Applying Custom Settings After Install (XP SP3)

[morgrym]

I would like to do the following things after the unattended install is done;

Del desktop icons added by silent installs, addons etc to leave only the my computer, network places, and recycle bin.

Show the quick launch bar with only the icons i list in it.

replace some folders in the application data area so as not to have to re customize certain programs.

What is the easiest way to do this? I tried making a run once file, but using xcopy etc dosent seem to recognize the %systemroot% type paths returning path not found.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Mike

[johnhc]

morgrym, I suggest you look into Windows Post Install (WPI) - couple of forums below nLite. Kels also has a Cleanup.exe utility that cleans all shortcuts from the DT. From WPI you can run your own scripts or batch files to do all you want. Here is the script I use to clean shortcuts. You could adapt it to a batch file or whatever. Works great for me. I also use AutoIt to create scripts (free - see Google) Enjoy, John.

FileDelete (@DesktopDir&"\*.lnk")
FileDelete (@DesktopCommonDir&"\*.lnk")
FileDelete (@AppDataDir&"\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\*.lnk")