Install AutoIt, r. click on au3 file->edit (if you want to change something). Compile (r. click->compile) and use this compiled file (is silent!). Edit: Download my file again if you want to hide tray icons too. By default is set to not hide the tray icons, but if you want to, set $trayicons = "1" in script. Cheers or add this to your cleanup.cmd MD "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Shortcuts" MOVE "%UserProfile%\Desktop\*.*" "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Shortcuts" MOVE "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\*.*" "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Shortcuts" that creates a folder called Shortcuts and puts all shortcuts created during install into it