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I use only Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Is there any way to remove everything else and reduce the size of setup?

Hi, this is a command i use in RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY%\07 /V 3 /D "\"PathToOperaWithoutSpaces\Opera_9.25.exe\" /S /v\"/qn CREATE_STARTMENU_ICONS=1 ALLUSERS=1\"" /f Someone pls tell me the corresponding command to use in WIHU, esp how to specify switches in quotes

Hi, can someone tell me the effect of removing WMP and Windows Media Player 6.4? Do I need to preserve any files to play songs and videos if I use K-Lite Codec Pack? Thx

@Kelsenellenelvian Thx a lot man, will try this out Btw, good work with WPI Tried it, works but with some probs. Here's a very elegant way to replace Notepad by Notepad++ Notepad Replacement : http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/commun...auncher.bin.zip Installation Instruction: * Backup your original Notepad.exe (we never know...). * Copy notepad.exe which comes with this package into 4 directories (in given order) : 1. c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 2. c:\windows\system32\dllcache 3. c:\windows\system32 4. c:\windows When you replace notepad.exe in c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows, a "Windows File Protection" message box appears, click Cancel. Then another message box appears, click OK. * Modify you registry (if you use installer to install your Notepad++, you don't need to do this step): Create key \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Notepad++, then add your Notepad++ full path as the default value of this key. In my case, it's C:\Program Files\Notepad++. Now Notepad++ is your default Notepad. I make a point of thanking Stépho for his contribution.

Hmmm, restart sorted it out

K, this is a bit weird. But I've to manually press F5 to see any changes ie, if i delete a file or create a new file, I've to refresh it manually before I see the change. How do i rectify this? Thx...

Will the following approach work? Use a notepad++ installation. Rename Notepad++.exe to notepad.exe. Use makecab (or anything else for that matter) to make a notepad.ex_ Replace original notepad.ex_ in i386 with this If not, why? Thx

hey gosh, u're active. cool, i wanted to ask some questions to u in particular... i read ur guide to slimming down xp, followed it and it works. Here's what i did. Used nlite to remove all crap retaining manual install and upgrade then i used ur method to get a boot menu giving 2 options : unattended install and normal install (with recovery console). for the unattended one, i used wihu from cmdlines.txt. when wihu is called at T-12, i want to use hidcon. Where do i place it such that it can be used? I tried placing it in AUTO (that's what i'm calling the boot folder for unattended). doesn't work

I put notepad.exe in remove files list and it worked. Can't find notepad now. XP is running. But at the start, i saw an error : something abt ie4uinit.exe and advpack.dll. Haven't seen it b4. Not sure if it's related to this or not.

oh. k, thx

I run WIHU from cmdlines.txt at T-12 with ".\WIHU\wihu.exe /AutoInstall=60 /Beep=15 /SkipRestart /NoRestartChange" When it starts, in the first screen, It shows me logged in as "SYSTEM" and New User name and password are greyed out. I can't create a new user here. However, in the second screen I can. How can I create a new user in the 1st screen itself?

oh, i didn't know it'd have such serious implications. anyway, i tried replacing notepad with notepad2 by doing modifype and makecab and it works fine. I wanted to replace notepad with notepad++ cos it offers so much better functionality than the vanilla flavoured notepad . Also i never use notepad. Isn't that possible u say?

Will just deleting notepad.ex_ from i386 work? Or is there some other way to achieve this?

While removing themes from a previous 'last_session' preset, nlite crashes and gives me the following error. See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: InvalidArgument=Value of '3' is not valid for 'index'. Parameter name: index at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.ObjectCollection.RemoveAt(Int32 index) at ..( ) at ..(Object , KeyEventArgs ) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ListView.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- nLite Assembly Version: 1.4.0.4 Win32 Version: 1.4.0.4 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/nLite/nLite.exe ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll ---------------------------------------- nLite Assembly Version: 1.4.0.4 Win32 Version: 1.4.0.4 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/nLite/nLite.exe ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- nlgw Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.4.0.4 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/nLite/nLite.exe ---------------------------------------- MCDBNET2 Assembly Version: 1.32.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.32.0.1302 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/nLite/MCDBNET2.DLL ---------------------------------------- msvcm80 Assembly Version: 8.0.50727.163 Win32 Version: 8.00.50727.163 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/WinSxS/x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.163_x-ww_681e29fb/msvcm80.dll ---------------------------------------- CabLib Assembly Version: 7.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 7.0 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/nLite/CabLib.DLL ---------------------------------------- msvcm80 Assembly Version: 8.0.50727.762 Win32 Version: 8.00.50727.762 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/nLite/msvcm80.DLL ---------------------------------------- Accessibility Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll ---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled. For example: <configuration> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /> </configuration> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Works like a charm now, Thx I didn't think to remove the quotes after removing the spaces. I read your XP Mod post btw, good job

Hi, i want to perform silent install of applications in WIHU. I've done it in RunOnceEx and WPI too and i know the required switches. However, with WIHU, i'm facing a prob which says file not found. For eg, to install Notepad++, i use these lines in 'install.ini' description.1 = Notepad++ command.1 = "%WIHU%\Install\Utilities\nppinstaller4.5.exe\" /S and i get an error saying file not found. Even changing it to command.1 = "\"%WIHU%\Install\Utilities\nppinstaller4.5.exe\" /S" doesn't work. However, upon removing /S it works. command.1 = "%WIHU%\Install\Utilities\nppinstaller4.5.exe" I can't perform silent installs. Can someone pls help me?

I want to know what are the different methods to reduce the size of source. This is what I do 1. Use nLite to remove components (this reduces from 570MB to 270MB). I preserve 'Manual Install and Upgrade' to faciliate "2" 2. Use Gosh's method. I use this primarily to be able to use the recovery console. I do this by setting up a dual-boot, one with unattended install, the other without. However, contrary to what Gosh claims, i see Copying Files in GUI mode as well. Am i doing something wrong? Are there any other methods to reduce size?

During driver install, a dialog pops up called Plug and Play Monitor found. Installation stops there and doesn't proceed unless i click on cancel. Didn't face this prob earlier. Mostly this is due to integrating SP3, RC1. Can someone confirm?

Start off with RunOnceEx. There isn't much difference between BatchScripting and RunOnceEx cept that the latter looks neater. Once you get the hang of it (and all the switches for silent install too) then you can try WPI, WIHU or XPlode which are a bit more intricate. For silent install, there's a topic entirely devoted to it. If that too isn't enough try searching the net. I hope that helps. Out of curiosity...what all did you remove to make it 170MB?

It should work as required I do the same thing

What's the equivalent of FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\Windows SET SOFTW=%%i: in WIHU? I want to search for the partition which has the setups of applications i want to install

REG ADD %KEY%\02 /VE /D "Essentials" /f REG ADD %KEY%\02 /V 1 /D "\"%SOFTW%\Windows\Essentials\Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 SFX.exe\" " /f REG ADD %KEY%\04 /VE /D "Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\04 /V 1 /D "\"%SOFTW%\Windows\Applications\Adobe Reader 8.1.1.exe\" /sAll" /f REG ADD %KEY%\04 /V 2 /D "\"%SOFTW%\Windows\Applications\Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007\setup.exe\" /adminfile Customiser.MSP" /f REG ADD %KEY%\04 /V 3 /D "\"%SOFTW%\Windows\Applications\Microsoft Reader SFX.exe\" " /f These are the lines which don't execute. Got it. The extra space in \" " was wreaking all the havoc

Oh...

Hey, nice idea. I'll try that and see. It works, thx

If WIHU is present in \$OEM$\WIHU and the applications are present in \Install with the root folder being the CD, how do i specify the relative paths?