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i took out the /s and it pops up the "are you sure you want to add .reg to the registry?" box so its finding regedit fine

this is my GuiRunOnce: [GUIRunOnce] command1 = "%SystemDrive%\D\BTS_DPs_finish.cmd" command2 = "%systemroot%\system32\wpi.cmd" command3 = "%systemroot%\system32\regs.cmd" wpi.cmd is pretty much the standard WPI script: @ECHO OFF REM Example, how to look for CDROM-drive. Must have WPI.ico at the root of the CD. for %%i in (C 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:\WPI.ico set CDROM=%%i: echo Found CD-Rom as drive %CDROM% REM Determine the WPI startup path. REM if wpi should run off the cd the replace %~dp0 with %cdrom%. set wpipath=%cdrom%\WPI_v4.3.8\ REM Hide this command window. %wpipath%Tools\cmdow.exe @ /hid REM Special registry tweak needed. regedit /s %wpipath%common\wpi.reg REM Make WPI directory the current directory. cd /d "%wpipath%" REM Start WPI and wait for its end wpi.hta REM Undo registry tweak. regedit /s %wpipath%common\undo.reg exit :end wpi.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Styles] "MaxScriptStatements"=dword:ffffffff [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov ;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;" undo.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] regs.cmd: @ECHO OFF REM Local Machine reg tweaks regedit /s %systemdrive%\HKLM.reg REM Current User Reg Tweaks regedit /s %systemdrive%\HKCU.reg exit :end HKLM.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;----------------------- ;Operating System Tweaks ;----------------------- ;Speed up shutdown [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000" ;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting] "DoReport"=dword:00000000 ;Do not use Simple File Sharing [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] "forceguest"=dword:00000000 HKCU.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;---------------------------------------------- ;Tweaks to improve the functionality of Windows ;---------------------------------------------- ;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001 ;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="200" ;Disable Recent Documents Menu [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoRecentDocsMenu"=hex:01,00,00,00 ;Remove "Shortcut to" on shortcuts [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "link"=hex:00,00,00,00 ;Remove "set programs default" from startmenu [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSMConfigurePrograms"=dword:00000001

for some reason, none of the .reg files that are called from my GuiRunOnce batch scripts are actually merging into the registry. however, if i use the GuiRunOnce test method once windows setup finished, the reg files merge fine. this applies to Current User as well as Local Machine entries. any ideas why they're not merging?

if i understand you correctly, i would for example copy logonui.exe to $OEM$\$$\Resources\LogonUI\ then create logon.inf in $OEM$\$1\install\logon\ with the text you have in the (CODE) tags, then in one of the [GUIRUNONCE] .cmd files i would put: ECHO Installing custom logon screen RunDll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %systemdrive%\install\logon\logon.inf is that right? or do i need the quotes or a different path for that last line? thanks a bunch