How to Exit Windows and
Come Back Where You Exited

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Question:

I am firing off setup programs with WinBatch, and one of those setup programs requires a Windows reboot. I want my Winbatch app to continue its functions after the reboot. Much like how IE5 continues its installation after a reboot. Is this possible? How to?

Answer:

You need to run two scripts for this.

The first one automates all the IE5 installation, and the 2nd Winbatch script reads the WIN.ini file and places the 2nd WBT into the Load= line (or you could load it into the RunOnce part of the registry) so that it is run at next bootup.

The second one starts up once the machine is rebooted and continues on its merry way.

First.WBT

  FirstLoad=IniRead("windows", "load", "")
  ;save the original setting in www-prod.ini 

  IniWritePvt("Windows", "load", firstload, "www-prod.ini") 
  file=StrCat( firstload," ", FileNameShort("c:\aardvark\winbatch\exittest.wbt")) ;build the line

  IniWrite("windows", "load", file)  ;write the new line in.

  IntControl(12,0,0,0,0)  ;Turn off the Whine Patrol

  IntControl(66, 0,0,0,0)  ;Exit Windows

Exittest.WBT

  ; read the line previously saved.
  firstload=IniReadPvt("Windows", "Load", "", "www-prod.ini") 

  IniWrite("Windows", "Load", firstload)  ;write the old line back in.

Question (cont'd):

Does the second script get fired after logging into the Novell network, or does it occur right away on system restart?

Answer:

I think it is run at the same time the programs in the startup group are run, after the logon completes.

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Article ID:   W13313

Filename:   Exit Windows Come Back Same Place.txt