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Thanks Steven

Thanks again Rado for keeping these addons up to date

After many tests your method works best, thanks for all the pointers

Thanks, starting to get my head around this. Bloody MS!!!

Excuse my ignorance here, aware I need to extract the update & mount the wim etc Ms help point 3, 3. Copy the updated files to the directory of the mounted Winpe.wim file. Though which Dir do I dump it into?

Thanks Steven these UL are fantastic.

Thanks for the suggestion, did try that but the selected gadgets will appear though not with the correct settings. eg. His method is basically what I started with prior to swapping the ini file. I played further with my ini file & have adjusted the Y coordinates now as follows: 1. Clock Gad GadgetDropLocationY="0" 2. Weather Gad GadgetDropLocationY="180" 3. CPU Gad GadgetDropLocationY="270" Naturally have the Clock top left & set @ zero. With the above minor adjustments only by 20 points to both Weather & CPU they seem to positon nicely in the Virtual machine whilst testing. Real install will follow. Would like to clean up the initiation of the sidebar process though as in my case it's very messy! Especially so using runonceex. I can see why your using WPI as there's greater control & a fully loaded desktop upon installation. I have been using the latest WPI but does conflict with a few other installers, must admit the latest ver. is alot better. WPI was always fantastic in XP but not quite right in W7.

Still having the slight overlap issue! All else is good.

OK used the ini you suggested, no attributes. I generally only have the Clock, CPU & Weather gadgets enabled & adjusted ini to suit. It still ended up with all the gadgets arranged to the left on top of one another! I added a ping of 30seconds to my sfx to slow the operation of ini file swap & restart & that has helped . I only have a very slight overlap of the clock & CPU gadget on the right now. I'm thinking this may have some to do with the VM Box resolution & not necessarily a windows problem. Will try now in real install.

Sure see below.

I have no trouble with the ini file @ all. I got this working in an sfx using a similar reg entry for runonce as yours. Only problem is the weather gadget appears on the left top position following the change. Easy enough to drag it back though annoying.

Excuse my english! After Windows® Welcome, the "Preparing Your Desktop" screen appears for up to two minutes. It's needed to see first the sidebar (visible and installed with Autounattend.xml) and after the batch file is launched and other programs (I use WPI). And we will see our customized Gadgets after the reboot! I keep the same order inside Autounattend.xml and Settings.ini for the Gadgets: Settings.ini [Root] SettingsVersion="00.00.00.02" ShowGalleryPrivacyStatementOnceComplete="true" Section0="1" Section1="2" Section2="3" [Hashes] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Clock.Gadget="%7B196EB779-40FE-AE35-C357-36AACE0AA470%7D" C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Calendar.Gadget="%7BD3D8A841-CEE3-68C5-F99F-7302ABBBA0E3%7D" C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Weather.Gadget="%7B42DE9D91-AEE2-BAC6-FEE5-ADCC7B7904C4%7D" ........... Autounattend.xml </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="[url="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]" xmlns:xsi="[url="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]"> <Gadget1>%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Clock.Gadget</Gadget1> <Gadget2>%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Calendar.Gadget</Gadget2> <Gadget3>%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Weather.Gadget</Gadget3> </component> Maybe we can find a best method? Then I reckon my problem here is the "runonce" is happening before the sidebar is fully loaded? I initiate the batch in my cleanup.cmd following runonceex for app installs. Slowing that up to allow the runonce to do it's thing has got me atm? WPI is not a happy camper in W7x64 so far for me.

When you say run batch following desktop loads this being before the sidebar is visible? Cannot make this work UA atm? If I kill the sidebar & pack the settings.ini to an archive works ok, but then have to start the sidebar again.

Thanks Rick, will do.

Bugging me this! Cannot seem to have my saved ini overwrite the finished one? I'm enabling the gadgets to my liking in the xml, they all appear as they should. Picked the eyes out of your suggestions & noticed your using runonce in the cleanup.cmd. Maybe it's a timing issue in that the desktop is slow to load whilst executing runonce possibly??

<br /><br /><br />Also receiving the above error & have not integrated IE9 in the wim. Running 64bit W7 host & Guest OS in the latest Virtual Box machine. Unless there's another update causing this problem?

Hello old friend, very sorry to hear about your recent loss, any death in the family is an extremely difficult hand to be dealt. Will keep you & your family in my prayers. All the best

Thanks, tried all your suggestions & always stuck on the Canberra location?? Must be missing something!

Just tested, forget my method your right setup will overwrite if Gadgets specified in your xml Next step will test your method.

Thanks for the heads up. Could I also drop the ini file into a mounted wim say in the admin & default user folders perhaps?

Hello Guys, just a quick one is it @ all possible to preset gadget setting for the MS weather app to show the correct location eg Sydney NSW. In my xml I nominate my local setting for time zone etc & region, timezone is perfect in UA. However the gadget automatically picks Canberra as default location? Canberra is close to Sydney but is not what I require. I can manually change upon install. Is there anyway to export the setting to use in UA? Thanks,

Typical Technet crap clear as mud ffs @ least XP had the timeline & made for easy debugging.

Save starting a new thread, how can I start a command following the last reboot? I presently use setupcomplete.cmd but finds halts the desktop setup until the reboot?

Just included in my latest silent install as a first logon.cmd in my W7x64 xml & the install hangs @ oobe whilst trying to execute the app? Any possible reason for this behavior?

Thanks Steven, have recently slipped Sp1 to my source & will begin to update that now. OK just successfully integrated the 22 post SP1 updates & working well no issues.