RunOnce and dos commands

[m00ty]

I want to have a set of dos commands run when windows starts for the first time. I tried a few things but none worked and I have searched on here a lot but have not found much documentation on RunOnce in nLite.

I want to run the command below, for example, on first boot into windows after install.

del C:\"Documents and Settings"\User\Desktop\*.lnk

This works when i put it in a batch or command file within windows. I tried calling it from the RunOnce area but it failed. I am not sure where i should locate the bat or cmd file with these commands in it within the nLite created image/directory.

Can someone please help or guide me to information.

Thanks

m00ty

[johnhc]

m00ty, if your are placing the command in the nLite RunOnce area, then the problem is that it runs at T-13. This is too early, since your account is not set up yet. There are many ways to accomplish this, but the easiest way may well be Windows Post Install (WPI, a couple forums below nLite's). It also allows you do many things such as installing programs. Enjoy, John.

[g-force]

I think it has got to run in "RunOnceEx", not "RunOnce".

This is NOT at T-13, it runs when the User is logged on, but before Desktop has completly loaded.

[mooms]

it's located under i386, the file is NLITE.CMD, cabbed into NLITE.CM_

for your command, try with

del "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\*.lnk"

Edited April 9, 2009 by mooms

[Kurt_Aust]

Yes, that won't work as nLite's RunOnce operates before the desktop is fully loaded, you will need a command like this:

Start CMD /R " Ping -n 121 127.0.0.1 > nul && Del "%UserProfile%\Desktop\*.lnk" && Del "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\*.lnk" "

This will allow 2 minutes for the desktop to load (n-1 seconds, might need to increase if running GuiRunOnce commands) before scrubbing the desktop.

If that doesn't work go with:

Start CMD /R %Source%CleanUp.bat

Where CleanUp.bat is a batch file in the root directory of your install media containing:

Ping -n 121 127.0.0.1 > nul
Del "%UserProfile%\Desktop\*.lnk"
Del "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\*.lnk"

Edited April 10, 2009 by Kurt_Aust