rebooting in runonce.exe causing error

[1boredguy]

after i put rebooting in my RunOnceEx.cmd, an error screen pops up for less than a second, but rebooting does commence. is there something wrong here with the shutdown.exe switches?? maybe the reboot time is too short? (if so, how many minimum seconds are recommended)

any feedback is appreciated! thanks

here's my 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:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Final Modifications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing Microsoft Office 2003" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Office2003\Office2003.exe" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Software\regtweaks.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Reboot Computer" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 1" /f

EXIT

Edited June 29, 2005 by 1boredguy

[BrandonS_Mil]

Can you show a screen shot of the error.... you know from VM Ware or VPC

[Alanoll]

i'm betting the screen you're talking about, is perhaps the screen telling you the system is shutting down. You do only have a 1 second delay.

I recommend a 60+ delay, so that the desktop fully loads and doesn't cause potential problems later on.

[1boredguy]

here is the error screen. how do i get rid of it?

i did change the delay to 60 seconds. but the error screen still comes up. notice that the 60 seconds is in the error screen. maybe if i set no delay??? i just want the system to restart after completion of 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:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Final Modifications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing Microsoft Office 2003" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Office2003\Office2003.exe" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Software\regtweaks.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Finalise & Reboot Computer" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60" /f

EXIT

Edited June 29, 2005 by 1boredguy

[1boredguy]

I just tried it without a delay.

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "shutdown.exe -r -f" /f

but it then gives a delay anyway of 30 seconds.

i just want the RunOnceEx.cmd to install the stuff, then restart... am i taking a wrong approach? is there a better way?

[MHz]

That window is just a visable warning, that the system is shutting down. This is very normal. Logging into the desktop, the first time, is a important stage. I would recommend, as Alanoll has recommended, in using 60 seconds for shutdown, other wise your themes etc. will not be setup properly.

[Achdine]

If it looks too much like an error to you, try adding a comment to it (shows up in the Message section of that window). Just add a -c switch, and the comment you want to show.

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Finalise & Reboot Computer" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c \"Finalizing installation process.  Please wait while your system reboots.\"" /f

(On a side note, at first I thought you misspelled "Finalise," but Dictionary.com actually lists both "Finalize" and "Finalise." I think it's more common to see it with a z, however.)

[1boredguy]

thanks for the great responses guy! and helping me understand this process. i have inserted a new comment, so it looks a little better. maybe later i'll look around for some program like xplode (a free one hopefully).

thanks!