RunAsynchronousCommand

RunAsynchronousCommand specifies a single command to run asynchronously on the computer. Asynchronous commands run in the order specified in the unattended installation answer file, but the system does not wait for one command to finish before it runs the next one. Running a service would be an example of an asynchronous command.

RunAsynchronous commands are always executed after RunSynchronous commands in the same pass. RunAsynchronous commands run in the user context in the auditUser configuration pass and in the system context in the specialize pass.

Child Elements

Credentials	Specifies the credentials to use when accessing paths.
Description	Specifies a description of the command to execute.
Order	Specifies the order of the command to execute.
Path	Specifies the path to the command to execute.

Valid Passes

auditUser

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Deployment | RunAsynchronous | RunAsynchronousCommand

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Deployment.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set asynchronous commands.

<RunAsynchronous>
   <RunAsynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
      <Credentials>
         <Domain>MyDomain</Domain>
         <Password>MyPassword</Password>
         <Username>MyUsername</Username>
      </Credentials>
      <Description>AsynchCommand1</Description>
      <Order>1</Order>
      <Path>\\network\server\share\filename</Path>
   </RunAsynchronousCommand>
   <RunAsynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
      <Credentials>
         <Domain>MyDomain</Domain>
         <Password>MyPassword</Password>
         <Username>MyUsername</Username>
      </Credentials>
      <Description>AsynchCommand2</Description>
      <Order>2</Order>
      <Path>\\network\server\share\filename</Path>
   </RunAsynchronousCommand>
</RunAsynchronous>

See Also

Concepts

RunAsynchronous