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Okay. I have a theory so please bare with me. I pretty much understand the whole concept of runonce where cmdlines.txt runs a batch file and this in turn makes a reg value in the regitry and setup deletes it as it runs so it only runs once. hence the name. However many things such as .msi files dont run correctly (from what I understand. Please correct me if I am wrong) unless the shell is running and you are logged in.

My theory:

Lets say you want to install things while logged on using the windows update method (the fancy looking .inf installation method for us obsessed with look, kind of people) hehe.

You would finish off the runonce updates (called from cmdlines.txt) with a batch file that copies a shortcut from your install folder to the all users --> startmenu --> startup folder. This shortcut calls up a batch from the install folder on your system drive (I use a shortcut rather than an actual batch because I have had no luck in running a batch file then having it delete itself. This is so that the first time you logon it will run a batch file that will in turn run an inf, lets say Gosh's idea for an installing inf file ----> I apologize for only referencing Gosh's work because he is the only person I can think of right now. Once again I apologize as I and my others know there is some tension in this forum with the people who have all those stars beneath their name.

Anywho, back to what I was saying, the batch file file would run the installation of an inf file and then would run a command to delete the shortcut in the startup folder so to not run every startup. I think thats it. Do you guys think I hit the mark with this or should I stop smoking what you guys think I would be smoking when I wrote this. lol

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I'm confused - everything should install fine from the RunOnceEx method as the shell is fully loaded at this stage, you only need to add the registry keys to inititate (or enable if you like) this method during cmdlines.txt so you shouldn't have a problem..

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@Gism0 I can't be sure but from what I gathered is not every program I have can successfully be run unless you are logged in.

@Gosh. I took a quick glance and I apologize if this is what you posted. I knew that if I read the whole thread I would find something like this. I knew I couldn't have been the only person to think of this.

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@Gism0 I can't be sure but from what I gathered is not every program I have can successfully be run unless you are logged in.

but arn't you technically logged in at this stage? it runs on the first login (usually administrator) where everything is loaded..

i've personally never had a single problem installing a program at this stage, only at the cmdlines stage

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back and forth, back and forth. lol. I could be wrong but I don't think you are logged in (COULD BE WRONG). I have never tried to install everything from runonce because I have heard that .msi files don't install perfectly as they would if you were logged in. Like I said I have heard. I have not yet tried installing everything from runonce.

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Just Noticed, you can also add the dword Flags to RunOnceEx

0x00000000 - All functions are disabled

0x00000004 - Check Shell Status - Verifies the shell is ready to accept OLE commands

0x00000008 - No Error Dialogs - Error dialog boxes are not displayed

0x00000010 - Create Error Log File - Create C:\Windows\RunOnceEx.err file if errors occur

0x00000020 - Create Execution Log File - Create a C:\Windows\RunOnceEx.log file with status of commands

0x00000040 - No Exception Trapping - Does not trap exceptions that occur when registering DLLs

0x00000080 - No Status Dialog - Status dialog box is not displayed while RunOnceEx runs

To use more than one at once just add them up, ie: No Status Dialog + create error log file = 90

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I don't care about credit, although i did want to point out i mentioned something similiar just for the record. I just posted an idea though, it would be nice if someone could take the idea and put it into something we can add to our unattended installs. Maybe MSTest or someone will do it.

-gosh

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Alrighty, let me see if I get this right :)

You want a way to use the 'windows update' inf installation method once the user has logged fully on and the desktop is showing?

After trying a few different things this is what I came up with:

Firstly you need to add a key to the registry during setup. The method I use for this is a modified moviemk.inf but you could use cmdlines.txt or guirunonce I would imagine.

Here's my current moviemk.inf

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=PreLogon

[PreLogon]
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce","runonce",,"rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %10%\runonce.inf"

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\CTF","Disable Thread Input Manager",0x00010001,1

HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour","RunCount",0x00010001,0

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams","Settings",0x00000001,\
 09,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,d0,57,00,73,35,cf,11,ae,69,08,00,2b,\
 2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults","{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}",0x00000001,\
 1c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,9a,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,\
 ff,ff,ff,f0,f0,f0,f0,14,00,03,00,9a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,fd,df,\
 df,fd,0f,00,05,00,24,00,10,00,2e,00,46,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,\
 00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,78,00,96,00,60,00,60,00,78,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,\
 00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,cf,f3,a8,b0,33,43,ab,\
 4b,88,73,1c,cb,1c,ad,a4,8b,30,f1,25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,\
 04,00,00,00
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults","{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}",0x00000001,\
 1c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,\
 00,00,00,f0,f0,f0,f0,14,00,03,00,90,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,fd,df,\
 df,fd,0f,00,04,00,20,00,10,00,28,00,3c,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,\
 00,03,00,00,00,d2,00,70,00,8c,00,8c,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\
 03,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,22,3e,37,3e,99,da,b7,4c,a8,86,75,4e,ae,98,4c,b4,30,\
 f1,25,b7,ef,47,1a,10,a5,f1,02,60,8c,9e,eb,ac,04,00,00,00

HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop","TaskbarWinXP",0x00000001,\
 0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,d8,64,57,d0,11,a9,\
 6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,10,00,00,1a,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,00,00,00,c0,00,00,\
 00,00,00,00,46,81,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,e0,ce,55,ee,fe,ee,c2,01,00,c0,d5,bc,\
 54,b1,c3,01,00,8b,14,ef,fe,ee,c2,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,\
 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,15,02,14,00,1f,50,e0,4f,d0,20,ea,3a,69,10,\
 a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,2f,43,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,5c,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,74,2e,12,7a,10,00,44,4f,43,\
 55,4d,45,7e,31,00,00,44,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,74,2e,12,7a,79,2f,00,00,14,00,\
 00,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,20,00,61,00,6e,\
 00,64,00,20,00,53,00,65,00,74,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,73,00,00,00,18,00,\
 4a,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,74,2e,9c,84,10,00,41,44,4d,49,4e,49,7e,31,00,00,32,\
 00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,74,2e,9c,84,7b,2f,00,00,14,00,00,00,41,00,64,00,6d,00,\
 69,00,6e,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,72,00,61,00,74,00,6f,00,72,00,00,00,18,00,64,\
 00,31,00,00,00,00,00,74,2e,23,7a,13,00,41,50,50,4c,49,43,7e,31,00,00,4c,00,\
 03,00,04,00,ef,be,74,2e,9c,84,77,2f,00,00,14,00,36,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,6c,\
 00,69,00,63,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,\
 00,00,40,73,68,65,6c,6c,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,2c,2d,32,31,37,36,35,00,18,00,42,\
 00,31,00,00,00,00,00,74,2e,18,72,14,00,4d,49,43,52,4f,53,7e,31,00,00,2a,00,\
 03,00,04,00,ef,be,74,2e,9c,7c,9a,2e,00,b8,14,00,00,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,\
 00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,00,00,18,00,52,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,74,2e,\
 ea,73,10,00,49,4e,54,45,52,4e,7e,31,00,00,3a,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,74,2e,9c,\
 7c,9a,2e,00,b8,14,00,00,00,49,00,6e,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,\
 20,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,00,00,18,00,48,00,31,\
 00,00,00,00,00,74,2e,a1,7c,10,00,51,55,49,43,4b,4c,7e,31,00,00,30,00,03,00,\
 04,00,ef,be,74,2e,a1,7c,9a,2e,00,b8,14,00,00,00,51,00,75,00,69,00,63,00,6b,\
 00,20,00,4c,00,61,00,75,00,6e,00,63,00,68,00,00,00,18,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,\
 05,00,00,a0,1a,00,00,00,37,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,61,07,00,00,00,\
 00,00,00,19,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,19,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,\
 00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,04,04,00,\
 00,60,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,19,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,19,00,00,00,\
 00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

Note the first line of the addreg section. It adds an entry in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER RunOnce registry key.

This key is that last to be processed during the startup sequence, being run even after the startup folder. The entry tells the system to run another inf, runonce.inf.

Here's runonce.inf

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=Setup

[Setup]
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Setup","Windows Registry",,"%10%\regedit.exe guiset.reg"

This inf adds a value to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE RunOnce\Setup key. As the user has already logged on, this command is run immediately. It tells the system to start the installation process and a nice 'windows update' box pops up and runs your setup programs, in this case registry entries.

Here's a screenshot of it in action

install.png

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