Too many installs to be seen on the Runonce list?

**Manuarii** · November 11, 2005

Whenever you put entries in the RunOnceEx registry key, all keys in it is run in alphanumerical order, once at the next reboot. (used keys are deleted aftwards)

To execute the RunOnceEx Key without the need of the system reboot you can use the command

'rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess' after registering

So if you want to make consecutive RunOnceEx windows runs at logon, just call the other RunOnceEx

command file at the end of the current one and put 'rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess'

at his end.

Here an example:

1stRunOnceEx.cmd executed from cmdlines.txt adds registry entries at T-12

FOR %%D IN (d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x:) DO IF EXIST %%D\WIN51IP SET CDROM=%%D
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
SET PG=%CDROM%\APPS1

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "1st list of apps to be execute" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "1st application" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V A /D "%PG%\1stApp.exe" /switch1 /switch2" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "2nd application" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%PG%\2ndApp.exe" /switch1 /switch2" /f

[i](etc...)[/i]

REG ADD %KEY%\zzz /VE /D "Cmd to register other entries" [i]<-- don't add this if you don't want it to be listed[/i]
REG ADD %KEY%\zzz /V Z /D %Path_to%\2ndRunonceEx.cmd /f

This will be executed at first logon coz the RunOnceEx Registry Key needs a reboot or the

'rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess' command to be executed

2ndRunOnceEx.cmd

FOR %%D 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 %%D\WIN51IP SET CDROM=%%D
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
SET PG=%CDROM%\APPS2

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "2nd list of apps to be execute" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "1st application" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V A /D "%PG%\1stApp.exe" /switch1 /switch2" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "2nd application" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%PG%\2ndApp.exe" /switch1 /switch2" /f

[i](etc...)[/i]

REG ADD %KEY%\zzz /VE /D "Cmd to register other entries" [i]<-- don't add this if you don't want it to be listed[/i]
REG ADD %KEY%\zzz /V Z /D %Path_to%\my_next_RunonceEx.cmd /f

rundll32 iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess

The 2ndRunOnceEx.cmd will register his entries in the registry when the 1st set of programs are done

and since we add 'rundll32 iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess' it will run the new RunOnceEx entries

and will call the my_next_RunOnceEx.cmd at the end of it, and so on...

**drscouse** · November 11, 2005

Yeah, I can see how that works too... but simply adding that line, and starting the sequence off agin, without calling for a second ROE file works too... you are in effect relaunching the same window, but with different installs.

I only found the need to use a second ROE file, as I needed to reboot after the first one, prior to installing all my apps and tweaks... this way, it would start afresh, I know ROE will carry on from where it left off if it reboots half way through, but I wanted to start with a fresh window.

I have 3 new windows which are all generated from the same ROE.cmd, without calling for a new .cmd file.

**Orsi** · November 11, 2005

Well, below is my only RunOnceEx, it executes right after is executed, without no reboot or something

Don't understood how to sove this

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

for %%a in (z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c) do if exist %%a:\CD.TXT (

set CDROM=%%a:

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

goto install

)

:install

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Registry" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Application name" /f