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Normally in my domains logon scripts I have a main script that calls smaller "function" scripts. This way I keep my code organized and easy to edit.
While perusing the Unattended setup page for some silent installer info I saw the section on RunOnceEX and thought to myself why cant I use this to make my logon scripts more user friendly and pretty". Well, it was actually easier than I thought. Here is what I did.
As I said before my logon script is composed of a "main" script and 3 "function" scripts. All are simple because I am redesigning my network at the moment and adding new features. Here is what my GlobalLogon.cmd used to look like.
@echo off :: :: This is the core logon script for the test.net domain. :: It launches all other logon scripts. :: :START :: :: Start of Script. Sets Variables. :: SET logpath=\\test.net\NETLOGON :CALLS :: :: Logon sub-scripts are called here. :: START "Setting default command prompt path to drive root" /I /WAIT %logpath%\Cmd.cmd START "Mapping network drives" /I /WAIT %logpath%\MapDrives.cmd START "Adding BGinfo information to your background" /I /WAIT %logpath%\BGinfo.cmd :PAUSE :: :: Pause for debugging (disabled by default) :: ::pause :END :: :: End of script :: EXIT
Using some information from http://unattended.ms...xp/view/web/31/ I converted the central 3 calls to REG ADD entries. Normally the computer will wait until it restarts to run registry values added here so I had to find a way to manually launch the RunOnceEX process.
the solution is to add your values to the registry and use this line of code.
rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess
I still wanted the functions to be run in their own .cmd scripts. So I just used the RunOnceEX to launch these command separately like I was doing in my original. This was however, quite ugly, and the whole point of this was to neaten up the look of things. So I found a small window hiding program called Hidec.exe and added it in to each line.
Here is my new improved GlobalLogon.cmd
@echo off :: :: This is the core logon script for the test.net domain. :: It launches all other logon scripts. :: :START :: :: Start of Script. Sets Variables. :: SET logpath=\\test.net\NETLOGON SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx :RUNONCE :: :: Adds items to Runonce to be used for the logon script :: REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Running Logon Scripts" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Setting default command prompt path to drive root" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%logpath%\hidec /w %logpath%\Cmd.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Mapping network drives" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%logpath%\hidec /w %logpath%\MapDrives.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Adding BGinfo information to your background" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%logpath%\hidec /w %logpath%\BGinfo.cmd" /f rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess :PAUSE :: :: Pause for debugging (disabled by default) :: ::pause :END :: :: End of script :: EXIT
Works like a charm. Hope this is helpful to some people.
I attached a .jpg for those of you who want to see the results.
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