copy command in an unattend file to just copy shortcuts to the desktop

Hello All,

I have created a new image for our laptops that we are deploying out. In this new image I would like to copy two shortcuts to the local administrator's desktop. I have the administrator's account to be set to active under the 4 specialize section of the answer file. The administrator account is also set to auto login. Everything runs as it should when I mage a laptop BUT the commands I have entered to just copy the .lnk files from a folder on the root of C:\ to the Administrator's desktop does not work. I basically copied the command I used at the command prompt to make sure the command works and it does if I run it manually.

I have created a SynchronousCommand under the 7 oobe System>FirstLogonCommands section with the following command under the Settings>CommandLine field:

copy "C:\_Install\XImaging\DesktopIcons\_Install Folder.lnk" C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop

What am I doing wrong??

Are you sure that the user name "Administrator" is correct? During unattended setup you should be creating an administrator account named something other than "Administrator" and it is user name that you should be specifying in the path.

hsehestedt said:

Are you sure that the user name "Administrator" is correct? During unattended setup you should be creating an administrator account named something other than "Administrator" and it is user name that you should be specifying in the path.

We do create a support admin account but do use the local admin account mainly. That is why the Administrator account is made active during the unattend script.

Try3 said:

Whilst I agree that you should not be using the [Built-In] Administrator account, might you be trying to copy those .lnk files before the [Built-In] Administrator profile has been created [which is also before the folder C:\Users\Administrator has been created]?
It is the first login that creates the profile & the folder not the creation of the account itself.
MS has never documented the limitations of the [Built-In] Administrator account and they have varied over time. For all I know, you could be hitting the buffers because of a deliberate limitation but you could only test that by trying the same thing you're doing with a different account.
Denis

I'll test it with the other admin account that is created but my main concern is the command the way it is written in the unattend script. Does that look correct? Am I missing any switches or anything? The way I have it written in the unattend script should work, correct?

copy "C:\_Install\XImaging\DesktopIcons\_Install Folder.lnk" C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop

Thank you for the replies

Try3 said:

Yes, it looks correct as long as the path C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop exists at the time it runs.

Is there another path that you know for certain exists & for which you have write-access at that stage? If so, you could try to test what's happening by altering the command to

Code:

copy "C:\_Install\XImaging\DesktopIcons\_Install Folder.lnk" C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop >F:\CopyResults.txt

where F:\ might be some external drive for which you already know the drive letter.

Denis

Figured it out. I created a bat file with the copy commands in it. Set the FirstLogonCommand with cmd /c "<path to bat file>". Thank you for the responses.