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    HFSLIP - Test releases

    in HFSLIP

    Posted

    the .net2 package doesn't install at T-13 Windows Installation... .

    It seems to work with Windows 2000, maybe not XP. At one point I was getting an error because mscorsvw was trying to start, but the installation kept on chugging, and I never narrowed it down to .net1.1sp1 or .net2 because I stopped getting it as I fixed other errors in my unattended install

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    WMP9 contradiction?

    in HFSLIP

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    Per http://hfslip.org

    HFSLIP is also capable of slipstreaming....

    Windows Media Player 9 (Windows 2000)

    but according to http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=57659
    Windows 2000 specific features:....

    * It slipstreams the WMP 9/10 codecs (not the player).

    Well, which is it?

    EDIT: I think I edit everything I post. I would take this to mean that the WMP10 player can of course not be installed on Windows 2000, but I just noticed I am running WMP 6.4, so I wanted to clarify.

    EDIT 2: Tomcat, I just looked at your dynamic hotfix list and realized I forgot to slipstream MPSetup.exe.

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    MSI files in HFSVCPACK_SW

    in HFSLIP

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    All MSI files are supported by HFSLIP but not all can be installed at T-13.

    In general, the problem is usually that .NET 2.0 is required (it is only detected as "installed" after a reboot) or that the file cannot be installed by the "SYSTEM" account (like the MSI installer of Flash Player). Specifying ALLUSERS=1 in the installation command can often fix the latter.

    For Win2K, the situation is more problematic. I don't know what its exact limitations are but there are some that can't be installed at T-13 with which XP and 2K3 have no issue. UPHClean-Setup.msi is one of those.

    The current test release of HFSLIP uses ALLUSERS=1 in the installation command for every MSI file and it supports the MSIFIRSTLOGON variable with which you let HFSLIP know that a specific MSI file should be installed at first GUI logon. You can try that...

    Wow! Trying that right now on the VM :):thumbup

    EDIT: As I posted in the test release thread, it worked and I am very happy about that :)

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    Adding directory to System Path via REG.EXE

    in Windows 2000/2003/NT4

    Posted

    Am I missing something? Why not use the %PATH% variable?

    I was originally trying to avoid adding a User environment var to the System environment, but now that you mention it, I'm only dealing with this one variable, and PATH seems to be pretty much always in the System environment , so that concern may be unwarranted.

    My way didn't work with the reg.exe version (2.0) that was made for Win2K, your way did. Thanks!

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    MSI files in HFSVCPACK_SW

    in HFSLIP

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    I can't find much about this feature on the forum. I have about 3 MSI's in HFSVCPACK_SW, FolderSize.msi gets installed, but PNGGauntlet.msi and SyncToy.msi (renamed from setup.msi -- which DOES install and run on Windows 2000 despite what Microsoft says) do not.

    I took out all my HFAAO's thinking I may have one that is causing a conflict (which I believe was true at one point -- I had a bad one I made that was trying to reboot and I think it was shutting off the Windows Installer service), but they still didn't install.

    Should I post a HFSLIP.LOG zip attachment, or is there something different about the MSI's?

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    Adding directory to System Path via REG.EXE

    in Windows 2000/2003/NT4

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    Am I missing something? Why not use the %PATH% variable?

    I was originally trying to avoid adding a User environment var to the System environment, but now that you mention it, I'm only dealing with this one variable, and PATH seems to be pretty much always in the System environment , so that concern may be unwarranted.

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    Adding directory to System Path via REG.EXE

    in Windows 2000/2003/NT4

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    I am writing a batch file to add a directory to the Path, reg.exe style.


    @echo off	
    rem I used DoesNothing value while testing but will use the Path value
    set Sysenvt=HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
    for /f "tokens=3* delims=	" %%f in ('reg query "%SysEnvt%" /v DoesNothing') do set Currntpth=%%f
    reg add "%SysEnvt%" /v DoesNothing /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%Currntpth%;%%ProgramFiles%%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools" /f

    That should be a tab character after delims=.

    I managed to get it working exactly the way I want, but I was wondering if it could be improved. If I do the embedded req query by itself:

    reg query "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v Path

    One of the lines says

    ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

    I'm not clear on what happens to this line, is it guaranteed to get ignored by the for /f processing?

    (Testing in XP)

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    msvbvm60.dll?

    in HFSLIP

    Posted

    For gdiplus.dll, there is a hotfix named gdiplus_dlnd.exe for 2K that you can place in HF.

    Thanks, Super-Magician, that fixed my Launchy issue. Ironically I already had two versions of the file from .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.

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    Add-On Maker for Nlite 1.2.4 Update: 06/17/2006

    in Application Add-Ons

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    I think I have a path to solving my problems with batch file addons now.

    I had pulled out the self-extracting .exe with Universal Extractor, so I still had batchrunner.exe (that links to the batchrunner topic) in the source folder. I ran Maker and I got some error "Unable to find files.7z" although I am not sure of the exact wording because I can't re-create it. I took out batchrunner and I stopped getting the error. I put it back in and still don't get the error. :rolleyes:

    Also if Maker creates the batch-file addon succesfully and it fails during Windows installation with something like "Specified file is not a batch file", it is necessary to make sure batchrunner will run that particular batch file by running it from a cmd window:

    batchrunner install.cmd

    Although install.cmd is the default for batchrunner anyway so the filename can be omitted. Apparently running install.cmd directly is not a good enough test.

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    Add-On Maker for Nlite 1.2.4 Update: 06/17/2006

    in Application Add-Ons

    Posted

    Thanks for a great program and I have a couple of basic questions

    (1) Does Add-On Maker see the contents of subdirectories in the folder it reads from or just the one folder?

    (2) I have created a few addons that work fine, and have started to get a little fancier by setting up .cmd files as installs for programs that need extra stuff like copying files to the program directory and the like. Are there any limitations on what commands can be in these batch files that I should know about? I noticed it put something called Batchrunner.exe in there and I am having a few problems I want to track down.

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    msvbvm60.dll?

    in HFSLIP

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    Not so much replacing a bad DLL, but it comes standard with XP; and I know CCleaner is dependent on it.

    So I can introduce new DLL's in that folder there in addition to FIXing DLL's if I understand you correctly...

    I might try putting gdiplus.dll there then to see if it makes Launchy happy...

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    msvbvm60.dll?

    in HFSLIP

    Posted · Edited by daddydave

    What is the significance of msvbvm60.dll that some people put in the FIX folder? I see it has something to do with VB. Is there a bad version in the original source?

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