Solved RunOnceEX is no longer executed

DMD · Jan 23, 2023

Good morning.
I am struggling with a strange RunOnceEx situation.
I have been using this procedure for years from W7 up to W11 22H2 and it works regularly on both HOST PC and virtual machine, but these days an unexplainable thing happens to me.
When I run this procedure on a newly built pc with Ryzen 9 7950X and still running W11 22H2, the RunOceEx does not run, when I try the same ISO with RunOnceEx on another PC or virtual machine it runs.
I have been going crazy for a few days and can't figure out why and don't know what solution to look for.
Any ideas?
This is the "setupcomplete.cmd" script that I have always uitilized.

Code:

@echo off
for %%w IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%w:\sources\install.wim SET CDROM=%%

REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /v Flags /t REG_DWORD /d "20" /f

REG ADD %KEY% /V Title /D "Post Installation..." /f  >NUl

REG ADD %KEY%\06 /VE /D "Calculator Legacy" /f  >NUL
REG ADD %KEY%\06 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Calculator_Legacy_2.0.exe" /f  >NUL

REG ADD %KEY%\07 /VE /D "7-Zip 22.01" /f  >NUL
REG ADD %KEY%\07 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\7z2201.msi /quiet /norestart" /f  >NUL

EXIT

Sincerely thank you

OAT · Jan 23, 2023

@DMD
Did not work for me either until I changed

Code:

for %%w IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%w:\sources\install.wim SET CDROM=%%

to

Code:

for %%w IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%w:\sources\install.wim SET CDROM=%%w:

DMD · Jan 23, 2023

THANK YOU.
i tried the correct script

Code:

for %%w IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%w:\sources\install.wim SET CDROM=%%w:

Unfortunately I still have the same problem.

OAT · Jan 23, 2023

Before we go further, where is your installation media?
As you can see, mine is on G: using the corrected script.
Written to the registry correctly.

Using the original script I get this:

OAT · Jan 23, 2023

I also replaced install.wim by install.??? in case the file is .esd

DMD · Jan 23, 2023

The installation file and on USB stick , burned with RUFUS and the file is in "wim" format

OAT · Jan 23, 2023

Mine is also on a USB stick and the reg keys get created.
Did you check the reg to see if the keys get created?
(see above screenshots)

BTW, when you say 'it doesn't work'.
What do you expect to happen?
The script you provided is passive and does not execute anything and sets values only.

DMD · Jan 23, 2023

Thank you very much for the valuable information, in the meantime I have performed numerous tests and installations, and found the cause and solution to the problem.
Since a few days to save the number usb sticks, I created the bootable usb stick not as I always did with RUFUS but with Ventoy so that I can put in more ISOs of operating systems and tools.
And it is precisely the usb pen created with Ventoy that does not allow me to run the RunOnceEx, the usb pen created with Rufus works without problems, maybe it interacts with the ISO, I don't know what to think.

Fabler2 · Jan 23, 2023

DMD said:
Thank you very much for the valuable information, in the meantime I have performed numerous tests and installations, and found the cause and solution to the problem.
Since a few days to save the number usb sticks, I created the bootable usb stick not as I always did with RUFUS but with Ventoy so that I can put in more ISOs of operating systems and tools.
And it is precisely the usb pen created with Ventoy that does not allow me to run the RunOnceEx, the usb pen created with Rufus works without problems, maybe it interacts with the ISO, I don't know what to think.

Just some info about Ventoy. I did exactly the same with Rescuezilla iso on it. It would refuse to boot from as secure boot refused it. Creating the Rescuezilla bootable USB flash drive with Rufus and had no issues.

DMD · Jan 24, 2023

I found the script solution to make the RunOnceEx procedure work on Ventoy as well.
It involves synthesizing the "Software" folder in the Windows directoty
and then when the Windows installation is finished, when you enter the user name via the registry the programs in the "Software" folder are installed and when it finishes all the installations, the "Software" folder is deleted.

Setupcomplete

Code:

@echo off

SET CDROM=%WINDIR%\Setup

REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /v Flags /t REG_DWORD /d "20" /f

REG ADD %KEY% /V Title /D "Post Installation..." /f  >NUL

REG ADD %KEY%\06 /VE /D "Calcolatrice Legacy" /f  >NUL
REG ADD %KEY%\06 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Calcolatrice_Legacy_2.0.exe" /f  >NUL

REG ADD %KEY%\42 /VE /D "Deleting Setup folder" /f  >NUL
REG ADD %KEY%\42 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Deleting Setup folder.bat" /f  >NUL

EXIT

Deleting_Setup_folder

Code:

echo off
cls

rem -----Deleting_Setup_folder--------
rd "%windir%\Setup" /S /Q

exit

Also very important thing the structure of the ISO, the folder "Software" should be placed inside the folder "SETUP"

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