RunOnceEX is no longer executed

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=%%

Should be:

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

As the CDROM variable will never be set correctly to the drive letter in your example.

Another possible explanation:
Some motherboards may have a dummy/invalid MSDM table which confuses the Windows setup into ignoring most of the oobe stages including Oobe.cmd and SetupComplete.cmd. To get around that for a test use a ei.cfg file as below to force the Setup to ignore any MSDM table and present the Edition list for selection.

Off the shelf Gigabyte and some ASUS, MSI boards may have a dummy/invalid SLIC and/or MSDM table.

IoT LTSC i think also will ignore any OOBE scripts by default.

Ei.cfg - place in Sources folder.

Code:

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You can do a test of your runonce commands by adding the entries to the registry...

Then open a admin command prompt (not a standard user non admin as it wont work) then type:

runonce /Explorer

This will force the OS to run the commands in the RunOnceEx section... Ideal for testing your runonce settings before a OS deployment.

Obviously this will execute your script like it would be via Setup/$OEM$ , i have used that method to test when things went a bit pear shaped..

 

Win 11 is getting very weird recently, as a lot of strange things been happening with it...

Sorry it not fix the issue...

 

Ok, here is a simple test to see if RunOnceEx is the issue:

Open a admin cmd prompt on that OS that failed to run your Setupcomplete script and copy paste the below code.

It should set the Runonce entry then instantly run it - Notepad should open with a blank window.

Code:

Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\0001" /v "TestLine1" /t REG_SZ /d "||c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe" /f

runonce /Explorer

If it fails to 'run' notepad then the issue is with Win 11.

If it opens Notepad then the issue is somewhere else...

If you removed Notepad then you can use another known exe of your choice , i just used notepad as it quick and easy to use.

The || used before the C:\... is to force a persistent setting much like the ! method in case you are wondering why i used ||

Tested the above code test lines in win 10 and w11 22H2, notepad in my case was run.

 

If you don't need the itemized display try regular runonce with it's own .cmd. This should work assuming %CDROM% stays the same. Or you could copy Runonce.cmd to the system drive during SetupComplete.
SetupComplete.cmd:

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
Reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" /v "Runonce" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%CDROM%:\Software\Runonce.cmd" /f

RunOnce.cmd:

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=%%w
"%CDROM%:\Software\Calculator_Legacy_2.0.exe" /f  >NUL
"%CDROM%:\Software\7z2201.msi /quiet /norestart" /f  >NUL
EXIT