nodiaque Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 (edited) Hi, I<m currently making an unattended xp installation. Everything work fin (Even the slipstream of sp2 and office 2k3) but I have a problem. My cdrom tree reside like this (see picture).Now, the files/folders into $docs and $progs aren't copied at all. They stay on the cd. Can anyone tell me why???Thanks Edited July 23, 2004 by nodiaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Hi, I<m currently making an unattended xp installation. Everything work fin (Even the slipstream of sp2 and office 2k3) but I have a problem. My cdrom tree reside like this (see picture).Now, the files/folders into $docs and $progs aren't copied at all. They stay on the cd. Can anyone tell me why???ThanksWhere's the picture? (as you mentioned it....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WwTIPPYwW Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 also, post the WINNT.sif filequote from http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htmAs you read on the previous page, we're using the $OEM$ distribution folders to install our favourite software, drivers, and registry tweaks. But to make this work, we need to specify two values in the winnt.sif file under [unattended]: [unattended]OemPreinstall=YesUnattendSwitch="yes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodiaque Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 oh dam, forget to attach the picture lol, post editedHere is my winnt.sif;; Generated by nLite 0.98.3 Beta;[Data] MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes[Unattended] UnattendMode = FullUnattended UnattendSwitch = Yes OemPreinstall = Yes OemSkipEula = Yes OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_chipset\IDE\WinXP;Drivers\000_chipset\GART;Drivers\000_chipset\SMBus;Drivers\000_chipset\MemCtl;Drivers\000_chipset\Ethernet;Drivers\001_network;Drivers\001_network\WINXP;Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\004_sound\WDM;Drivers\005_monitor" FileSystem = * WaitForReboot = No TargetPath = "\Windows" DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore Hibernation = No KeyboardLayout="Canadian French"[SystemFileProtection] SFCQuota = 0[SetupParams] SkipMissingFiles = Yes[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = "###########" TimeZone = 035 OEMSkipRegional = 1 OemSkipWelcome = 1 AutoLogon = Yes[Display] BitsPerPel = 32 Xresolution = 1024 Yresolution = 768 Vrefresh = 85[UserData] ProductKey = "#############" ComputerName = "MERADOR" FullName = Neo's Computer OrgName = ""[RegionalSettings] Language = 1009[Identification] JoinWorkgroup = "Paradox"[Networking][GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\first_boot.cmdBut like I said, only $Docs and $Progs doesn't work. $OEM$ work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid as a rock Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 oh dam, forget to attach the picture lol, **SNIP**move $Progs and $Docs to ($1 <-- wrong) $oem$ and you are gone....but ermmm... why copy winzip? why not install?start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Winzip\wzip.exe /sand favorites you can run a copy command in CMD:xcopy /y /e %systemdrive%\install\favorites "%userprofile%\favorites" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodiaque Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 why winzip??? because winzip 9.0 won't do a silent install except if you run the winzip32.exe with /autoinstall /bnotip /noqp... this is what winzip.com says...and since I delete my install and drivers folder after the install, winzip need the .exe on next reboot, so easier this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid as a rock Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 dam... badly readed the picture... thanks!btw, is there anything like %profiledir% ? Because I change my administrator username and I want to be able to put my favorites in it. $Docs put into documents and settings, but I'd like something like $user or something of the like (or via batch file)%userprofile% . please see my last post, i have edited it....edit: ok, i see.... ( i have winrar and it is easy to install it silenty....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodiaque Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 yes, thanks, I saw after that's why I edited my post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodiaque Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 btw, you say to move $docs and $progs to $1... if I looked at the picture, isn't it's into $oem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 $Docs and $Progs should be placed in $OEM$. http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/oemfolders.htmHaving a folder named administrator is going to cause a problem. When setup finds that folder in Documents and Settings, it will create a new folder called Administrator.computername. Your favorites will end up being in the wrong place. You can make a self extracting archive of the Admin folder, place it in $Docs, and the extract it during RunOnceEx. Or just copy the files that you need over to the administrator folder (or other user folder) sometime during setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 the real question is, did you disable/remove OOBE?$Docs and $Progs aren't really part of the OEM PreInstall, but I believe more of a part of OOBE.they're copied over during GUI setup (the Blue windows screen, with those annoying ads) instead of txtmode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edbro Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Having a folder named administrator is going to cause a problem. When setup finds that folder in Documents and Settings, it will create a new folder called Administrator.computername. Your favorites will end up being in the wrong place. You can make a self extracting archive of the Admin folder, place it in $Doc, and the extract it during RunOnceEx.I wondered about this as I tried it and ended up with a directory named "ed.eds_Computer". How do I copy over files and directories into my user folder in docs and settings? I want to copy over my favorites and some files into My Documents.What is the $Docs folder for if you can't actually copy over files into the user's My Documents folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 If you use All Users folder, then there won't be any misnamings.....that would be my guess for the purpose of $Docs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 the real question is, did you disable/remove OOBE?$Docs and $Progs aren't really part of the OEM PreInstall, but I believe more of a part of OOBE.Oh!So such a thing explains my problems......Here, I refer to OOBE - the first-run experience (which asks to turn on automatic updates, Asks user names, network, activate, register).I had altogether removed OOBE (using nLite). After that, I found that nothing in my $Docs folder was copying over to the HD anymore. This was happening on SP2 RC2. Due to this unexpected 'feature', I then re-slipstreamed and re-built my CD, but I still am not able to get the $Docs folder working.I suspect $Docs functionality has been removed in build2149 to make it process-compatible with win2k. Could Alanoll or someone test out this for me, and tell me if this is true or not?{Just place a "deleteme.txt" file in your CD's "$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Desktop\" directory, and see if it copies over as it should - if it does not, my suspicion is true}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 see, now here you go trying to get me to slipstream my XP disc with a copy of SP2......if someone doesn't get there before me, I'll test it later....on an unmodified copy of XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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