Windows 10: FirstLogonCommands in unattend.xml do not work

Hello. I have created an unattend answer file to be used with a windows 10 image and I am experiencing an issue. I have placed a powershell command under the "FirstLogonCommands" but it is never run. Here is my answer file: HTML Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens> <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen> </OOBE> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>Powershell -Command "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force; $LanguageList = Get-WinUserLanguageList; $LanguageList.Add('el-GR'); Set-WinUserLanguageList $LanguageList -Force; tzutil /s 'GTB Standard Time'; set-culture en-GB; Powercfg /Change standby-timeout-ac 0; Powercfg /Change standby-timeout-dc 0;"</CommandLine> <Description>Add Greek language to input languages, Set time zone to UTC+02:00, Set region to en-GB (User Locale), Change Sleep settings to "Never"</Description> <Order>1</Order> <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens> <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen> </OOBE> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>Powershell -Command "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force; $LanguageList = Get-WinUserLanguageList; $LanguageList.Add('el-GR'); Set-WinUserLanguageList $LanguageList -Force; tzutil /s 'GTB Standard Time'; set-culture en-GB; Powercfg /Change standby-timeout-ac 0; Powercfg /Change standby-timeout-dc 0;"</CommandLine> <Description>Add Greek language to input languages, Set time zone to UTC+02:00, Set region to en-GB (User Locale), Change Sleep settings to "Never"</Description> <Order>1</Order> <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> </component> </settings> </unattend> What bothers me is, that when I manually run that command after OOBE finishes, the command is executed perfectly. I have also tried replacing that command with: 1. cmd.exe /c powershell -command "COMMANDS" 2. powershell .exe COMMANDS (without quotes) 3. %WINDIR%\System32\cmd.exe /c powershell -Command "COMMANDS" 4. %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe COMMANDS (without quotes) Nothing seems to work and I cannot understand why. All the other sections in the answer file are processed correctly without any issues. Also, I am trying to avoid creating a batch file that has the script inside, since I only want to use just one answer file to execute a simple powershell command. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

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Haha! Kari, I'd like to buy you a another nice bottle of whiskey for helping me out here. This is driving me nuts! I have a friend in England. I'm sure she's fast asleep.

Anyway, I swear that answer file came directly from the WSIM tool!

I made new install image with the brand new answer file (pasted above) created exactly as instructed by your tutorial (no validation errors!) and this is what I got...




















It boots all the way to the desktop this time! Still not unattended though. Nothing can ever be easy...