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to use 7zip and make a self extractor, you must use msiexec.exe...I tested a couple of things with 7zip and "startx msiexec" was the only thing that worked...but for those not using 7zip, you should be able to just run the msi file without msiexec being in your command. Honestly, I never got this restart thing, but I did rebuild taking out some switches that dont work and using sp2 msiexec commands...so I dunno if it will work for everyone or just me (since I never had the reboot problem, I have no idea)...but I guess I could tell ryanvm what I used and see if he gets the reboot...one question to anyone who wants to try this...is it rebooting everytime? only when installed with the rest of your programs...does it reboot if you run it after windows is installed, set up and working? mainly, I need to know if it reboots after windows is installed (cuz thats how I have done my testing) if it does reboot then, then I could let anyone test...if not, then anyone who wants to try is welcome, but no guarantees, I can just say when I doubleclick the exe, it doesnt restart. Possibly there is a need for 2 java packages...one for sp2 using the msiexec switches for sp2 and one for sp1 for those who do not have msiexec 3.0.xxxxxx (dunno the trailing numbers)

then dont worry about the reg file....

you must know nothing about nero to ask a question like that...nero has plugins which need a serial to work...the first time you use /sn=xxxx...is only for the burning rom...you cant simply add another /sn=xxxx for other plugins youve bought, hence the reg file...or maybe you dont know nero has multiple plugins.

another confirmation about not using msiexec? Also, WEBSTARTICON is no longer a valid commandline option, so you might want to remove that. SYSTRAY isnt valid either...according to the website

hehe its all good...just a "small" oversight...in fact, Ive forgotten about it many times when making a cd...so now its like ingrained in my brain to always check dosnet.inf.

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just something to try, but try renaming it to jre5.msi and try this...if you call it from within windows, you shouldnt really need msiexec...Ive installed quite a few msi's without using msiexec in the commandline...so give this a shot, I also switched the order... "jre5.msi ADDLOCAL=jrecore IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1 JAVAUPDATE=0 WEBSTARTICON=0 /passive /norestart"

I dunno what you all are doing wrong...I posted how to make nero with 7zip...you do not need -y or -o...the exe extracts to your temporary directory, so unless your computer set up your cdrom as a temp dir, it should be fine...also, 7zip sfx is already silent...it will always display a box because they havent made any commands to hide the extraction box (7zip developers)...Ive made tons of 7zip self extractors and installers and have never needed any of these switches you all keep posting...I spent time making a whole new thread for nero7zip, but noone has really replied in it or anything, so maybe you all havent seen it...I do like fugg's work in reducing, but in my experience, if you delete something, you run the risk of something else not working...the biggest reduction is from removing plugins, but I dont like to be limited in what I can record to a cd. This is not meant to discredit fugg's work..I appreciate that he did it, and I may use it for different things...Im just giving some information...a lot of people will look at it and say "oh wow, I can reduce nero by half and not lose any functionality" but you do lose some things in reducing...as I said, not meant to discredit, just kind of a disclaimer.

very wrong titou2k...you need [OptionalSrcDirs] SVCPACK in dosnet.inf...I put it at the end

the "C" in 7zSC.sfx stands for Compressed...or upx compressed for what really happens there...to replace icons, open 7zS.sfx in resource hacker...goto Action -> Replace Icon, and basically chose the icon you wanna replace the default one with...then save...itll ask you for a name, just input 7zS.sfx (make sure not to save in the same dir as your install of 7zip)...now, just run upx..."upx -9 -o7zSC.sfx 7zS.sfx" as I said, C stands for compressed, which is the only reason its used...you may be able to call 7zSC or 7zS anything you want, but I dont just to make sure the install works correctly.

ok, well, first off extract nero6601.exe to a directory (preferably nero6601) A couple of things first, if you have any reg settings you would like to add to the nero installation, export from your current registry and save as nero.reg. Put this file in nero6601 dir create a cmd file called nero.cmd in nero6601 dir. CMDOW @ /HID setup.exe /SN=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /WRITE_SN /SILENT /NO_UI /NOREBOOT /NOLICENSE /NOCANCEL REGEDIT /S nero.reg if you dont have cmdow, do a search on the board...or you can change it to @ECHO OFF now, Im assuming you have 7zip already, so go into nero6601 folder and highlight everything, then go to "Add to Archive..." in name, put nero.7z archive format: 7z Compression Level: Ultra Compression Method: LZMA Dictionary Size: doesnt really matter Word Size: Doesnt really matter Check "create solid archive" NOTHING ELSE IS CHECKED. Once done, erase everything EXCEPT nero.7z Now, create a file called config.txt ;!@Install@!UTF-8! RunProgram="nero.cmd" ;!@InstallEnd@! Save As...and check that encoding is set for UTF-8 Now, download the attachment and copy it to the nero6601 folder...you should now have ONLY nero.7z, config.txt and nero.sfx in this folder... nero.sfx has nero's icon in it so the setup file looks like nero's...rename nero.sfx to 7zSC.sfx now, open a command prompt and goto your nero6601 dir...type copy /b 7zSC.sfx + config.txt + nero.7z nero.exe that should be it...for nve, rerun the steps...though if using both nero and nve, for a universal explanation, I included the reg file and cmd file in both nve and nero...though if you know about 7zip you could translate it so that only nero.exe has the cmd and reg file and nve uses only config.txt to run setup...but as I said, this is a universal explanation for both files (that way if someone only wants nve, the instructions are correct, and if someone wants only nero they are correct). If there are any problems, please post them here...I will try and figure out whats going on as I may have skipped a step or 2...this should result in a 10mb less install for both nero and nve combined...Hope this helps some people out.

mpc actually supports a command that associates it with all files...try looking at the help file for mpc. try mplayerc /regaud /regvid and it will register all audio and video types with mpc

if you transform nero and nve to use a 7zip sfx archive, you will save 10mb on top of the winrar. If people want a guide on how to do this, I can post it, but it will take a while for me to get it all together.

*edit nevermind* I would run a install watcher and then create either a different installer, or a rar package

i installed xp home in vmware...ran fine for me.

upx.sourceforge.net i believe

7zs.sfx is in 7-zip dir...there is also a 7zSC.sfx in there too, but the reason I do this is because I wanted an icon for the setup file...I had a wmp10 icon from crystal svg pack and so I extracted the icon, opened 7zs.sfx and replaced icon, then saved, then upx'd so it would not take up soo much space.

but to INSTALL recovery console (which adds a option on boot - without cd) you must have winntupg

the problem with adding rundll32.exe is that it is dependent on what service pack you have...AFAIK rundll32 is not interchangable...the rundll with sp2 will only work on sp2 and sp1 only on sp1...which is why I included the cmd file...the cmd file is very small and will allow it to work on an OS whether it is xp sp1, sp2, or a different windows. I edited 7zS.sfx so that the installer would use the wmp icon instead of that default installer icon...other than that, everything else is the same. To edit, just open 7zS.sfx in Resource Hacker and goto Action -> Replace Icon these are the tweaks I am using HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings","EnableDVDUI",,"yes" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings","AutoSize",,"yes" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings","AlwaysOnTop",,"no" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings","AutoRewind",,"no" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings","FullScreenControls",,"no" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings","Captioning",,"no" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","CDRecordFileDetail",,"*TrackNumber;*SongTitle;Artist;Album;Genre;Bitrate" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","SendUserGUID",1,00 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","SilentAcquisition",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","UpgradeCodecPrompt",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","PlayerScriptCommandsEnabled",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","UpgradeCheckFrequency",0x00010001,2 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","StretchToFit",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","MetadataRetrieval",0x00010001,3 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","UsageTracking",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","DisableMRU",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","LaunchIndex",0x00010001,106 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","FirstRun",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","ShrinkToFit",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","PromptLicenseBackup",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","ShowAppTitlebar",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","ShowAppTitlebarVTen",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","AcceptedPrivacyStatement",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","LibraryPaneVisible",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","LibraryHasBeenRun",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","CDRecordMP3",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","CDRecordMode",0x00010001,3 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","WMARecordRate",0x00010001,0002ee00 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","WMARecordQuality",0x00010001,62 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","MP3RecordRate",0x00010001,0004e200 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","CDRecordDRM",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","AutoCopyCD",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","AutoEjectCD",0x00010001,1 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","WebScriptCommandsEnabled",0x00010001,0 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences","WebStreamsEnabled",0x00010001,0 HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding","LowRate",0x00010001,0001f400 HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding","MediumRate",0x00010001,0002ee00 HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding","MediumHighRate",0x00010001,0003e800 HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding","HighRate",0x00010001,0004e200 AFAICT the HKLM keys arent needed as wmp10 by default sets these, but I include them just in case...the biggest thing is the CDRecordMode I have set for WMA Lossless @RogueSpear...I dunno how your reg tweaks work...you use a dword setting, but the data is written in binary format...you should change it to read like mine does...unless they actually work for you.

@titou2k...could you give an example of how to add the custom tweaks...I believe they have to be written in inf format...is that correct?

FINALLY...jebus this was tough...I tried every which way of trying to use StartX which just doesnt work with rundll32 and 7zip...who knows why...I should submit a bug report to the maker, but oh well...I ended up using a cmd file...and writing the config to run the cmd file...so basically, do exactly what titou2k said in making the package...extract mp10setup, make setup.inf, make mp10setup.cmd, copy msdxm.ocx (these files should be in the mp10setup folder)...then make a 7z file with all these things...(I use ultra compression) mp10setup.cmd @ECHO OFF rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 ./setup.inf make config.txt !!!MAKE SURE TO SAVE AS UTF-8 FORMAT!!! ;!@Install@!UTF-8! RunProgram="mp10setup.cmd" ;!@InstallEnd@! next, compress 7zS.sfx upx -9 -o7zSC.sfx 7zS.sfx copy /b 7zSC.sfx + config.txt + mp10setup.7z mp10setup.exe This assumes you named the archive mp10setup.7z TEST THIS!!! I am unsure if I have all the steps...I was really just looking at a way to get it to work in svcpack.inf...the package with StartX works after setup is finished, but not within svcpack.inf, which is where I like to isntall things like this. And Ive made 15 different configurations of mp10setup...so like I said, I might have missed a step or 2...but it seems all correct.

still working on it...for some reason, 7zip just wont do it automatically...duno why, I can extract everything, run startx and have it run the command and it installs fine, but when using the exe file, it just stops or errors out...Ill have to look more into it as I think its not understanding what im trying to do in the config file.

Ive made the 7zip arcive...but it does not seem to be useable from svcpack.inf...in the way you have done it, does it run in svcpack.inf or somewhere else?

you take swflash.inf and flash.ocx (or something like that) and replace the ones on the cd...it is in the Unattended Windows forum...do a search for swflash that should bring it up...or just flash.

WOW!!!...nice find, though I would prolly make a 7zip for mp10setup.exe (can get it down to 9mb)...but very cool. EDIT: Where were you when I was creating this whole thing...defnitely would have saved me a couple of hours.