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Erik, That was exactly the problem. I made the change you suggested and it created the image with no problems. I had earlier tried running the command that starts the job in a 32bit command window, but I neglected the fact that the VBS script would get run by a new 64bit instance of cmd.exe. Thanks a lot, John

HI, I am trying to use SmartWIM.dll with SmartWIM.vbs, which I downloaded from SmartDeploy, to take a machine image. I get the error: smartwim.vbs(13, 1) WScript.CreateObject: Could not create object named "SmartWIM" =====This is the content of “CreateImage.cmd” which kicks off the job==== vshadow-2008-r2-x64.exe -script=vss-setvar.cmd -exec=vss-exec.cmd c: =====This is the content of vss-exec.cmd, which gets executed after the shadow copy is created==== call %~dp0\vss-setvar.cmd :: Define temporary drive letter dosdev Q: %SHADOW_DEVICE_1% :: Try to execute some commands on the snapshot device cscript smartwim.vbs /capture q: o:\C_driveBackup.wim "Drive C" :: Delete temporary drive letter dosdev -r -d q: =====Thanks for any help on this. More details are below. John ----------------------------------------------------------------- I have Windows 7 Enterprise. I installed SmartWIM using the install executable that I downloaded from SmartDeploy. Windows 7 comes with wimgapi.dll in C:\windows\system32 and in c:\windows\sysWOW64. I am basically doing what is described at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/bg-BG/w7itproinstall/thread/caf1fad7-baad-4155-8326-95a84ae87a70. The following is the output of running the job. It ran in an Administrator command window. I also tried running this is a 32bit command window (C:\windows\sysWOW64\cmd.exe). F:\RUN_DIR>dir Volume in drive F is MYDATA Volume Serial Number is 8A6F-42E5 Directory of F:\RUN_DIR 10/25/2011 05:54 PM <DIR> . 10/25/2011 05:54 PM <DIR> .. 10/24/2011 08:21 PM 70 CreateImage.cmd 11/30/2009 06:16 AM 7,168 dosdev.exe 01/11/2011 12:09 PM 27,386 SmartWIM.vbs 10/23/2011 05:41 PM 2,502,136 SmartWIMSetup.exe 10/19/2010 09:36 PM 347,984 vshadow-2008-r2-x64.exe 10/24/2011 08:31 PM 269 vss-exec.cmd 10/24/2011 09:28 PM 309 vss-setvar.cmd 7 File(s) 2,988,618 bytes 2 Dir(s) 464,264,097,792 bytes free F:\RUN_DIR>createimage F:\RUN_DIR>vshadow-2008-r2-x64.exe -script=vss-setvar.cmd -exec=vss-exec.cmd c: VSHADOW.EXE 3.0 - Volume Shadow Copy sample client. Copyright © 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (Option: Generate SETVAR script 'vss-setvar.cmd') (Option: Execute binary/script after shadow creation 'vss-exec.cmd') (Option: Create shadow copy set) (Gathering writer metadata...) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) Initialize writer metadata ... Discover directly excluded components ... - Excluding writer 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer' since it has no selected co mponents for restore. - Excluding writer 'BITS Writer' since it has no selected components for restore . - Excluding writer 'MSSearch Service Writer' since it has no selected components for restore. Discover components that reside outside the shadow set ... Discover all excluded components ... Discover excluded writers ... Discover explicitly included components ... Verifying explicitly specified writers/components ... Select explicitly included components ... * Writer 'Task Scheduler Writer': - Add component \TasksStore * Writer 'VSS Metadata Store Writer': - Add component \WriterMetadataStore * Writer 'Performance Counters Writer': - Add component \PerformanceCounters * Writer 'ASR Writer': - Add component \ASR\ASR - Add component \Volumes\Volume{cbf3a1fb-cbb4-11e0-9154-806e6f6e6963} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{b8635bc2-fab3-11e0-9f32-000acd19228e} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{995c9911-ce76-11e0-8f8e-000acd19228e} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{79c1a057-cc01-11e0-b03b-00241ddb14a8} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{79c1a050-cc01-11e0-b03b-00241ddb14a8} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{d925da37-cd57-11e0-b5c1-000acd19228e} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{cbf3a1fc-cbb4-11e0-9154-806e6f6e6963} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{79c1a05a-cc01-11e0-b03b-00241ddb14a8} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{b8635bb7-fab3-11e0-9f32-000acd19228e} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{995c990a-ce76-11e0-8f8e-000acd19228e} - Add component \Volumes\Volume{4c4a3fdf-cbb5-11e0-ad7f-00241ddb14a8} - Add component \Disks\harddisk3 - Add component \Disks\harddisk0 - Add component \Disks\harddisk1 - Add component \Disks\harddisk2 - Add component \BCD\BCD * Writer 'System Writer': - Add component \System Files * Writer 'SqlServerWriter': - Add component \BIRD-W7\SQLEXPRESS\master - Add component \BIRD-W7\SQLEXPRESS\model - Add component \BIRD-W7\SQLEXPRESS\msdb * Writer 'Registry Writer': - Add component \Registry * Writer 'COM+ REGDB Writer': - Add component \COM+ REGDB * Writer 'WMI Writer': - Add component \WMI Creating shadow set {619d3687-e8c1-4dd3-9e89-95434aeda231} ... - Adding volume \\?\Volume{cbf3a1fb-cbb4-11e0-9154-806e6f6e6963}\ [C:\] to the s hadow set... Preparing for backup ... (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) Creating the shadow (DoSnapshotSet) ... (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) Shadow copy set succesfully created. List of created shadow copies: Querying all shadow copies with the SnapshotSetID {619d3687-e8c1-4dd3-9e89-95434 aeda231} ... * SNAPSHOT ID = {7a6db5f9-8c86-4079-89fd-bfe00496e22b} ... - Shadow copy Set: {619d3687-e8c1-4dd3-9e89-95434aeda231} - Original count of shadow copies = 1 - Original Volume name: \\?\Volume{cbf3a1fb-cbb4-11e0-9154-806e6f6e6963}\ [C: \] - Creation Time: 10/25/2011 5:55:13 PM - Shadow copy device name: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy26 - Originating machine: BIRD-W7 - Service machine: BIRD-W7 - Not Exposed - Provider id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} - Attributes: Auto_Release Differential Generating the SETVAR script (vss-setvar.cmd) ... - Executing command 'vss-exec.cmd' ... ----------------------------------------------------- F:\RUN_DIR>call F:\RUN_DIR\\vss-setvar.cmd [This script is generated by VSHADOW.EXE for the shadow set {619d3687-e8c1-4dd3- 9e89-95434aeda231}] F:\RUN_DIR>SET SHADOW_SET_ID={619d3687-e8c1-4dd3-9e89-95434aeda231} F:\RUN_DIR>SET SHADOW_ID_1={7a6db5f9-8c86-4079-89fd-bfe00496e22b} F:\RUN_DIR>SET SHADOW_DEVICE_1=\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy26 F:\RUN_DIR>dosdev Q: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy26 Q:: The operation completed successfully. F:\RUN_DIR>cscript smartwim.vbs /capture q: o:\C_driveBackup.wim "Drive C" Microsoft ® Windows Script Host Version 5.8 Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. F:\RUN_DIR\smartwim.vbs(13, 1) WScript.CreateObject: Could not create object nam ed "SmartWIM". F:\RUN_DIR>dosdev -r -d q: q:: The operation completed successfully. ----------------------------------------------------- - Mark all writers as succesfully backed up... Completing the backup (BackupComplete) ... (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) Snapshot creation done. F:\RUN_DIR> -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- SmartWIM.dll seems to have been registered OK. I un-installed and re-installed and still have the problem. Here are most of the entries in my registry related to SmartWIM: HKCR\Installer\Products\99...99\SourceList PackageName SmartWimSetup.msi HKCR\Interface\{guid} (Default) ISmartWIM HKCR\Interface\{guid} (Default) _ISmartWIMEvents HKCR\SmartWIM (Default) SmartWIM Class HKCR\SmartWIM\CurVer (Default) SmartWIM.2 HKCR\SmartWIM.2 (Default) SmartWIM Class HKCR\TypeLib\{guid}\2.0\0\win32 (Default) C:\Programs Files (x86)\Prowess\SmartDeploy Imaging Component\32bit\SmartWIM.dll HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid} (Default) SmartWIM Class HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid} (Default) C:\Programs Files (x86)\Prowess\SmartDeploy Imaging Component\32bit\SmartWIM.dll HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid} ThreadingModel Apartment HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid}\ProgID (Default) SmartWIM.2 HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid}\VersionIndependentProgID (Default) SmartWIM HKCR\Wow6432Node\Interface\{guid} (Default) ISmartWIM HKCR\Wow6432Node\Interface\{guid} (Default) _ISmartWIMEvents HKCR\Wow6432Node\TypeLib\{guid}\2.0\0\win32 (Default) C:\Programs Files (x86)\Prowess\SmartDeploy Imaging Component\32bit\SmartWIM.dll HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\99...99\SourceList PackageName SmartWimSetup.msi HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\99...99\SourceList LastUsedSource n;1;C:\Users\.... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{guid} (Default) ISmartWIM HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{guid} (Default) _ISmartWIMEvents HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\SmartWIM (Default) SmartWIM CLass HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\SmartWIM\CurVer (Default) SmartWIM.2 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\SmartWIM.2 (Default) SmartWIM Class HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{guid}\2.0\0\win32 (Default) C:\Programs Files (x86)\Prowess\SmartDeploy Imaging Component\32bit\SmartWIM.dll HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid} (Default) SmartWIM Class HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid}\InProcServer32 (Default) C:\Programs Files (x86)\Prowess\SmartDeploy Imaging Component\32bit\SmartWIM.dll HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid}\ProgID (Default) SmartWIM.2 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid}\VersionIndependentProgID (Default) SmartWIM HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\Interface\{guid} (Default) ISmartWIM HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\Interface\{guid} (Default) _ISmartWIMEvents HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\TypeLib\{guid}\2.0\0\win32 (Default) C:\Programs Files (x86)\Prowess\SmartDeploy Imaging Component\32bit\SmartWIM.dll