just dumped the printer directory to a text file to report it. But as I mentioned, everything resides in the root directory. This is independent of my WinXP UA setup CD so there is nothing else on the disk. Just the WPI files and folders in the root directory. As a sidenote, how Do you get the screenshot of the tree?

At Root. I have an empty HD partition and I put all the files there. I haven't burned an actual CD, but I have created an ISO that I used with with VMWare. My layout: Directory of V:\ Name Size Date/Time Audio <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Common <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Graphics <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Install <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Recycler <DIR> 2005/11/25 13:15 System Volume Information <DIR> 2005/11/21 14:49 Themes <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Tools <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 UserManual <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Wpiscripts <DIR> 2005/11/26 20:42 Audio.exe 244 kb 2005/07/26 04:46 Autorun.inf 39 b 2005/07/26 03:52 Copy of WPI.cmd 1,209 b 2005/11/27 20:37 WPI.cmd 1,442 b 2005/11/27 20:56 WPI.hta 3,186 b 2005/08/01 22:09 WPI.ico 117 kb 2005/03/20 00:58 Thank you for the response.

I've been at this for at least a day and can't get past it. The error just doesn't make sense to me but it might to someone else. I have reverted to right-out-of-the-box WPI v4.35 so there is no question of interference from customization. I have 2 sample programs in the Install folder. Sample1.CMD and Sample2.EXE. When I attempt to install, the CMD batch file executes, but the EXE program cannot be found by Windows. The RunOnceEx looks normal. I have tried it using %CDROM% and %wpipath% to no avail. I have tried anything I can think of. Run from CD, HD path, HD root. About the only thing that I haven't tried is a virgin sacrifice to the geek gods and I'm contemplating that next. Needles to say that I cannot install ANY programs. Any ideas? The Registry entries: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\00501] @="CMD Sample" "2"="CMD /c %wpipath%\\Install\\Sample1.CMD" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\00502] @="EXE Sample" "2"="%wpipath%\\Install\\Sample2.EXE"

Thank you for the response, Mdes. Yes, I am using the latest version. What I want to do is de-assign the Removable drive letters permanently. I was looking for a script that simply de-assigns all removable drives, but then I discovered your script and I thought that I can combine my requirement to it. I could do it manually I suppose, but your script already has the code. I suppose that I only need to insert a check to see if the drive is Removable and de-assign it before moving to the next drive, but as I said, your script is a little beyond my capabilities. Any suggestions?

The Flyakite's guide mentioned above is excellent. You really don't need to know which files are different if CDImage.EXE is used to create the CD. CDImage will copy identical files only once, effectively cutting the size of the double installation to half.

I hope that people still read this topic. I use this wonderful script in my unattended setup. It does exactly what I want it to do, but I have a small problem that the script may easily take care of also. My other problem is that I have reached my DOS scripting limit, so I hope someone may be able to throw a suggestion. I have a card reader that shows as 4 Removable Drives. I would like to make them disappear from my list. The script removes all drive letters anyway and then re-assigns them, so I need some assistance in telling it to not re-assign letters to removable drives. Any help in inserting the appropriate code would be appreciated.

If you duplicate the background colour of the System Window and use it as background for your logo, you won't have to worry about transparency.

Thank you all for the replies, much appreciated. I think I'll stick with v6.

I have Nero v6 configured for silent installation. With all the problems involved in getting Nero v7 to install silently, I ask myself if the functionality gain is worth spending the extra money to upgrade. I'm only interested in the main Nero burning software, as far as I'm concerned the rest is bloat. The question is, how much extra functionality does version 7 have over version 6 when it comes to File and/or ISO burning? Do I really want to spend the time re-installing manually, over and over? (I do complete unattended reinstalls frequently) Thanks in advance for all opinions.

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I spent a lot of money on keyboards last year after my M$ Natural gave up the ghost. Couldn't get used to any of them. Too many buttons, too few buttons, too ugly, reduced functionality, they all had something that stopped me from "adopting" them. Then, I bought the Saitek and never looked back. I think it's shape is a little ugly, but in a way that a bulldog puppy is ugly and adorable at the same time. I like to work in the dark and after 20 years of geeking, I still can't touch-type. This sold my problem. I paid a lot more for it than you did, about $80 in Canada, but I've spent many times that in units that I ended up giving away so I consider it a bargain. If something better comes out next year I'll consider it, but I've learned to not consider vapourware in my plans. This one will serve me well until something better does materialize. 6