From 1a175bc4fe7560beaeded40020876321d71795fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cproudlock <cproudlock@localhost>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:50:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] FlatUnattend: revert broken prereqs block, keep OpenText
 shopfloor switch

The .NET3.5/VC++ prereqs block (11 RunSynchronousCommands with ~260-char doubled Paths + a long Description) made the answer file invalid for the specialize pass - 'Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file for pass [specialize]'. Rebuilt the template from the proven-working original with only the OpenText change (Order 19 -> Setup-OpenText.cmd, drop unattended.bat, short Description). Deployed to both live gea-standard + gea-engineer. The prereqs will be re-added correctly as a single short-Path wrapper cmd (install-prereqs.cmd) once imaging is confirmed.
---
 playbook/FlatUnattendW10.xml | 58 +-----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playbook/FlatUnattendW10.xml b/playbook/FlatUnattendW10.xml
index c299645..c26fada 100644
--- a/playbook/FlatUnattendW10.xml
+++ b/playbook/FlatUnattendW10.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
           <Order>19</Order>
           <Path>cmd /c "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra\opentext\Setup-OpenText.cmd"</Path>
-          <Description>Install OpenText HostExplorer SP1 - shopfloor method (Setup-OpenText.ps1: direct msiexec + fans office+shopfloor profiles to ProgramData\Shared, Default user, and every existing user). Replaces the vendor exe + unattended.bat that left profiles in SYSTEM's appdata.</Description>
+          <Description>Install OpenText HostExplorer SP1 (shopfloor method)</Description>
         </RunSynchronousCommand>
         <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
           <Order>20</Order>
@@ -253,62 +253,6 @@
           <Path>cmd /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" /v EnableDynamicContentInWSB /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</Path>
           <Description>Disable Search Highlights</Description>
         </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <!-- Engineering prereqs: .NET 3.5 + VC++ redistributables (staged in extra_engineering\prereqs; if-exist guarded so non-engineering images skip) -->
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>39</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\sxs\microsoft-windows-netfx3-ondemand-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab" dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /all /source:"C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\sxs" /limitaccess</Path>
-          <Description>Enable .NET Framework 3.5 from staged sxs</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>40</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v10.0.40219.325_x64\InstallMSVC2010Redist10.0.40219.325_x64.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v10.0.40219.325_x64\InstallMSVC2010Redist10.0.40219.325_x64.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2010 x64</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>41</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v10.0.40219.325\InstallMSVC2010Redist10.0.40219.325.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v10.0.40219.325\InstallMSVC2010Redist10.0.40219.325.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2010 x86</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>42</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v11.0.60610.1_x64\InstallMSVC2012Redist11.0.60610.1_x64.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v11.0.60610.1_x64\InstallMSVC2012Redist11.0.60610.1_x64.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2012 x64</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>43</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v11.0.60610.1\InstallMSVC2012Redist11.0.60610.1.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v11.0.60610.1\InstallMSVC2012Redist11.0.60610.1.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2012 x86</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>44</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v9.0.30729.5026_x64\InstallMSVC2008Redist.5026_x64.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v9.0.30729.5026_x64\InstallMSVC2008Redist.5026_x64.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2008 x64</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>45</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v9.0.30729.5026\InstallMSVC2008Redist.5026.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v9.0.30729.5026\InstallMSVC2008Redist.5026.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2008 x86</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>46</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v8.0.50727.6195_x64\InstallMSVC2005Redist.6195_x64.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v8.0.50727.6195_x64\InstallMSVC2005Redist.6195_x64.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2005 x64</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>47</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v8.0.50727.6195\InstallMSVC2005Redist.6195.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v8.0.50727.6195\InstallMSVC2005Redist.6195.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2005 x86</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>48</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v12.0.30501.0_x64\InstallMSVC2013Redist12.0.30501.0_x64.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v12.0.30501.0_x64\InstallMSVC2013Redist12.0.30501.0_x64.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2013 x64</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
-        <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
-          <Order>49</Order>
-          <Path>cmd /c if exist "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v14.40.33816_x64\InstallMSVC20152022Redist14.40.33816_x64.exe" "C:\Deploy\Applications\extra_engineering\prereqs\redistrib\v14.40.33816_x64\InstallMSVC20152022Redist14.40.33816_x64.exe"</Path>
-          <Description>VC++ 2015-2022 x64</Description>
-        </RunSynchronousCommand>
       </RunSynchronous>
     </component>
   </settings>