RunOnceEx.cmd "Flags" Query

[sleepnmojo]

But still the same - Flags looks like not working... Or is it only my problem?

I believe MS stopped using the flags after 2000. So that would be the last OS they made that supported the flags. If you are on XP or 2k3, you can remove them.

[MHz]

@ Incroyable Hulk, Bashrat et al = looks like a bag of bull**** to me - wont be adding it myself. And thanks to Soulin for the answer on what it actually does.

@MHz = If you knew what it does, would it have really hurt you to say so? Instead of writing more words directing people to a dodgy M$ site than it would have took to explain it.    It wasnt as if I was asking why my $OEM$ folder hadnt been copied over. Get a life and get out more man.

@DLF

Always a critic around. If you would research that so called dodgy page on M$ site. You would have noticed at the bottom of the page:

APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

• Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

Do I have to do everything for you?

I do my research for my tasks, can you say the same? Instead of simply criticizing. You get a life, eh.

[Martin Zugec]

2MHz: Thx, didnt notice... But I just dont understand why did they stop it - using presence of runonceex.err as way to determine if script was performed successfully or not would be great

[MHz]

@soulin

Do not know the reason. Maybe it caused instability? Maybe it had to go for something better?

I agree with you. Logging can be helpful.

[DLF]

@MHz

APPLIES TO • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

• Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

That proves what sort of a person you are - you've refused to answer a question - but directed us to a M$ website that doesnt even contain info about WinXP Pro. I rest my case - thanks for nothing.

If you havent got anything POSITIVE to contribute - keep your comments to yourself.

We can all post SEARCH-SEARCH-SEARCH thats hard isnt it, but it doesnt help if you've searched like I have and come up with nothing. I thought that this was the purpose of the forum - search and then ask.

99.9% of people on this forum have helped me but you have got a serious attitude problem. Please get some psychiatric help.

[Nologic]

DLF -

Question did you take your meds today?

Okay first off I my self prefer first hand info, rather than some ones interpatation of that info. Also not all doc's are updated MS has a LOT of them incase you haven't noticed...so what applies to Win2k may or may not apply to XP.

Far as I can tell MHz was helpful...now whether or not you found it that way or not...is your hang up not his.

Any ways your out of line, so stop and rethink what your saying and doing.

[DLF]

DLF -

Question did you take your meds today? what applies to Win2k may or may not apply to XP

Far as I can tell MHz was helpful

By directing me to a website that doesnt contain infor re: XP. How come is that helpful?

[Nologic]

*shakes head*

Also not all doc's are updated MS has a LOT of them incase you haven't noticed...so what applies to Win2k may or may not apply to XP.

[DLF]

You can shake your head and defend your boyfriend all you like but I repeat: directing me to a website that doesnt contain info re: XP. How come is that helpful?

I get all this flaming because I dared to ask about a "FLAGS" command that I didnt understand.

You lot really are helpful. Thankyou all.

[Nologic]

Are you f***ing kidding me?

How long have you been using computers? It would appear to be not more than a few months. There are doc's on Dos that still to this day apply to WinXP but those doc's have NOT been marked as useful to WinXP.

Pull your f***ing head out of your a**, and stop expecting every one to do your work for you.

*Update*

NO you got this flaming because you throw mud in the faces of others that try to help you. Its not any ones fault but your own for not accepting the value of what has been shared.

[Bilou_Gateux]

REG ADD %KEY% /V FLAGS /D "dword:00000018" /f

Whilst searching and browsing the threads I have seen this line of code directly under some peoples' TITLE key in their RunOnceEx.cmd examples. Can someone enlighten me as to what it is and does? I have recently changed over to RunOnceEx from batch_file.cmd on my UA XPCD with the help of the recommended "RunOnceEx Creator" and it doesn't create this key for me.

Don't know for this value but here some infos about another value:

"Flags"=dword:00000ab8

http://www.helpfulsolutions.com/Silent_IE5_Install.htm

Getting rid of the "Windows Update" dialog

To get rid of this dialog, which appears when the system is rebooted, you need to modify a registry entry after the IE5 setup has completed, but before the system is rebooted. The value needs to be set to 00000ab8. Setting this value only affects the visibility of this dialog; Windows will actually do the processing of the stuff that is normally associated with this dialog whether it is shown or not. (probably a good thing)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx]

"Flags"=dword:00000ab8

Getting rid of the "Personalized Settings" dialog

Disabling this dialog may have adverse effects and you should weigh out the potential problems very carefully. The essence of the problem is that if you disable this dialog you are not just preventing it from being displayed, but are also disabling some crucial aspects of the IE5 setup; specifically with regard to updating a previous IE installation. If you're installing IE5 on Win95 OSR2, Win98, and WinNT 4.0, all of which already install various versions of IE as part of the default installation of the OS, then you must allow this dialog to be displayed so that updates to the users personalized settings from earlier versions of IE get carried across properly. Basically the only OS that you can safely disable this dialog for is the Win95 original retail version, which did not ship with IE as part of the OS, and even then you should follow the following instructions very carefully .

To disable this dialog, set the following registry entry to "Y" and after the user has rebooted remove the key. This key does not get removed automatically, which means that if you install the basic IE5 components on a Win95 retail version machine and do not remove this key, and the user at a later time installs IE5 or above, they will not get any of the personalized settings migrated. This will not be a good thing.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components]

"NoIE4StubProcessing"="Y"

And i'm running Windows 2000 Pro / Server

[xper]

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Calm down folks.

Thanks

[DLF]

@Bilou_Gateux

@sleepnmojo

Thanks for your help.

[Nologic]

xper -

Warning directed at me (yes \ no)?

[DLF]

@nologic

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Question did you take your meds today?

Pull your f***ing head out of your a**

What do you think?