Unattended registry/file changes in Vista ...

[midiboy]

Hi everyone !

I am very curious why this has not come up yet (at least I could not find anything).

Obviously all those cmd files used to install applications, set/change registry values and copy system/program files do not work in Vista anymore because Vista has something called "Windows File protection". As far as I was able to find out so far, only the "trusted installer group" is able to change anything in the Programfiles or Windows folders including the registry so any cmd that will include codes like "regedit /S example.reg" will fail in Vista.

Is there any way to keep my cmds that work fine in Windows XP and just add some logic to be able to use it for Vista and Windows XP ?

So far I have been using Wihu to install all my applications. Wihu simply called cmds for each application that I selected for installation so I was able to install the application right after the Windows installation or later on by calling Wihu or the cmd itself.

How can I change the cmds so that all registry and file operations run silently in WindowsXP and Vista when run from an Administrators account ?

Any ideas ? Thanks for your help !

Alex