How To Use Cmdlines.txt Installing Applications?

**Murder** · October 23, 2003

I have read these articles, and I try to use cmdlines.txt for my Unattended XP CD

Importing Registry Settings To Default User

Small Questions

But I failed installing every batch file

What's the problem with my settings?

cmdlines.txt (in $OEM$ folder)

[commands]".\MAIN_BATCH.bat"
".\HOTFIXES.bat"
"REGEDIT /S .\REGFILE.REG"

MAIN_BATCH.bat (in $OEM$ folder)

@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Eject CD...
CD_EJECT.VBS
ECHO.
ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations
ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry
ECHO hacks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically
ECHO once the whole process has finished!
ECHO.
ECHO Removing useless shortcuts...
DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk"
DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk"
ECHO.
ECHO Install MSN Messenger 6.0.0602 Final
Applications\MsnMsgs.msi /QB
ECHO.
ECHO Install Yahoo Messenger 5.5.0 Build 1254
Applications\ymsgrtw.exe /s
pskill YPager.exe
ECHO.
ECHO Use Win2000 search
regsvr32 /u /s %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll
ECHO.
ECHO Copy patched UXTheme.dll
REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old
COPY uxtheme\uxtheme.dll "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\"
REN %systemroot%\System32\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old
COPY uxtheme\uxtheme.dll "%systemroot%\System32\"
ECHO.
ECHO Kill wscript.exe
PSKill wscript.exe
ECHO Applying Registry Tweaks
REGEDIT /S .\REGTWEAKS.REG
ECHO.
EXIT

Hotfixes

@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Install 823718:Microsoft Data Access Components
Q823718.exe /T:%systemdrive%\install\tmp /C:"%systemdrive%\install\tmp\dahotfix.exe /q /n" /Q
EXIT

My $OEM$ folder

G:\WinXP_UnattendCD\install\$OEM$
REGFILE.REG
REGTWEAKS.REG
CMDLINES.txt
CD_EJECT.VBS
HOTFIXES.bat
MAIN_BATCH.bat
G:\WinXP_UnattendCD\install\$OEM$\$$\SYSTEM32
OEMINFO.INI
OEMLOGO.BMP
PSKILL.EXE
TWEAKUI.EXE
CDIMAGE.EXE
G:\WinXP_UnattendCD\install\$OEM$\APPLICATIONS
MSNMSGS.MSI
YMSGRTW.EXE
G:\WinXP_UnattendCD\install\$OEM$\HOTFIXES
Q823718.EXE
G:\WinXP_UnattendCD\install\$OEM$\UXTHEME
UXTHEME.DLL

**XtremeMaC** · October 23, 2003

do you have a winnt.sif file for automated, unattended setup?

by doing just these you just added files to your cd that are not being called so you need to make a sif file

**Murder** · October 23, 2003

Of course I do.

My winnt.sif

[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
CrashDumpSetting=0
DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes
Hibernation=1
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
Repartition=No
UnattendSwitch="Yes"
WaitForReboot="No"

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=220
OemSkipWelcome=1

[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768

[UserData]
ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName="User"
OrgName="Company"
ComputerName=WinXP

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=886
Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=9
Language=00000404

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
msmsgs=off
msnexplr=off
templates=off
fax=off
Clipbook=off
hypertrm=off
zonegames=off

**GreenMachine** · October 23, 2003

You don't have $OEM$ in install, do you? It should be in the root of your created CD.

**Murder** · October 23, 2003

You don't have $OEM$ in install, do you? It should be in the root of your created CD.

This is my CD's Root

2003/10/23  PM 02:48    <DIR>          .
2003/10/23  PM 02:48    <DIR>          ..
2003/10/23  PM 01:58    <DIR>          $OEM$
2003/10/21  AM 02:10    <DIR>          BOOT
2003/10/21  AM 02:10    <DIR>          I386
2001/09/06  AM 04:00           213,830 BOOTFONT.BIN
2002/08/15  PM 02:19             8,953 spnotes.htm
2001/09/06  AM 04:00                10 WIN51
2001/09/06  AM 04:00                10 WIN51IP
2002/09/10  AM 06:39                 2 win51ip.SP1
2003/10/20  PM 10:20             2,048 xpboot.bin

First, I slipstream the Update Rollup 1 here

Second,I use this article to reduce my CD

Gosh - Unattended Secret: Reducing Size Of Source

(Winnt.sif is in BOOT folder)

Third, I copy WM9MM2.DirectX9b OPK.Pre-SP2 Hotfixes into I386\Update

and edit I386\svcpack.inf to install them.

Final, I failed using cmdlines.txt to install other applications. :/

Could someone share cmdlines.txt and the batch files?

I will really appreciate.

**GreenMachine** · October 23, 2003

My first question is whether CMDLINES.TXT is in fact parsed. Does ANYTHING happen that should from CMDLINES.TXT? You have calls to two batch files and a reg file. ANYTHING from the reg file? Before examening the actual files, make sure CMDLINES is found and parsed. It could be in the wrong place, could have the wrong name, could have invalid syntax. Simple test: create a CMDLINES.TXT like this

[COMMANDS] 
"SOL.EXE"

If, at the T-13 mark, you do not see the Solataire game, the problem is not IN CMDLINES.TXT, it is in finding it.

If you do see the solataire game, add items to your CMDLINES.TXT or batch files little at a time, until you hit a bug.

EDIT:: Guess I did not read all they way to the end... I could share my files, but they would not do you any good ... I do things a little differently (as I am sure some have noticed ...) First use the CMDLINES.TXT above, no batch files needed, and make sure that goes OK, so you know where to look further. Second, I am not sure of what you did to reduce your source size, but I often find those "unorthodox" methods expensive in debugging ... If the above does not help (i.e. NO solataire), make sure you did not overly reduce the source size. One last thing: I doubt it matters, but I have always seen [COMMANDS] in UPPERCASE.

**techtype** · October 23, 2003

Do you have your directories reversed? It should be $oem$\install not install\$oem$? GreenMachine: whatever happened with the slipstream script that you and webmedic were working on? Do you still use it now that the rollup came out?

**GreenMachine** · October 23, 2003

It should be $oem$\install not install\$oem$?

That's why I asked if $OEM$ was in the right place. I vote for an error of this sort.

Yes, I stilll use the script after the RollUp. The RollUp is just the same as anyother hotfix, and I treat it accordingly. My script went overboard, and became an "All In One" script, which you can find out more about HERE

**Murder** · October 23, 2003

Do you have your directories reversed? It should be $oem$\install not install\$oem$? GreenMachine: whatever happened with the slipstream script that you and webmedic were working on? Do you still use it now that the rollup came out?

If you use cmdlines.txt, you don't need to put files to $OEM$\install

Just put files in $OEM$ folder is fine.

I have noticed one thing may effect my CD

Could I use "del" in the batch files during cmdlines.txt?

Configuring Cmdlines.txt to Perform Tasks

I'm sure the cmdlines.txt is put in the correct folder

because it ejected my CD successfully. (It means cmdlines.txt call MAIN_BATCH.bat)

After eject my CD, the cmd.exe window disappear...

**GreenMachine** · October 23, 2003

Ah ha: you are saying that CMDLINES.TXT DOES run. Now on to step 2. You eject the CD, so we can say that MAIN_BATCH.bat does get run. The screen then disappears: sounds like a syntax or program error. Of course, you have tested your batch file buy just double clicking on it, right?

Yes, you can use DEL from a batch called in CMDLINES.TXT, just not in CMDLINES.TXT itself.

Applications\MsnMsgs.msi /QB

Where is this file? The above will evaluate to

<DISTRIBUTION>:\$OEM$\Applications\MsnMsgs.msi /QB

If not found, perhaps the MSIEXEC craps out, and takes the batch file with it. I would prefer to call it like

MSIEXEC.EXE /QB /I ".\MSNMSGS.MSI"

but it may be irrelevent.

In any event, as you are sure that the MAIN_BATCH.bat does run, we know the error is there. This saves you from having to do an new installation to test: just get the batch file running "stand alone", and you should be OK.

My opinions of CMDLINES.TXT are HERE

**Murder** · October 23, 2003

Ahh... I found the possible reason

I use a wrong method calling CD_EJECT.VBS in main_batch.bat

The wrong method in main_batch.bat

CD_EJECT.VBS

without any switch, it stopped here

The right method

start CD_EJECT.VBS

and it continues to install.

Another question.

Does cmdlines.txt copy all the files during installation?

If it does, I have to put "patch uxtheme.dll" at the final step,and eject CD before patching?

If not, I can eject CD before installing applications.

Many thanks

**GreenMachine** · October 23, 2003

I would say that is the culprit. I don't use VBS files, so I don't know how the interpreter treats them.

CMDLINES.TXT does not copy anything, unless you do it explicitly from your batch files. However, it makes more sense to me to leave the install files on the CD if you are installing at this point, and in that case you would perhaps be better off ejecting the CD as your last command, not your first. In terms of setup itself, there is no difference between ejecting at the begining or end, and if you do it last, you will know that you have CD access till the end. This may be important, as the current directory when parsing CMDLINES.TXT is <CD>:\$OEM$.

I use uxtheme.dl_ that I downloaded here somewhere, and just put that into the I386 directory before creating the CD. This avoids the on the fly copying (which I have never tried)

**COKEDUDEUSF** · July 19, 2008

GreenMachine, Could you upload your files again please?

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