I am trying to use the automated rename feature built into the unattended installs, but having no luck. This rely's on the $$rename.txt located in the $oem$\$1 folder.

The contents on my $$rename.txt file is as follows, the first section is processed and the directory names change, but the rest is ignored. I have tried having a seperate $$reanme.txt for each subdirectory, but to no avail.

Anyone know how this works?

Thanks

Shayne

[\TEST]

T2STFO~1="T2stfolder3"

TESFOL~1="Tesfolder2"

[TEST\T2stfolder3]

TEST4F~1="test4folder"

[test\T2stfolder3\test4folder]

NEWTEX~1.TXT="New Text Document.txt"

[Tesfolder2]

TESTTE~1.TXT="test Text Document.txt"

This is a question about Unattended Installs... so it should go in the Unattended section.

Moved to correct forum.

What method are you using to install? You only need to use $$rename.txt if you start setup with winnt.exe from DOS. If you boot from the CD you can use long file names on the CD.

If you start from a "DOS Network Boot Disk" this method is documented by Microsoft but nobody never make this WORK

For my use, I made a batch file in "cmdlines.txt" that rename all needed 8.3 files...

Yeah, I neeed to do the unattended install from a NetWork drive, so I expect to have some grief.

Thanks for the answers, wish it were better news.