Mikeboy

Hi This weekend I updated my unattended XP disk with all the latest hotfixes, and Media player 11, and other product updates etc. When it gets to the Registering Components screen, a command prompt is shown as it is installing Media player 11. Once this part finishes , the main install window goes out of focus, the mouse turns to a timer, and a second later the window comes back in focus... This repeats for about 10-15 minutes, during which time the progress bar does not move at all. I was JUST about to restart and remove the Media player 11 install from the unattended setup, when it suddenly came back to life ! Woooo how I was relieved. But I never noticed this slow down with Media player 10 ? Any ideas ? Cheerss Mike

Thanks MHz, you're a star !

Thank you so much for everyones input So just to clarify, I will have some entries like this : ECHO. ECHO Installing Firefox 1.0.7 ECHO Please wait... start /Wait AutoIt3.exe Firefox_1.0.7.au3 ECHO. ECHO Installing Kaspersky Anti-Virus ECHO Please wait... start /Wait AutoIt3.exe KAV_5.038.au3 ECHO. ECHO Installing Sygate Personal Firewall Pro ECHO Please wait... start /Wait AutoIt3.exe Sygate_PF_Pro_5.5.au3 I guess I would have to state the location of the script like : ECHO. ECHO Installing Sygate Personal Firewall Pro ECHO Please wait... start /Wait AutoIt3.exe %systemdrive%\install\Sygate_PF_Pro_5.5.au3

Hi Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but in this circumstance I think it's ok as it is very relevant... I've created lots of scripts using AutoIT and have compiled them into exes. Can I put these exe's along with the applications I want to install, in my 'x:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install' folder? Then, do I call each of the compiled scripts via my start.cmd ? And if so, how does it know not to start the next install until the current install has finished? Thanks so much in advance. I really want to get to grips with this

YYYYYES ! Thank you so much both MHz that works perfect - I didn't realise you could actually reference a field like that - I thought the text in the 2nd argument thing in the WinWaitActive could be anything you choose as long as its unique.. I know that is not the case now , Thanks

Hi , I've been lurking and reading for a while, particularly over the last weekend. I've been following the MSFN Unattended XP CD How-To guide, and so far it has been going well. I always install most of my programs to my second partition, D:\. The CD will always/only be used for my computer, so there's no worries of the D: ever changing. So I've made this script with AutoIT for PowerDVD6. Obviously it is not finished yet, but I'm having trouble entering the install path 'D:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD' $MYPATH= "D:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD" Run("PowerDVD6.exe") ; Wait for Initial Setup Screen WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "&Next >") Send("!n") ;Send Alt+N WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "License Agreement") Send("!y") WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "default media player for the following file types") send("!n") WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "Setup will install the following programs") send("!n") WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "Customer Information") send("!n") WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "Choose Destination Location") send("!r") WinWaitActive("Choose Folder", "Choose Destination Location") Send($MYPATH);---------------------------------------------PROBLEM Send("{Enter}") WinWaitActive("CyberLink PowerDVD v6.0 Setup...", "Confirm Destination") send("!n") At the WinWaitActive("Choose Folder", "Choose Destination Location") stage, the path is pre-selected (as Attachment) - so I thought if I just send the new path it would overwrite it, and then press <enter> to confirm it? But it doesn't work - it stops at this point. I've tried Send("D:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD") too without success.. I've browsed through the help file but that got a bit heavy going (+ I'm a very slow reader) and it wasn't really relevant. Hope someone can put this right and that it isn't anything difficult. Keep in mind I'm completely new to AutoIT - only started using it last night. Thanks in advance