[How to delete vista installation folders]

My way of doing OS installation in my hdd is that I use a boot cd to boot my machine is DOS or use MINIPE like utilities to boot my machine. Then I use file managers to delete my existing windows installation. By which I am meaning that I delete folders named Program FIles, Documents and Settings, Windows etc. It is not possible for me to format the drive because there are other important files in it. Then I use my XP cd to install OS.

But last week I installed windows vista. After using vista for a couple of days I have decided to uninstall it. To my utter surprise when I boot my machine form the cdrom, none of the file managers were able to delete any file for vista's partition. I had also XP installed in another drive. Even from XP I cannot delete files from the drive where vista is installed.

I am not getting the whole scenerio. Both XP and vista was installed in NTFS partitions but XP cannot have delete permissions on vista drive. Has microsoft updated the NTFS file system for vista, so now xp cannot delete anything from the drive where vista is installed?

Anyone know something about this issue pls help me and is there any way to delete vista files from boot cds or windows XP??

[How to get my options button back]

Thanks a lot mate. You saved me.

[How to get my options button back]

I am a new user of wpi. Yesterday after adding my softwares to wpi I disable the options, menuals buttons from wpi so that further editing is not possible. But now I want to add a new software. But i don't know jscript or that type of language. Can anyone please tell me how can I reenable my options, config and manual button.

Which file of WPI i have to edit and how.

Another important issue as WPI is constantly improving and releasing new version.

As a new user i always add my softwares from the scratch. But is there any way where can a copy my current softwares list and their settings in the new version of wpi.

[InstallShield iss error]

I know how to create and use "iss" file in installshield setup. But i look at some disgusting configuration of iss file. Say for example power dvd 6

[{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdAskDestPath-0]
szDir=C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD
Result=1

szDir is the directory where powerdvd will install. But i want to setup powerdvd in the the drive where my windows is install. In other setup like inno setup, nsis the software usually install in the "program files" where the windows is installed. I tried to use "%ProgramFiles%\CyberLink\PowerDVD", but installshiled doesn't recognize windows environmental variables. So, is there any way of installing software silently by determining in which drive windows is installed

[Proble with win xp sp2 unattended]

if your problem is not solved already, then try this. if u make your image with nero and other some image making software it gives this error. please make your image with cdimage - a command line tools from microsoft and there is also a gui version available named cdimagegui. search these soft in google or msfn. in cdimage only enable iso9660 filesystem. do not eanble joilet filesystem, it creates problem if you r creating a multiboot dvd

[making dvd from visual studio.net 2003 cds]

i'm trying to make a dvd from visual studio.net 2003 cds. i've msdn cds and prerequisite cd. i want to put call the cds into dvd and run setup from dvd.

can anyone help me.