Thanks Daniel and Christopher. Daniel, that post was very informative. I think I spent the rest of that night going through Michael's blog.
On Sunday, October 5, 2014, <[email protected]> wrote: > Another way would be to just open up your wim and add the folder. > > the “cmd /c” thing caught me a bunch of times. > > One thing, if your calling an exe, using cmd /c to call it won’t hurt > anything. So I just use it anytime I’m not sure. > > Sent from Windows Mail > > *From:* Daniel Ratliff > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 20:53 > *To:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > Take a look at smsts.log. All run command tasks look like this: > > > > Smsswd.exe /run:PRI00001 “your command here” > > > > You only ever need to use cmd /c when your command doesn’t actually have a > .exe associated it. If its just a part of cmd.exe. > > > > I always use Niehaus’ old post as a reference: > http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2007/03/07/adding-custom-tasks-to-bdd-2007-task-sequences.aspx > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> [mailto: > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On > Behalf Of *Joshua Delaughter > *Sent:* Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:33 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [MDT-OSD] RE: Create C:\Temp During TS > > > > Followup stupid question, something I've always wondered, but never asked. > > > > Why does cmd need to be specified, when the TS step is "run command line". > When first starting out, I just assumed that commands were automatically > ran with the cmd.exe, but I quickly found out otherwise. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 2, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Marcum, John <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > I think I forgot the /c. Thanks, I'm gonna try now. > > > > *From:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> [ > mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Ratliff > *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 1:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] RE: Create C:\Temp During TS > > > > Straight from our build and capture, has worked for dozens of image builds. > > > > cmd /c md c:\temp > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> [ > mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On > Behalf Of *Marcum, John > *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] Create C:\Temp During TS > > > > This must be the dumbest question I've ever asked, and I've asked some > really dumb ones…… > > > > I have tried every combination of MKDIR C:\Temp , cmd.exe MKDIR C:\Temp, > C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe C:\Temp and even a batch file with @Echo Off > MKDIR C:\Temp and nothing works. What can I possibly be doing wrong to > simply create a temp directory in a task sequence on Win 7 x64?????? > Everything I do just times out without creating the directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * ------------------------------ * > > * John Marcum* > > MCITP, MCTS, MCSA > * Desktop Architect* > > * Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP* > * ------------------------------ * > > <image001.png> > > <image002.png> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. 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