Hola everyone!

I'm totally new to using reg.exe and am having a bit of an (emberassing to admit!) issue. I'm trying to get two executables to run, ONLY ONCE, after a reboot. To accomplish this, I have a batch file that runs after pushing a machine. This batch file is going to include the following entries to (hopfully after you guys help me out) do this. I assume I'm on the right track here?

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Mark_Test" /f

REG ADD %KEY% /VE /D "Kyocera Mita Install" /f
REG ADD %KEY% /V 1 /D "c:\migration\AI_KYOCERA_MITA_INSTALL.exe" /f

This is one of the programs I'd like to run. My questions are:

1) This is not working. I know that the executable is located that directory.

2) What is the best way to go about adding another executable to run after this one.

3) This is probably a really stupid question, but how do I make sure that this only runs once ever and under any user that logs in (it could be any of the IT staff here)?

Thanks in advanced guys!

The key is for local machine meaning it will run regardless of which of the IT staff log in.

Your last two lines from the example given should be sub-keys of %KEY% we usually use numeric sub-keys in order to control order, though for one key I suppose you could choose any sub-key name.

The key is for local machine meaning it will run regardless of which of the IT staff log in.

Your last two lines from the example given should be sub-keys of %KEY% we usually use numeric sub-keys in order to control order, though for one key I suppose you could choose any sub-key name.

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Mark_Test" /f

REG ADD %KEY%1 /VE /D "Kyocera Mita Install" /f
REG ADD %KEY%1 /V 1 /D "c:\migration\AI_KYOCERA_MITA_INSTALL.exe" /f

How does that look?

should be

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Mark_Test" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\1 /VE /D "Kyocera Mita Install" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\1 /V 1 /D "c:\migration\AI_KYOCERA_MITA_INSTALL.exe" /f

This would be better though

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Mark_Test" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\01 /VE /D "Kyocera Mita Install" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\01 /V 1 /D "c:\migration\AI_KYOCERA_MITA_INSTALL.exe" /f

or

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Mark_Test" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\a1 /VE /D "Kyocera Mita Install" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\a1 /V 1 /D "c:\migration\AI_KYOCERA_MITA_INSTALL.exe" /f

Edited November 27, 200718 yr by phkninja

I used

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Mark_Test" /f

REG ADD %KEY%1 /VE /D "Kyocera Mita Install" /f
REG ADD %KEY%1 /V 1 /D "c:\migration\AI_KYOCERA_MITA_INSTALL.exe" /f

Threw it into a batch, ran it as an admin, rebooted and it didnt work. I'm confused. :-/

warcrow- you keep forgetting the \ between the %KEY% and the increment

Also is anything working, ignore the installation procedure and run an existing program instead. If it still doesn't work then it's more than likely an IE7/runonce issue or similar.

warcrow- you keep forgetting the \ between the %KEY% and the increment

I added the backslash and it worked! Pardon me here, but my inner geek is going to surface. This is AWESOME! There are so many possibilities here, I love it!

I have another program that I'm going to add--thank you everyone for your help.

are u sure this appls folder take in the $1 folder?

if u used CD to install, $oem$\$1 folder and i386 folder appose.

if u used network to install, $oem$\$1 folder in the i386 folder.