[PEBakery]

I hope all of you are filing bug reports on github for him.  While he might not have too much time, others can fork and then make pull requests to fix some of these.  For one, the continuation of a line and concatenating them together before passing it down to the parser SHOULD be relatively straight forward.  For someone like me (although pretty busy right now), who love finding and fixing bugs more than we like writing new code, this could be a fun exercise.

[Run WPI with admin-rights (UAC)]

Some days ago I started WPI from my pen-drive to install some apps for my parents - unfortunately they have Windows Vista with the UAC-Problem.

So before each application a window poped up and asked for the rights...

Yes, this is a known issue, and while you have one sollution that will work, another (maybe more simple?) is to use the Autorun Executable as found on the Files Page

Just right click and say "Run as Administrator", and since it is elevated BEFORE it runs WPIW, you only have to accept it once. then WPIW (and all the scripts it runs) are autmatically elevated (as in your solution)...

Never hurts to have more than one way to solve an issue B)

[FULL screen Splash image with isolinux like easyboot possible ?]

Hello , I m newbie and i would like to know if there is any possiblitiy of adding splash image to my isolinux menu just like cdshell or easyboot shows at the start of booting the cd/dvd.

The answer below had it MOSTLY right...here's what works...

UI /boot/syslinux/vesamenu.c32
TIMEOUT 15
MENU BACKGROUND /boot/isolinux/ScottLogo.png
MENU AUTOBOOT 
MENU TABMSG 
MENU HIDDEN

LABEL -
  KERNEL /boot/syslinux/config.c32
  APPEND /boot/syslinux/syslinux2.cfg

Make sure to use current syslinux or isolinux version of vesamenu.C32, etc. Turn off the default messages for auto booting and tab, HIDE the rest of the blank menu to avoid the lines, then after the delay, it will restart with your "REAL" config file. (adjust names as appropriate)...

Scott

[Windows 7 RTM Programs Compatibility List]

APPLICATIONS

- CCleaner 2.15

Sorry to differ, but the ability to add the context menu's to the recycle bin isn't working due to a permissions issue on the registry entry for the recycle bin.

So, I would say, this needs a small tweak (manual instructions posted in the CCleaner forums)

[Problems with WPI under Vista]

It is probably related to the permissions and the UAC...Was UAC turned completely off? If so, then not sure why you couldn't modify the entries...look at the permissions. I know in Win7, even the registry permissions are a lot tighter.

Also, be sure to "run as administrator" when to run the WPI.hta file...Or use the autorun executable that is on the sticky post, and run it as administrator...

Scott

[New VM - VirtualBox]

Virtual box is definitely the best. Virtual PC 2007 could not install openSUSE 11. In Virtual Box it runs great. The only flaw I have found so far is that the "virtual" video card does not accept 24bit but that's minor because the view is fine.

try the new version - supposed to have added in some 3D acceleration!

[Help with Creating Bootable WPI]

AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 - Free

AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 - Full

Thes would be mutually exclusive...I'm assuming you meant one or the other...

As Kels said, this is sort of covered in the docs, so go read them...what you want to look for is "silent installers" of the products you mentioned...MANY of them exist - just google a bit. If there isn't one already made, the easiest thing to do is to learn/use "autoit" to make a script that hits the bittons for you...May not be "silent", but at least it is automated!

[ProgramAddons Cabs from nLite...]

I can not be done because <blah blah blah>

OK, I'll agree that it can't be done in the same way...Nlite allows all sorts of fancier stuff using the inf file based install process in addition to running silent installers....

But it sure seems that there should be a way to either invoke WPIW or some other "post install" process to run a "silent" product install. I think that was all they were looking for...

Personally, I suggest that you give tools like the Windows Post Install Wizard a look... http://www.wpiw.net

[Dual Boot CD... Win98 and WinPE 2.0... DONE!]

Randy,

I am working on Dual boot between WinPE 2.0 and FreeDOS booting from CD-ROM. I am trying to follow steps mentioned, Could you let me know any link or URL on how to modify .csi files?

-Aryan

these are just the special image file format that the cdshell uses...go to the cdshell docs (do a little google) and there is a bitmap converter...

[I need help]

how i can make A copy into this direct without any interaction from User ? in WIP

and how i can add a .Reg file and open it without any interaction from User ? in WIP

these are from my "firefox installation", where I add a .reg file using the regedit command and also use the "FILECOPY" command (a pull down) to copy the file to the common user desktop...

cmd2[pn]=['regedit /s "%wpipath%\\Install\\firefox_bug_246078_rev3.reg"'];
cmd3[pn]=['FILECOPY "%wpipath%\\Install\\firefox_bug_246078_rev3.reg"  "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\\Desktop"'];

Just edit as you need to...and put into the right commands on your configuration for that tool...

Scott

[I need help]

there are some examples of this already in the docs (I think), but basically use the "FILECOPY" function and use "REGEDIT" to install the registry file. I'll try to remember to pots specifics when I get home...

As for making the shortcut, if you know the information ahead of time, just make that file and then copy if into the right place...

Good Luck!

[nlite suggested improvment]

Small problem with suggestion of yours.

1. Too much bloat.

3. Only 32bit, 32bit is past, 64bit is future.

4. It's too much bloat,takes bloated harddrive space and registry sizes, makes installation take forever, and its too much bloat.

Bloat is in the eye (CD space?) of the beholder...To me (and this is what I did), adding the compressed (7z) files to the CD, and having them be instqalled isn't that big a deal - especially to get the majority of the drivers. Sure, I left off video and sound - easy enough to DL later, but the others are worth it (to me).

Basically, I do everything up to the ISO creation, then run the base DP installer to manipulate the files. For the "unattended" stuff, you do need to go in a clean the winnt.sif file a bit if you want to allow access to the "recovery console options", but no big deal...

Anyway, like I said - "different strokes..."

Scott

[[tool] addons2wpi converter]

I don't know is this a bug or not but whenever the addon2wpi is done in the wpi.hta there are two entries that should be there at all here are the ones : ;## and ;==

Well, I just got back to this after a few days, and also ran into this sort of thing with the 1.2 version (by the way thanks for the simple yet sufficient GUI!!! )

I got the same sort of thing from the MS JAva "pack" off of the RYANVM space...

I'm sure this is related to the parsing of the ini file, since this one, while "correct" is a lot different than any other I have seen, and probably has some specifics in it for the original intent.

Easy enough to fix in the config.js or the WPI gui, and if I get a chance, I may look at the source code...Always wanted to play a bit with Delphi...

Again, THANKS for a simple, but effective tool.

Scott

[[tool] addons2wpi converter]

Nothing fuzzy everything is OK i doubke checked the cabs and inf-s :S :@

What was the specific file that was before the problem ones...Maybe posting the INF file would help Nuno debug it?

[[tool] addons2wpi converter]

I don't know is this a bug or not but whenever the addon2wpi is done in the wpi.hta there are two entries that should be there at all here are the ones : ;## and ;==

pn=2;

prog[pn]=[';##'];

pn=3;

prog[pn]=['ccleaner_201.exe'];

pn=18;

prog[pn]=[';=='];

pn=19;

prog[pn]=['FF.exe'];

Look at the cab/zip/whatever you had in the input directory just before CCleaner and FF (they are in alphabetical order)...My guess is that they have something "funny" in them.

Scott

[[tool] addons2wpi converter]

One more minor thing...you don't need to set the order number explicitly in each entry. the fact that you have the "pn++" statement is sufficient.

It would also make it easier to "add" as opposed to re-process addons to the existing config.js file. And if your adding "options", allowing us to pick the output file would also be "nice"...

But as I said, this is over 80% of the hard work...(unfortunately, the last 20% of the "polish" takes way more than 80% of the total time invested before your done.

Scott

[[tool] addons2wpi converter]

Version 1.1 should be cleaning up the temp folder for a clean operation when running in unattended mode, will do more testings and try to reproduce the same bug as it should be copying all these files to "%WPIpath%\Install\SVCPACK" and removing the temp folder along the way.

But since you found this "feature" usefull, what do you think about adding a small options panel where you would be able to customize this behavior and choose what to do with the extracted files?

Maybe I could also add a few more buttons and other users wouldn't need to use the command line to convert addons.

Sure a few things like this would be nicer along the way.

Was also thinking of how you're doing the mapping of the fields from the inf file to the .js file. I need to think about it/play with it more, since I think that it would be nice to have a bit more 'flexibility', but as I siad, let me think on it...

the issue on the copy of the actual setup.exe files is probably related to a 'flat' extract using the 7za.exe file since as I siad, no directory was created in the temp/0 area...the one "rar" file I tried (for itunes) created the directory in the temp area, and also copied the file over to the WPI area...

Scott

[[tool] addons2wpi converter]

Thanks - good first start. Couple of comments.

(used lastest version as of this posting time...)

Didn't clean up the "temp" area, which was a good thing. All the "cab" ones I had while 7zip shows a SVCPACK directory that has the installers executable, it was extracted in the top level temp/{0,1,2...} directory. hence, it didn't copy over into the WPI area...easy enough for me to do, since the temp area wasn't cleaned up ;-)

Also, parsing of the in/out directories is a bit "sloppy", since when I had the error of D:wpi\wpi (missing first "\", it tried to write the output in the last temp area (in my case temp\13

Finally, the output box doesn't scroll, so when I hit 13 addon's, it cut off part of the text.

BUT, I was just thinking of doing this, since it is a pain to manage a lot of this stuff, and quite frankly, even if the .js file is only 90% correct when I have to group them, etc. it is still a BIG help.

Scott