Question for Seasoned Chefs.

**DHarvey** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 07:05 AM

Question for seasoned chefs:

How can I go about making my ROM soft-reset it self after initial boot as if customizations had just run? I do not want any customizations to run, I just want it to soft-reset after first boot and would like to know how to get it to do this.

Thanks,

Dan.

**ImCoKeMaN** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 08:29 AM

sounds like an easy way would be to allow customizations, but not have anything actually occur in them. Remember it does need to make sure that whatever makes it reset gets removed from the startup procedure after it runs once though. Since customizations already do that seems the easiest. Just edit the config.txt.

**DHarvey** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ImCoKeMaN

sounds like an easy way would be to allow customizations, but not have anything actually occur in them. Remember it does need to make sure that whatever makes it reset gets removed from the startup procedure after it runs once though. Since customizations already do that seems the easiest. Just edit the config.txt.

That sounds easy and all but my Vista ROM, the ROM I want to do this to, does not have any customizations. How would I go about actually implementing this process into the ROM?

snovvman · #4 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 11:01 AM

I haven't done any cooking, so I hope I don't waste your time by posting here. Just want to help...

In typical desktop Windows, there is a "run once" key in the registry. Does CE/WM have a similar key? In that case, one would simply need to call a "reset" app under that key. I can have one of my developers look through MSDN on Monday if the problem is not resolved.

The other idea--can you make the last step of the customization (I presume it is a script) to invoke a reset routine or reset application?

Best of luck. Looking forward to 3.x.

**rstoyguy** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by snovvman

I haven't done any cooking, so I hope I don't waste your time by posting here. Just want to help...

In typical desktop Windows, there is a "run once" key in the registry. Does CE/WM have a similar key? In that case, one would simply need to call a "reset" app under that key. I can have one of my developers look through MSDN on Monday if the problem is not resolved.

The other idea--can you make the last step of the customization (I presume it is a script) to invoke a reset routine or reset application?

Best of luck. Looking forward to 3.x.

WinCe doesn't have a runonce key. The best approach is to take autorun.exe that comes with the rom and modify so the first command it runs is RST or reset

DaPeeps · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rstoyguy

WinCe doesn't have a runonce key. The best approach is to take autorun.exe that comes with the rom and modify so the first command it runs is RST or reset

Couldn't you jsut have it run something like PPST.exe, since its usually run once anyway?

**Whosdaman** · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by scottsimon1979

Couldn't you jsut have it run something like PPST.exe, since its usually run once anyway?

Yea, Dan you should just put in PPST.exe and there you go

**gguruusa** · #8 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 09:39 PM

What is the purpose of this?

The easiest way by far is to let autorun do it, as ImCoKeMaN suggested.

**DHarvey** · #9 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by gguruusa

What is the purpose of this?

The easiest way by far is to let autorun do it, as ImCoKeMaN suggested.

And this is inevitably what I ended up doing. The purpose of having my ROM soft-reset was to solve initial boot issues.