I don't remember te swithces but i created them with switch generator program. And i tried lots of switches. I even tried with no switches but no luck.

Well, CDswitch needs at least two switches, as described in the first post: label and drive.

However, without the used parameters I can't help you as I can't tell what you're doing wrong.

Nevermind..

Edited January 7, 200620 yr by pcdreams

Who than uses for automatic installation?

Who than uses for automatic installation?

Mind rephrasing that?

Hiya,

I'm using Version 0.8.4.0 as downloaded from page1.

I used the CD Switch Generator to create the switches to use within RunOnceEx.cmd, which is below

REG ADD %KEY%\130 /VE /D "Requesting CD2" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\130 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\misc\cdswitch.exe /g:Apps /r:autorun.inf /rw /b /k" /f

It does create a log file, just confirming the switches used and number of them, and that is it.

As you can see it runs from the C:\ drive and not CD-ROM.

Yes i have checked that the file exists, and yes Apps is label of CD, and autorun.inf is on root of CD.

Even running the most basic switch of cdswitch.exe /s /o D: from start | run when finished with CD1, as it continues straight to desktop, doesn't work.

Any thoughts on why it isn't working are appreciated, as i can't see what i'm doing wrong.

Thank you

You'll have to excuse me, but I remember very little of the switches as I haven't worked on it for a while.

REG ADD %KEY%\130 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\misc\cdswitch.exe /g:Apps /r:autorun.inf /rw /b /k" /f

So, let's see here:

%systemdrive%\install\misc\cdswitch.exe

is correct, as it's running. *yay*

/g:Apps

replace this by "Apps". The "/g:" is to detect a drive holding the disc with label "Apps".

*missing*

the second parameter should be the drive you want to use. Check the help-file for different methods to do this: by drive letter, by drive number, by the disc inside (which holds a certain label or file).

/r:autorun.inf

Windows always takes the path you're currently "working" in , so it could be you're referring to the wrong path. I could be mistaken, but just to be save, use the *DRIVE*-parameter.

So therefor, try this line:

REG ADD %KEY%\130 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\misc\cdswitch.exe Apps D: /r:*DRIVE*\autorun.inf /rw /b /k" /f

Hope that helps, sorry if I explained it too complicated. XD

Edited February 16, 200620 yr by Nanaki

Think i get you.

Will give your suggestion a go and report back.

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did your suggestion and worked a treat. Thank you.

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Edited February 21, 200620 yr by oioldman

i got this error after the final restart of windows server2003. idont know what it is. it didnt eject the cd. pl help

Edited March 1, 200620 yr by rajesh.kumar

Via a quick scan of the code, I can only assume you're using CDswitch 0.9a, correct? The only cause I can think of is that no disc can be found.

Now, this could be CDswitch its fault (it's still "alpha" ), but the quick tests I did worked.

Therefor, mind posting your RunOnceEx code you used to launch CDswitch? For now, you can always switch back to 0.8.4.

this is the contents of the RunOnceEx.cmd :

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\2003.CD SET CDROM=%%i:

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

FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\WPI.ico SET CDROM=%%i:

REG ADD %KEY%\0020 /VE /D "Switching to Applications CD..." /f

REG ADD %KEY%\0020 /V 1 /D "cdswitch \"Appz_CD\" %CDROM% /d /r:\"%CDROM%\WPI.cmd\"" /f

EXIT

Thanks for the suggestion. im going to use the 0.8.4 version.

I don't see anything wrong, so it's probably some coding error.

You can always generate a log-file (/k) to see if CDswitch detects any drive.

i have to install the cd again from the beginning after adding the log switch. i would post the log file on sunday.

great tool! thanks

i use this

%CDROM%\Apps\cdswitch.exe WINXP_2 /g:WINXP_1 /r:%CDROM%\Apps\WPI.cmd

when it during installation in vmware,.. the dialogue asking for the cd comes up but its all blank.. no image.. nothing on it ..just plain blan brown background