Running UA Settings before Format

[Marthax]

Hi Everyone!

I've been thinking about changing my RunOnceEx to make it flexible, which means that you can choose what you want to install, like WPI or Xplode. The thing I want to do is to make it ask for your selection of programs to install first, and then do the install. This way, it's completely unattended and doesn't require any User Interaction.

Is it possible to achieve this in some way? I thought about make a program that asks for which programs to install, then creates a RunOnceEx.cmd with your selections and puts it on a 3,5 Floppy, but I'd rather like to avoid Floppy disks. Does anyone know how to do this using some other method?

Thanks in advance!

Marthax

[Vadikan]

The thing I want to do is to make it ask for your selection of programs to install first, and then do the install.

When do you want to ask the user? Before you start installing the OS? Otherwise, I don't see how it can be

completely unattended and doesn't require any User Interaction.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The only way I can think of is to make a multiboot with a million boot options

[Marthax]

When do you want to ask the user? Before you start installing the OS? smile.gif Otherwise, I don't see how it can be

No, I mean like to be able to do the user interaction in Windows and then somehow, to save this information for use later on. Is it possible?

[Achdine]

You can do this from a PE (Preinstall Environment, basically Windows installed on a CD) like BartPE or WinPE. Check out this topic from the PE section of this forum.

[Marthax]

Ok, Thanks

EDIT: One thing though, this will boot of the cd right? If I run this procedure I want to call and then format with my UACD, where will these procedure settings be saved?

Edited July 16, 2005 by Marthax