what am I doing wrong

using WPI v5.3

i have autorun.inf as

[autorun]

shellExecute=wpi\wpi.hta

ICON=wpi\tools\WPI.ico

which seems fine as it launches

say I want to launch "Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe" in the wpi\tools folder

this is the command i have to launch it

%CDROM%\WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe

(it is the correct path)

if my CD is drive D: it works, here is the log

cmd1 Success (returned code 0): ""D:\\WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe""

but if it is not drive D: I get an error, here is the log

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "D:\\WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe"

shouldn't %CDROM% equate to the actual drive letter and not just D:\

if I launch wpi.hta manually it has the correct drive letter but the wrong path, here is the log

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "R:\WPI\WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe"

(looks like the actual path of where where WPI.hta resides, not just the root of the drive, + the path I code)

could it be that you are missing inverted comma's in a command?

If your command line has blanks in it like between Universal and Silent etc. then the command should be in inverted commas.

if my CD is drive D: it works, here is the log

cmd1 Success (returned code 0): ""D:\\WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe""

but if it is not drive D: I get an error, here is the log

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "D:\\WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe"

Edited September 6, 200619 yr by BritishBulldog

Sow how do i install from cdrom then?

is it just like this :

CDROM%\WPI\install\emule\eMule0.47a.exe /S

or do i have to fill this in like this :

"CDROM%\WPI\install\emule\eMule0.47a.exe /S"

or... ?

sorry for beeing a wpi n00b

Edited September 7, 200619 yr by muiz

There have been some issues with the cdrom variable not being set properly. This issue is being addressed in WPI v5.4, which should be out some time in the near future.

It should be:

cmd1[pn]=['%wpipath%"WPI\Tools\Universal Silent Switch Finder.exe"'];

Or rename switchfinder to:

Tools\Universal_Silent_Switch_Finder.exe];

Edited September 8, 200619 yr by Pliek

Sow how do i install from cdrom then?

is it just like this :

CDROM%\WPI\install\emule\eMule0.47a.exe /S

or do i have to fill this in like this :

"CDROM%\WPI\install\emule\eMule0.47a.exe /S"

or... ?

sorry for beeing a wpi n00b

Muiz doe maar zo:

cmd1[pn]=['%wpipath%WPI\install\emule\eMule0.47a.exe /S'];

Got it , thx

Well I tried adding quotes but still.

entry

before

cmd1[pn]=['%CDROM%\\American Mcgee\'s Alice\\Auto Install American Mcgee\'s Alice.exe'];

after

cmd1[pn]=['%CDROM%"\\American Mcgee\'s Alice\\Auto Install American Mcgee\'s Alice.exe"'];

error

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "D:\\American Mcgee's Alice\Auto Install American Mcgee's Alice.exe"

after

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "D:\"\American Mcgee's Alice\Auto Install American Mcgee's Alice.exe""

The %CDROM% variable always defaults to D:\ when autorun "shellExecute=wpi\wpi.hta" is used to launch WPI which is fine if my drive letter is D but it is not

I was under the impression %CDROM% would equate to the actual drive letter

If I manually execute wpi.hta located in w:\wpi\wpi.hta it seems to set %CDROM% to "W:\WPI" which is the correct drive letter but not the root of the drive but the actual directory of where wpi.hta resides.

error

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "W:\WPI"\American Mcgee's Alice\Auto Install American Mcgee's Alice.exe""

Edited September 8, 200619 yr by Ramona

Well I tried adding quotes but still.

entry

before

cmd1[pn]=['%CDROM%\\American Mcgee\'s Alice\\Auto Install American Mcgee\'s Alice.exe'];

after

cmd1[pn]=['%CDROM%"\\American Mcgee\'s Alice\\Auto Install American Mcgee\'s Alice.exe"'];

error

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "D:\\American Mcgee's Alice\Auto Install American Mcgee's Alice.exe"

after

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "D:\"\American Mcgee's Alice\Auto Install American Mcgee's Alice.exe""

The %CDROM% variable always defaults to D:\ when autorun "shellExecute=wpi\wpi.hta" is used to launch WPI which is fine if my drive letter is D but it is not

I was under the impression %CDROM% would equate to the actual drive letter

If I manually execute wpi.hta located in w:\wpi\wpi.hta it seems to set %CDROM% to "W:\WPI" which is the correct drive letter but not the root of the drive but the actual directory of where wpi.hta resides.

error

cmd1 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "W:\WPI"\American Mcgee's Alice\Auto Install American Mcgee's Alice.exe""

First try this:

Use %wpipath% instead of %cdrom%

cmd1[pn]=['%wpipath%American_Mcgee_Alice\\American_Mcgee_Alice.exe'];

So rename to shorter names, and take out the double slash after %wpipath% (so then in your install.log.text you don't have a double slash there, because % variable already returns a \).

And make your Autorun like this:

[autorun]
SHELLEXECUTE=WPI\WPI.HTA
ICON=WPI.ICO

That means you put WPI.ICO on the root of your WINXP source.

Succes.

Edited September 11, 200619 yr by Pliek