RunOnceEx - Log file function working?

[TFPriest]

Hi,

Has anyone been able to get the log file function for the RunOnceEx key working?

I've tried the various combinations to create a log file in C:\Windows\ that are listed in MS document Q232509.

Maybe I'm missing something from the "flags" description, and how to utilize it.

cmdow @ /HID
@ECHO Off
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f
REG ADD %KEY% /V Flags /t REG_DWORD /d 30 /f

REG ADD %KEY%05 /VE /D "MS Office 2003" /f
REG ADD %KEY%05 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\O2k3\Setup.exe /qb-" /f

REG ADD %KEY%10 /VE /D "MS Office 2003 SP 2" /f
REG ADD %KEY%10 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\O2k3SP2\MAINSP2ff.msp /qb-" /f

REG ADD %KEY%20 /VE /D "MS Office 2003 Swedish MUI SP 2" /f
REG ADD %KEY%20 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\O2k3MUISP2\MUISP2-SVEff.msp /qb-" /f

REG ADD %KEY%25 /VE /D "MS Win XP Swedish MUI Pack" /f
REG ADD %KEY%25 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\XPMUI\MUISetup.exe -i 041d -d041d -r -s" /f

REG ADD %KEY%30 /VE /D "Preparing Install Extra Apps" /f
REG ADD %KEY%30 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Batch\RunOnceEx.cmd" /f

EXIT

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Yzöwl]

You have made an error with your flags entry!

It should be either:

hex

/t reg_dword /d 0x30

or

dec

/t reg_dword /d 48

[TFPriest]

Hi,

Thanks alot for the reply.

Corrected my entry and tested again, still no log file unfortunately.

Here's one test I'm trying :

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Testing" /f
REG ADD %KEY% /V Flags /t REG_DWORD /d 0x20 /f

REG ADD %KEY%50 /VE /D "Test with Notepad" /f
REG ADD %KEY%50 /V 1 /D "%windir%\notepad.exe" /f

I've tried different combinations with the flag entry, no success at all with any log file.

I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong, but this is uncharted territory for me.

Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Yzöwl]

I have the same problem using XP!

@Echo off
Setlocal
Set "ak_=Reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx"
%ak_% /v Title /d "Testing" /f
%ak_% /v Flags /t reg_dword /d 32 /f
%ak_%\01 /ve /d "Test with Notepad"
%ak_%\01 /v 1 /d "||notepad.exe"

>Nul Ping -n 4 127.0.0.1
Rundll32 iernonce,RunOnceExProcess

My only explanation for now is

APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
  
  
• Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  
  

[TFPriest]

Hi Yzöwl,

I saw that, and was thinking the same thing, but then I also found

MS article Q310593 which states towards the bottom:

Error Handling: If an exception occurs while calling a function in a DLL, the exception is caught and an error dialog box is displayed to the user. You can suppress this error dialog box by using a flag in the RunOnceEx registry key. You can also set a flag to enable log errors and run the RunOnceEx registry key.

And at the bottom it applies to:

APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems

So I'm still holding out hope

Thanks alot for your time though.

[Yzöwl]

Ah well there's your answer then!

You're not calling a dll

"DllFileName|FunctionName|CommandLineArguements"

-or-

"||command parameters"

[TFPriest]

Making a little headway with this problem of mine.

I found out now by adding:

REG ADD "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\IE Setup\Setup" /v "RunOnceExLogFile" /d "RunOnceExLog.txt" /f

I get my Log file in %windir%

So my test file finally looks like:

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Testing" /f
REG ADD %KEY% /V Flags /t REG_DWORD /d 32 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\IE Setup\Setup" /v "RunOnceExLogFile" /d "RunOnceExLog.txt" /f

REG ADD %KEY%50 /VE /D "Test with Notepad" /f
REG ADD %KEY%50 /V 1 /D "%windir%\notepad.exe" /f

Now to try for the error log file, and see if I can control all of this in any way more.

[Yzöwl]

Well done!

I've had a play, but have so far been unable to work out how to use an error file.

For those who need to see what it creates, using this test file:

ROE_Test.cmd

@Echo off
Setlocal
Set "_=Reg add"
Set "k_=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft"
Set "r_=%k_%\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx"
Set "l_=%k_%\IE Setup\Setup"

>Nul %_% "%l_%" /v "RunOnceExLogFile" /d "..\RunOnceEx.log" /f

>Nul %_% %r_% /v Title /d "Testing" /f
>Nul %_% %r_% /v Flags /t reg_dword /d 48 /f
>Nul %_% %r_%\001 /ve /d "Test with Notepad"
>Nul %_% %r_%\001 /v 1 /d "||notepad.exe"
>Nul Ping -n 4 127.0.0.1
Rundll32 iernonce,RunOnceExProcess
>Nul Reg delete "%l_%" /v "RunOnceExLogFile" /f

produces the following log:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx]
"Title"="Testing"
"Flags"=dword:00000030

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx01]
@="Test with Notepad"
"1"="||notepad.exe"

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Note that I've placed the log file into the parent directory of %systemroot%, in this case %systemdrive% and I've removed the log file location too, since it was only required in the test.