Installing with RunOnceEx from network share

[Incroyable HULK]

Hello once again! I finally decided to move my Application folder to a Network Share (to save space on my CD) and I'd like a simple mecanism to check if the network is accessible and if not, a warning message to tell that the programs weren't installed.

so, first lets specify that I am launching my RunOnceEx command from GuiRunOnce in my winnt.sif:

[GuiRunOnce]
%windir%\Temp\Install\RunOnceEx.cmd

Here is the part I want to work out in RunOnceEx.cmd:

IF NOT EXIST \\My\Network\Share\check.txt (GOTO WARNING) ELSE GOTO INSTALL

:WARNING
How would I make a prompt box with a OK button?

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Stop Picking your Nose Please" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Nero© Burning ROM 6.6" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "\\My\Network\Share\Applications\Nero\NERO.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui" /f

rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess

That's about it. You get the idea...

Edited June 30, 2005 by Incroyable HULK

[Martin Zugec]

If you are in the domain, most simple method is to check for LogonServer variable.

If defined LogonServer goto:continue

[Achdine]

NirCMD does everything you could ever want. Ever.

This would give you a messagebox with the message "Network Share not Accessible" and the title "Error"

NirCMDc.exe InfoBox "Network Share not Accessible" "Error"

Also, this would give you a dialog box with "Yes" and "No" buttons, where yes would call your RunOnceEx.cmd again

NirCMDc.exe QBox "Network Share not Accessible.  Try again?" "Error" "RunOnceEx.cmd"

In the same vein, this would give the same message, but when it calls the .cmd file again it would run it without opening a command window

NirCMDc.exe QBoxCom "Network Share not Accessible.  Try again?" "Error" Exec Hide "RunOnceEx.cmd"

I wrote all of these off the top of my head, I may have typoed somewhere, but the idea is there. Refer to the documentation on the website.

Alternatively, if you don't want to use a seperate tool you can just use Windows Messenger. The window isn't as pretty, but still gets the message across

Msg "%UserName%" "Network Share not Accessible"

[Martin Zugec]

Sometimes I am using this simple method (when I am in hurry):

echo MsgBox "Network not available",0,"Error" > temp.vbs
wscript temp.vbs
del temp.vbs

[Sonic]

or use "pause" in command prompt ... it's not very cool but it works ...