[shawn26]

I would sort my Start Menu during an unattendet Installation.
for example:
All Programms/burning tools/Nero Burning Rom 6.3.0.2
All Programms/burning tools/Alcohol 120%
All Programms/Zip Tools/WinZip 7.0
and so on....

Who could help me!

thank you for each assistance

Shawn26

[shawn26]

Now one can help?

[LotusAstra]

Hi shawn26, after reading this tread, it made me think this is naturally the next step i need to take to tidy up all my start menu installs... so here's a portion of the batch file i just made, since u use Nero i'll use that as an example...

MD "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\CD Tools"
MOVE /y "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Nero" "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\CD Tools"

Rather than using the MD command you could use a sub Dir of $OEM$\$Docs to create your folders in the start menu, but i choose to do it the MD way to keep things easier to track down, ether way it does the same thing...

At the moment i run that as a separate batch file (still testing), but i plan on integrating it into my main batch file so it looks something like the following and is even easier to manage when adding/removing programs:

At top of the batch use the following to create some folders (add as many different folders as needed, replace the word "CD Tools" with the folder name you want):

MD "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\CD Tools"

Then further on down in the Nero section of the batch file i'll include the following to install and register Nero and also cleanup ALL the shortcuts and start menu stuff:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing and Registering Nero Burning ROM v6.3.0.2 [29Dec03][9X-XP]
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %CDDRIVE%\OEM\install\Applications\Nero\nero6302.exe /SN=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /WRITE_SN /SILENT /NOREBOOT /NO_UI
DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Nero StartSmart.lnk"
DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Nero StartSmart.lnk"
MOVE /y "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Nero" "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\CD Tools"

Hope that helps get you started... and of course, if anyone has a better technique then please say as i'm always open to suggestions and other ideas

[gosh]

Install.inf, located on my website, has a section for creating start menu entries. For more information search the forum or your inf folder on ProfileItems

-gosh

[LotusAstra]

Wow, thx gosh, nice stuff, but it does go a little over my head for the moment , but i may take a more detailed look another time... for now tho i've perfected my batch file and it does what i need

[Teh_Tech]

LotusAstra, on Jan 8 2004, 11:11 PM, said:

Wow, thx gosh, nice stuff, but it does go a little over my head for the moment , but i may take a more detailed look another time... for now tho i've perfected my batch file and it does what i need

OR you could use InstallRite AFTER everything is installed, do a snapshot, then when its complete, order your start Menu how you want, then in future you will just need to run a small .exe file to sort it all out