heartbomb

I’m trying to setup a silent installation of some custom built software via a batch file. Problem is that the setup.exe requires a reboot following the installation, and then you have to move some files from a network share to an existing folder on the c: drive. I’ve been looking all over the web for a solution within the script. I built the script, and got it to map my network drives, run the software from the network, and reboot the pc… but I don’t know how to command the same script to copy these files from the network share following the reboot without me having to double click on a second .bat file. Do you guys know of a way to make the script force the reboot, and pick up where it left off following the reboot? Or do I just have to create two separate scripts to do one installation of this software??

I tried inserting a few different commands ( i.e.
start "" /wait %systemdrive%\install\some_application\setup.exe )
or
(start "" %systemdrive%\install\some_application\setup.exe /sleep #30)

but I don't even exactly know if I used these in the proper format..??

PLEASE HELP!! I've been pulling my hair out for DAYS over this!

frontline

make the first batch file copy a second batch file into the

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

directory... make that 2nd .bat your file copying script... then make it delete itself. That's how I do it!

heartbomb

pardon my ignorance man... how will this cause the second script to automatically run following the reboot though?

thanks for the feedback

frontline

Because everything in the startup folder runs at startup. So the re-boot will run the script/batch file.

heartbomb

Learn more about scripting here

frontline

OH!! I'm starting to understand this stuff now. Alright guys... Here's what my first script looks like:

@echo on

rem Connect network drives
if exist m:\*.* net use m: /d
net use m: \\%SERVER%\%subfolder% /persistent:no /pause

copy m:\install\batchfile.bat
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup /pause

start /wait m:\Test\Setup.exe /pause
echo.
exit

Following the reboot, it should theoretically run the following script (the one I copied into the startup folder) Of course, these scripts are merely for testing purposes until I nail the format, so I can create the actual install .bat.

Second Script:

@echo on

echo.
copy M:\test\test.doc
c:\test /pause

echo.
copy M:\test\test.txt
c:\test /pause

echo.
copy M:\test\test.bmp
c:\test /pause

echo.
******* END *******
echo.
exit


Thanks alot for your help thus far guys. Wish me luck now.. Time to test my test scripts!!

heartbomb

That idea didn't work. it's mapping my network drive, running the setup.exe. but it won't copy the second .bat file from the network share to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

I even tried to have it copy from the network drive to c:\documents and settings\administrator\start menu\programs\startup

still nothing. won't copy; won't run following the reboot.

any ideas?? thanks alot guys! you've been ridiculously helpful!

heartbomb

Root path of the C:\?

so it would look like this right?:

copy %networkdrive%\batch.bat c:\$

Does that look right?

frontline

But a bat file in the startup folder. Put the actual bat file in the root, C:\. I think the path is too long. Have the bat file in the startup folder call the bat file in the root. If you need it to execute commands copy the file with the commands otherwise copy a blank bat file with some rem statements.

heartbomb

Let's say the presence of a file called ctrl.txt will identify the need to run the script.

2) We will manually intall a file called runme.bat into the startup folder

3) Runme.bat will consist of the following lines

@ echo off
cls
echo Running Network setup......
call c:\batch.bat


4) You will have two batch files one will be a dummy called inactive.bat and the other will have the commands called active.bat.

5) The basic batch file logic would be:

@ echo off
if exist c:\ctrl.txt go active
copy inactive.bat c:\batch.bat>nul
goto done

:active
copy active.bat c:\batch.bat>nul
goto done:

:done
cls