can someone check batch file?

[evilvoice]

Ok, now normally I would post this in the topic it sorta belongs in, but my question doesnt pertain to the part of the batch file that the topic talks about...

This is the scenario...

I would like to be able to add a variable for 2cd install within the multiple runonceex.cmd batch...this is what I have so far

call common.cmd
If /I %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp1
If /I NOT %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp2
:Comp1
call Comp1.cmd
GOTO END
:Comp2
call Comp2.cmd
GOTO END
:END
start process.exe -q cmd.exe 120
set /p Install="For a 2cd setup, Press Y"
If %Install%==Y CALL 2cd.cmd
ECHO Done

Ok now for whats going wrong...process, which is supposed to wait 120 seconds to kill the cmd window, does not wait. I would like to be able to plug something in that if I do not hit "Y" at that time, that it will exit the batch and continue with installation at some point...or can I add runonceex variables at t-39? since I am using detachedprogram to set up users...which, btw, I have a question for raverod, if he reads this...

what is this?

echo. > %systemdrive%\MSA\%NewAdmin%

I mean why do you have that line in there? I am wondering because I need to know if I need to change something with my OEM folder for your usersetup.bat to work...I changed the MSA\Utilities locations to correspond with my own, and Im thinking about deleting the remoteadmin part

[sleepnmojo]

what is this?

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echo. > %systemdrive%\MSA\%NewAdmin%

I mean why do you have that line in there? I am wondering because I need to know if I need to change something with my OEM folder for your usersetup.bat to work...I changed the MSA\Utilities locations to correspond with my own, and Im thinking about deleting the remoteadmin part

That is used to echo an empty line.

in your two IF statements at the top, just use an else, no point in using two there.

As for the main portion of your question, could you post process, or explain where to get it, so we can see how it is used.

[evilvoice]

process can be found here...

thank you for the comment on else...I was thinking about that, but was not 100% sure if it would work that way

Actually I know what echo does...but where does it put an empty line, and why?

[jdoe]

If you can't make it work with process.exe there's a way to do it (a little tricky but it work) - you need sleep.exe and cmdow.exe

SLEEP.EXE and CMDOW.EXE

TITLE WindowToClose
ECHO SLEEP.EXE 120>>%WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO CMDOW.EXE WindowToClose /CLS>>%WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO DEL /F /Q %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD>>%WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD

call common.cmd
If /I %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp1
If /I NOT %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp2
:Comp1
call Comp1.cmd
GOTO END
:Comp2
call Comp2.cmd
GOTO END
:END
START %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
set /p Install="For a 2cd setup, Press Y"
If %Install%==Y CALL 2cd.cmd
ECHO Done

I have not test it but why it shouldn't work...

To print an empty line in a file ECHO. in enough

ECHO.>FILE.TXT

Hope this help

[evilvoice]

I musta not explained about the echo....

echo. > %systemdrive%\MSA\%NewAdmin%

Why does this command exist...this would be better for raverod since its his command...if someone does know why it exists in usersetup.cmd/bat then by all means comment, but I do know how to use echo and how to store text in a file from dos/command window, so please, lets not reply with telling me how to do it...I wanna know why it exists.

PS. thank you for the reply jdoe...will test in a sec

Ok update...cmdow does close the window, very cool...but it doesnt close the "close.cmd" window at the end...will test by adding EXIT to the end of the creation of close.cmd

[jdoe]

I'm a little surprise that the close.cmd window is not closing automatically but adding EXIT at the end is a good idea.

Like I said, a little tricky but it seem to work

[evilvoice]

very good find, thank you

[jdoe]

It's just too bad that it takes 2 EXE to do it. There must be a single program for that somewhere. We just don't know where it is hidden..

B)

[evilvoice]

now without sleep.exe

TITLE WindowToClose
ECHO setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS & set n=120 > %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO ping -n %n% 127.0.0.1 >nul >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO CMDOW.EXE WindowToClose /CLS >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO endlocal >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO DEL /F /Q %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO EXIT >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD

call common.cmd
If /I %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp1 ELSE GOTO Comp2
:Comp1
call Comp1.cmd
GOTO END
:Comp2
call Comp2.cmd
GOTO END
:END
START %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
set /p Install="For a 2cd setup, Press Y"
If %Install%==Y CALL 2cd.cmd
ECHO Done

I noticed another post talking about ping, but I found this on the webpage for the creator of cmdow...I just used the pertinent info from it. I would like to know how to get this into the cmd file correctly

ECHO ping -n %n% 127.0.0.1 >nul >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD

Another thing, everytime I run the cmd file, it says it cannot find close.cmd when deleting...any idea why? It does delete the file, but I just wanna know how to get rid of that message.

[jdoe]

I have tried to get the same message (cannot find close.cmd) but I can't

Have you tried without enableextensions... like this...

TITLE WindowToClose
ECHO ping -n 120 127.0.0.1 >nul >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO CMDOW.EXE WindowToClose /CLS >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO DEL /F /Q %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
ECHO EXIT >> %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD

call common.cmd
If /I %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp1 ELSE GOTO Comp2
:Comp1
call Comp1.cmd
GOTO END
:Comp2
call Comp2.cmd
GOTO END
:END
START %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
set /p Install="For a 2cd setup, Press Y"
If %Install%==Y CALL 2cd.cmd
ECHO Done

[sleepnmojo]

Give this a try. This should fix your problem with the ping > nul, what it is actually doing is trying to redirect, so you need the ^ in there to stop. I haven't tested this, so there is no guarantee on it.

TITLE WindowToClose
(
    ECHO setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS & set n=120
    ECHO ping -n %n% 127.0.0.1 ^>nul
    ECHO CMDOW.EXE WindowToClose /CLS
    ECHO endlocal
    ECHO DEL /F /Q %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
    ECHO EXIT
) > %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD

call common.cmd
If /I %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp1 ELSE GOTO Comp2
:Comp1
call Comp1.cmd
GOTO END
:Comp2
call Comp2.cmd
GOTO END
:END
START %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
set /p Install="For a 2cd setup, Press Y"
If %Install%==Y CALL 2cd.cmd
ECHO Done

[gunsmokingman]

ping -n 1 127.0.0.1>nul

take out the space and that should end the problem

that the way I have been doing it and havn't seen a error

and the 1 after the -n is for One second

[evilvoice]

gunsmokingman, the problem is that using echo to store the line in another file is what causes an error...I forget how to pull up what is allowed for using ">"'s, but you are not able to just simply >nul >close.cmd, now I havent tried your method, but it seems you are running that at commandline and not actually ECHO'ing it to another file to run, so I may be wrong.

I would like to say thank you to everyone...finally got what seems to be a working version...used both sleepnmojo and jdoe combined...for some reason the %n% of sleepnmojo's wouldnt store in the file, and using jdoes idea of cleaning stuff which I dont need, like set n, set and endlocal.

So here it is finished...still cannot get it to delete without error, always comes back with cannot find...But what this batch file does is to use multiple runonceex.cmd's and allow for a 2cd install, where 2cd.cmd contains the runonceex.cmd settings for the 2nd cd, and if youve looked at the multiple runonce thread, you should know the other part of the cmd file...

TITLE WindowToClose
(
   ECHO ping -n 120 127.0.0.1 ^>nul
   ECHO CMDOW.EXE WindowToClose /CLS
   ECHO EXIT
) > %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD

call common.cmd
If /I %computername%==Computer GOTO Comp1 ELSE GOTO Comp2
:Comp1
call Comp1.cmd
GOTO END
:Comp2
call Comp2.cmd
GOTO END
:END
START %WINDIR%\CLOSE.CMD
set /p Install="For a 2cd setup, Press Y"
If %Install%==Y CALL 2cd.cmd
ECHO Done
EXIT

Attached is the cmd window with the error...

[Denney]

what is this?

echo. > %systemdrive%\MSA\%NewAdmin%

That my friend, is my way of telling another cmd file which user we are installing for.

Seeing as I couldn't work out global variables that can be used in another batch file, I've made my batch file create an empty (echo.) file name the name of the user I'm installing this for.

Later on in the installation, in another batch file, I can test to see which user I am installing Windows for.

I use it to import user-based registry edits mainly and because I'm only doing a few computers with this particular CD, I can have my command files check which PC I'm installing it on.

Also helps for when I install an application like Visual Studio that I use by no-one else in the house does. I just have the cmd file that install Visual Studio check for a file named "RaveRod" in the MSA directory.

Hope that straightens things out for you.

[evilvoice]

Ah HA! thats actually really cool...i may have to put that in my global "things to do with cd before creating cd" file...which lists everything I need to do before I burn the finished product.