FoaMDarT

Cool. Thanks for the info. mritter. I can quit trying everything under the sun now.

Thanks for the reply. Are you sure that works? According to Microsoft documentation, and my own experience, setup.exe will only "auto find" a .msp customization file located in the Updates folder. Doing this works perfectly fine as far as applying the customizations, but WPI doesn't wait for it to finish installing. This is exactly the procedure I'm using in the original post.

No luck. Thanks for the idea though. It seems strange I'd be the only one having this issue. I tried on a completely fresh download of WPI with the same results.

Tried this without success. Check out the time stamps on this log. Monday, February 28, 2011 1:46:43 PM Program: Microsoft Office 2010-2 Unique ID: MSOFFICE2010-2 Order: 900014 Category: Office Monday, February 28, 2011 1:46:43 PM - cmd1 Success (returned code 0): "C:\PostInstall\Apps\Office\2010\setup.exe" /adminfile "C:\PostInstall\Apps\Office\2010\x86\Updates\SetupCustomizations.msp" Monday, February 28, 2011 1:46:44 PM - Finished installation. Again, Office installs correctly but WPI doesn't wait for it to finish. I'll try giving everything an order number as a next attempt, but I don't have high hopes.

Sorry for the late reply. I didn't realize I wasn't subscribed to responses. I'm using the Office Customization Tool, found by running setup.exe /admin on the setup file in the Office install directory, to create a .msp file instructing Office to install silently. So, the WPI command I then use is: "%root%\Apps\Microsoft Office\2010\setup.exe" It actually runs and installs correctly but WPI moves on to the next item in the list after about 5 seconds instead of waiting the 5 minutes it takes to install. Thanks for your help. Here's the whole config file. // WPI Config 8.0.0 // // User defined options // // Configurations tab CheckOnLoad='default'; Configurations=[]; ShowMultiDefault=true; // --- SortOrder=['Apps','Office','Post Install','Apps (Optional)']; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Your programs here... //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pn=1; prog[pn]=['Actual Multiple Monitors']; uid[pn]=['AMM']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['yes']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\ActualMultipleMonitors\\amm.exe" /sp- /silent /norestart','"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Actual Multiple Monitors\\ActualMultipleMonitorsCenter.exe" r "Benchmark Plus" AMM30FE247FFA6DBABFE2684C02CD7E8359EF','"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Actual Multiple Monitors\\ActualMultipleMonitorsCenter.exe" s+ -all','{FILECOPY} "%root%\\Apps\\ActualMultipleMonitors\\MultiMonitorSettings.ini" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Actual Multiple Monitors\\"','{FILECOPY} "%root%\\Apps\\ActualMultipleMonitors\\Options.ini" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Actual Multiple Monitors\\"','{FILECOPY} "%root%\\Apps\\ActualMultipleMonitors\\UIPreferences.ini" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Actual Multiple Monitors\\"']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Ad Muncher']; shortdesc[pn]=['Ad Blocking Software. Protect against malware.']; uid[pn]=['ADMUNCHER']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\AdMuncher\\am.exe" /S /C "%root%\\Apps\\AdMuncher\\am_ConfigWithRegistration.amc"']; desc[pn]=['Ad Muncher']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro']; uid[pn]=['ACROBAT9PRO']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\Acrobat\\Acrobat 9 Standard\\setup.exe"','"%root%\\Apps\\Acrobat\\Acrobat9x64PDFiFilter.msi" /quiet','"%root%\\Apps\\Acrobat\\Acrobat9x64ThumbnailFix.msi" /quiet']; desc[pn]=['Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Adobe Air']; uid[pn]=['ADOBEAIR']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\AdobeAir.exe" -silent']; desc[pn]=['Adobe Air']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Adobe Flash']; uid[pn]=['ADOBEFLASH']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\AdobeFlash_FF.exe" -install','"%root%\\Apps\\AdobeFlash_IE.exe" -install']; desc[pn]=['Adobe Flash for IE']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Brightwire Support Agent (Kasaya)']; uid[pn]=['BRIGHTWIREAGENT']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\BrightwireSupportAgent4Desktops.exe"']; desc[pn]=['Brightwire Support Agent (Kasaya)']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Customize the Start Menu & Taskbar']; uid[pn]=['CUSTOMIZEMENUS']; ordr[pn]=[30]; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['yes']; cat[pn]=['Post Install']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\PostInstall\\CustomizeStartMenuAndTaskbar.vbs"']; desc[pn]=['Post Install Stuff']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Java Runtime Environment']; uid[pn]=['JAVA']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\Java\\Java_x86.exe" /s /v "/qn REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=0 EULA=1"','{JSCRIPT}=if (getBits()==64) RunCmd(\'"%root%\\Apps\\Java\\Java_x64.exe" /s /v "/qn REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=0 EULA=1"\'%comma%false%comma%true)']; desc[pn]=['Installs 32-bit JRE and, if 64-bit OS is detected, installs 64-bit JRE.']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Microsoft Office 2010']; uid[pn]=['MSOFFICE2010']; ordr[pn]=[29]; dflt[pn]=['no']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Office']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\Microsoft Office\\2010\\setup.exe"']; desc[pn]=['Microsoft Office']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Screenpresso']; uid[pn]=['SCREENPRESSO']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\Screenpresso\\Screenpresso.exe" /install pf /silent','{FILECOPY} "%root%\\Apps\\Screenpresso\\settings.xml" "%LocalAppData%\\LearnPulse\\Screenpresso\\"']; desc[pn]=['Screenpresso']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Vertical WaveIP ViewPoint Client']; uid[pn]=['WAVEIPCLIENT']; dflt[pn]=['no']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps (Optional)']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\NetSetup\\setup.exe" /S /v /qn']; desc[pn]=['Vertical WaveIP ViewPoint Client']; pn++; prog[pn]=['Windows Live Essentials']; uid[pn]=['WINDOWSLIVEESSENTIALS']; dflt[pn]=['yes']; forc[pn]=['no']; bit64[pn]=['no']; cat[pn]=['Apps']; cmds[pn]=['"%root%\\Apps\\WindowsLive\\WL.exe" /q /NoLaunch /NoToolbarCEIP /NoHomepage /NoSearch /AppSelect:Messenger%comma%MovieMaker%comma%Silverlight%comma%WLSync%comma%IDCRL32%comma%IDCRL64','{REGEDIT} "%root%\\Apps\\WindowsLive\\WL_RegistrySettings.reg"']; desc[pn]=['Windows Live Essentials']; pn++; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // End of program definitions ... //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have WPI installing Office 2010 and it fires off the install perfectly. The only problem is WPI thinks the install is done after about 10 seconds even though Office is still working away. Have others had this problem? Is there a solution? Thanks!

Thanks. I should have thought to try the standard system variables. For some reason I was thinking WPI only worked with the variables that come up when you press Alt+G from the UI.

I need to copy a settings file to C:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Local\ProgramFolder. How do I get <userName> with WPI?

Where is the setting? Thanks.