There is no $OEM$ folder on my windows XP SP2 CD. I tried searching for the answer but I didnt have any luck so sorry if this is a commonly asked question.

I created the OEM folder and threw a firefox.exe in there and this is my batch script:

CLS
@echo off
TITLE Windows XP SP2 - Unattended Installation

ECHO.
ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations 
ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry
ECHO tweaks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically
ECHO once the whole process has finished!

ECHO.
ECHO Removing useless shortcuts...
DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk"
DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk"

ECHO.
ECHO Starting installation of Applications

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Mozilla Firefox
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Firefox\firefox.exe -ms

ECHO.
ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute...
shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give 
enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!"

ECHO.
ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files...
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install

EXIT

Heres my WINNT.SIF file:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	AutoPartition=0
	MsDosInitiated="0"
	UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=No
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=
	EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=15
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=
	FullName="administrator"
	OrgName="Arizona Respiratory Center"
	ComputerName=*

[GuiRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\install\batch_file.cmd

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=ARC.ARIZONA.EDU

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

The windows install will attempt to run my batch script but it says it cannot find it becuase the OEM folder isnt being copied to the HD.

Anyone know why my OEM folder isnt being copied to the HD? Is it becuase I created it by hand?

Thanks for your help.

OEMPreInstall should be set to "Yes" for the $OEM$ folder structure to be copied.

ahhhhhhhhhh ok that slipped by my eyes, i didnt even notice that option. Thanks for your help!!

Edited September 21, 200619 yr by PX_Darkness

hmmmm still no luck, i just tested it and it still doesnt copy OEM to my HD.

No one has ANY ideas as to why my OEM folder i created isnt getting copied??

Are you sure you created it in the correct location? Where did you put it and what does the subfolder structure look like?

I created the OEM folder...

It isn't OEM, but $OEM$.

It has to be parallel to i386, not inside, for CD installs.

hmmmm still no luck, i just tested it and it still doesnt copy OEM to my HD.

Like This;

$OEM$\$1\your installation folder\your command file and executables etc.>I386

$OEM$ is one folder, $1 is a subfolder of $OEM$, "your installation folder" sans quotes is a subfolder of $1

I386 is a separate folder on it's own.

Look here:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/18/

Edited September 25, 200619 yr by RickSteele

yup

you need OEMPreinstall=yes

winnt.sif lives in the i386 folder

RickSteele is correct.

This is how you have to create your directory structure and it has to be MANUALLY created.

$OEM$\$1\Install\Firefox.exe

Now in your batch file should work if you modify it to this

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\firefox.exe -ms

If you want to keep the original batch

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Firefox\firefox.exe -ms

Then you will have to create all the folders

$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Firefox\Firefox.exe