gar3th Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I have a large collection of photos and Documents that I want installed (silently) with XP into my My Documents/My Pictures Folder, is this possible ? if this has already been asked and answered I apologise but I couldnt find anything related.I did notice a $Docs folder when making my unattended iso, do I possibly drop the files in there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 hii suggest u make a winrar sfx.. if u have that many it will compress them .. so your cd doesnt get 2 huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar3th Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 could you explain more please, if I sfx them, how do I get them to extract with the XP installation silently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 when u make the sfx change the option 2 "hide all" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar3th Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 ok I've created the sfx and set it to hide all etc, so how do I execute it when installing XP silently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar3th Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 (edited) could I not make a $OEM$\$Docs\Gar3th\My Documents\My Pictures folder and place the pictures there ?(sorry for the 2 posts it wont let me delete this one) Edited September 29, 2004 by gar3th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 u could , BUT.. it may end up giving u a name like gar3th.computername& using winrar its compressed too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar3th Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 ok 1 hour later and finally my pictures are compressed lol. ok so now how and where do I add this sfx file and how do I execute it on my private install ? also will i need to also silently install winrar before the sfx file for windows to be able to extract it.ok I assume it will involve the start.cmd and if so do I even have a start.cmd or do I make one and if so do where do I place it and also where do I place my installation files ?maybe someone could point me to a tutorial that explains things if Im asking to many questions lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 hi..just place it anywhere in your cd, example: $OEM$\$1\Install\MyPics\<place it here>then your start.cmd file should readstart /wait %systemdrive%\Install\MyPics\mypictures.exemypictures.exe is the sfx file u created, rename it if neccessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 search the forum for additional switches for winrar or look in winrar docs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar3th Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 hi..just place it anywhere in your cd, example: $OEM$\$1\Install\MyPics\<place it here>then your start.cmd file should readstart /wait %systemdrive%\Install\MyPics\mypictures.exemypictures.exe is the sfx file u created, rename it if neccessary ok done that, just one thing, will this be silent or do I add a /s switch to the Pictures.exe ? btw I did select "hidden" when I made the sfx, so that should make it silent I assume ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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