How can I add "explorer.scf" to quick launch area?

[RichTJ99]

Hi,

One of the things I do when I install windows manually is to add:

c:\windows\explorer.scf

To the quick launch area.

I was curious, what commands would I need to get that added to my regtweaks.reg file or winnt.sif (or where ever it would go - btw regtweaks gets my vote).

Anyway, I have done a bunch of reading & spent most of yesterday playing around & I am hooked.

My first cd worked flawlessly (I admit I was very surprised) & I am now going to venture from the start.cmd style of installing to the RunOnceEx.cmd (looks great!).

I will let ya all know how it goes.

Anyway, I was just curious how to get the explorer.scf file up & running.

Thanks,

Rich

[jrzycrim]

Copy a shortcut for explorer.sfc to the quick launch folder during setup. The folder for quick launch is:

%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

[RichTJ99]

Im not sure I understand how to do this. Should I copy the shortcut to the \$OEM$\$1\Install folder?

[jrzycrim]

You can place it there and then during installation you can copy it to the quick launch folder. Reading another post of yours, I see that you are using GUIRunOnce to launch start.cmd. That would be a good place to copy any shortcuts from your install folder.

Something like this placed in your Start.cmd file would work:

copy %systemdrive%\install\Quicklaunch\*.* "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

Any Shortcuts you place in $oem$\$1\Install\quicklauch will be copied to the Quick Launch toolbar during GUIRunOnce.

[killerbee]

hi,

you could also search for a "shortcut.exe" here on the forums to create your own .lnk's where you need it.

hope this helps a bit

cya

Killer Bee

[RichTJ99]

You can place it there and then during installation you can copy it to the quick launch folder. Reading another post of yours, I see that you are using GUIRunOnce to launch start.cmd. That would be a good place to copy any shortcuts from your install folder.

Something like this placed in your Start.cmd file would work:

copy %systemdrive%\install\Quicklaunch\*.* "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

Any Shortcuts you place in $oem$\$1\Install\quicklauch will be copied to the Quick Launch toolbar during GUIRunOnce.

I am actually moving towards a runonceex style install now. What would I do in that case?

[jrzycrim]

If you are going to be using RunOnceEx, most likely you are going to have at least one .cmd file that is executed for post installation cleanup. Just include the command to copy your quicklaunch shortcuts in that or in any other cmd scripts you might launch from RunOnceEx.

[homeskillet]

jrzycrim,

Would I be able to do this in the All Users folder (due to multiple people logging on to the same PC)? I noticed the All Users folder doesn't include the Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folders. I assume I could manually create the folders and dump the icons there, correct?

[jrzycrim]

I've never placed any shortcuts there but you can try it and see if they show up.

[RichTJ99]

Hrmm.

I added:

copy %systemdrive%\install\Quicklaunch\*.* "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

to my cleanup.cmd & nothing is there.

I also notice I have a "install" & "drivers" folder on the machine.

It seems that all the items in my cleanup.cmd didnt do anything they were supposed to do.

cleanup.cmd

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

copy %systemdrive%\install\Quicklaunch\*.* "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!"

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install

EXIT

[jrzycrim]

Post your RunOnceEx file.

[RichTJ99]

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Slipstreamed Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "TweakUI 2.10 Powertoy" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Powertoys\TweakUI.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "WinRAR v3.30 Plus (Corporate Edition)" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Winrar\wrar330.exe /s" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Kazaa Lite K++ v2.4.3" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\kazaalite243.exe /silent" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\075 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\regtweaks.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\080 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\080 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

[lpl]

Here is my code for adding windows explorer to cleanup.cmd...replace %cdrom% with %systemdrive% in this case..

COPY /Y "%cdrom%\install\QuickLaunch\Windows Explorer.lnk" "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

[RichTJ99]

Whats the /y for (yes?)

I am getting the feeling that the problem is my cleanup.cmd isnt running at all.

The explorer link isnt there & my install & driver folders dont get deleted.

[RichTJ99]

Ok, as i investigate further, nothing from my runonceex.cmd file is running, nothing in my prepare.cmd file, or the cleanup.cmd file.

Any ideas?