navagator68 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Could someone please explain howin my wpi file to tell my computer to look in my c drive for the files to install not my cd rom ,i belive it has to do with the set WPIPATH command .I have allready looked in other posts but i can not find the answer to my delimma.THis is what i am trying to do i have created an unattened xp pro cd and added the wpi folder to my install file .After running my cd and xp installs i call the wpi file from my sif folder it runs the wpi program i pick the apps i want to install but when i go to install i get a "windows cannot find D:\....".I need to tell the wpi .cmd file to look in my c drive for the files not on D which is my cd rom.Please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHANDER Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 If you use %systemdrive%\Install\Installfile.exe it will look for the files under the drive you installed windows on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navagator68 Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 If you use %systemdrive%\Install\Installfile.exe it will look for the files under the drive you installed windows on I am using the %systemdrive%\Install\Installfile.exe command which is called from my sif file but i still get "windows cannot find D:\....".What do i have to change in my wpi cmd file to tell it to look on my c drive not my d drive for the applications that where just coppied from my unattened cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart of borg Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Are you using the %systemdrive% parameter in your configure.js file too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navagator68 Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 Are you using the %systemdrive% parameter in your configure.js file too?Thank you very much that was the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 really now i did not know that u hv to do that.why wouldn't simply editing the config.js with %systemdrive% work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navagator68 Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 really now i did not know that u hv to do that.why wouldn't simply editing the config.js with %systemdrive% work?I was using %cdrom% in my config.js file which was trying too open my cd rom i did not realise u had to replace the %cdrom% with %systemdrive% i am new to this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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