Marthax

I found this on a forum , if you're interested. It seems that *.cmd is only for use within XP/2000 as it automatically associates with CMD which *.bat doesn't do. Also, *.bat files are executed by CMD.exe indirectly as Command.com is the program that handles *.bat files and then passes your file to cmd.exe.

Greetings all! I recently learned how to manage my Firefox and Thunderbird settings and how to export them to use with my future installations. The firefox installation went on very smoothly thx to LaptoniC's great software, Silence of the Foxes. However, when I tried to export my thunderbird settings and import them into thunderbird, the program gave me a strange behaviour. When I press the get mail button, it doesn't respond at all and acts as if nothing would've ever happend. If I remove the account and create a new one manually, it all works without any problems. I export the "extensions" folder and the prefs.js file. What is the cause of this? Am I exporting my settings correctly? Thanks all! Marthax

Ok, somehow I managed to fix my problem by an accident and I thought that if I reported this back to you guys, you could help me figure it out. I cleaned up my UA installation and removed a couple of things. The only thing that could have something to do with my problem was that I removed the "Set program and access defauls" & "Windows Catalog" shortcuts in the start-menu. I also created a new account and added it to the administrators group using the WISCON program created by bryanh. When my Windows booted up the first time and I clicked on Start, the Classic Menu appeared all of a sudden. Could one of these things have been the solution to my problem? It just doesn't sound right. What do you guys think? Of course, I'm happy , but it just seems weird.

Excellent tool LaptoniC Hats off to guys like you. Keep up the good work

I see. Thank you for that. What about Email program? I've been reading on the forum, but I can't seem to find that much opinions about different kind of email programs except thunderbird. What do you guys think?

It seems like hell of a job. Is there an another mail management program that is easier to backup and at the same time better? I'm open for suggestions. I've used Thunderbird and I wasn't thrilled, but perhaps there is another better program?

This program you showed me Mhz, is it fullt automated? It doesn't seem like it.

So it's not possible?

I don't use file and settings wizard. I've disabled it. Any other way except createing a AutoIT file that does the work?

Hi all! I've been reading on the forum and searching for an answer to my question, but without any success which is, Is it possible to setup Outlook Express backup (settings and emails) and settings on a new computer UNattended? I saw a couple of threads on how to save your settings and export them to, but it all seems so complicated and most of the solutions weren't UA. Is it possible? Thanks all! Marthax

did you nLite your setup?

@Yzöwl: I want it to work on WinXP and it should execute with RunOnceEx. I know it sounds easy, but I just couldn't figured it out. Maybe I was to tired. There's no catch It's not supposed to search for hidden files. @Nazgul: The problem with that command is that it'll search only in the "somedir" directory and not the rest. I want it to search the whole drive for a certain kind of files and delete them if it finds any. EDIT: What happends if you type del "%systemdrive%\*.fileformat"? Will it work the way I want it?

Hello Everyone! Does anyone know how to do it? What I want is a batch command that makes the batch file search f.ex, all *.bmp files and then removes them. How to? Thanks in advance! Marthax

Is this the first time that you are experiencing these problems, yogiva? You gotta fill us in with some details. That way it's easier to help you.

I figured it out! The reason that my classic start-menu wasn't applied was because of this registry tweak: ; Disable Recycle Bin Delete Confirmation [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,37,a8,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00 I don't know why, but it doesn't only remove the delete confirmation dialog, but it also resets the start-menu and sets it to the new one. Anyway to work around this? EDIT: I tried to install Windows without that reg setting and the result is still the same . What can it be?! This drives me nuts.

Hi all! I needed to find the registry tweak to turn this function off as it disturbs me so I searched the forum and unfortunately, without any results. I used regshot and found out that this setting is responsible for turning this function on/off: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse] "MouseSpeed"="0" Cheers, Marthax

I know, I own a Thinkpad R40, but that isn't the point. The point is that perhaps, he did some registry tweaks himself or changed the installation perhaps. How should I know? That's why I ask. EDIT: What softwares do IBM install allowing you to change settings for your computer, yogiva?

So what if it's a IBM? You can still apply registry tweaks to it

have you done some registry tweaking or anything else?

Have you modified your Windows with nLite? EDIT: Ok, I copied a fresh piece of I386 into my XPCD and tried it out just to be sure that it wasn't my removing with nLite that has screwed it up and it turned out not to be it. I still can't make it work. I think I'll just leave this one behind as it drives me nuts and it's not that hard to configure. Although, I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me solve this mystery.

I highly doubt that this is possible to achieve using only UA commands, but if I were you I'd look in the MS deployment tools. Search for DiskPart. It's MS integrated program that is used to manage HDD's. I'm not sure you'll find what you're looking for, but it's worth a shot. Good luck! EDIT: If I am thinking correctly, then you can achieve it in one way. I assume that C: is always the biggest HDD and D: is the smaller, that is if you let Windows sort your HDD's. If your RAID1 HDD's are bigger then the other HDD, then Windows should assign C: to the RAID1 and D: to the other one.

Hi Guys! I use these parameters when installing XP with my UA cd: [Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes DefaultThemesOff = Yes The Default Themes setting is working just fine however, when I use the DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes, it's not applied as the new start panel is showed with an classic theme. What to do? Regards, Marthax

I used the devcon and it gives me an "not a valid win32 application" error. What should I do?

I know how to use the cmdlines and yes, that's exactly how I have it managed. If this would be the problem then I don't think that any registry tweak would have been executed, but this is not the case as some tweaks get executed, but not all. Why? Well, that's the question I'm trying to answer myself. EDIT: I managed to fix it by replacing the I386 folder and do all the nLiting all again, but this time more carefully. I found out that some of the tweaks I did were the cause of my problem (I disabled all the Visual Effects) so I simply skipped the whole tweaks part as I don't wanna go through all that testing simply to get some minor tweaks done.

I created a batch file which would execute my reg tweak file from cmdlines and some tweaks still don't work, including Cleartype. I also noticed that my Numlock tweak doesn't work. What should I do?