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I am trying to achieve the following with the way my windows explorer opens by default. + My Docs expanded and selected + C:\ Expanded - No control panel Anyone wanna throw me a bone here!

Dont download crap like download accelerator. Dont bother using anything other than FlashGet

Nah - its worth it - thanks Im gonna do it Perfection is everything.

How can I customise where apps like Outlook Expresss, Movie Maker etc, are installed too? Instead of %PROGRAM FILES%\Outlook..., I want it to be %PROGRAM FILES%\Net\Outlook..

Found one not on the list ;Disable UNC /remote shortcut tracking [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000000 Heres one that is on: I reckon NoResolveTrack should be ON and NoResolveSearch OFF so I modified it as such ;Disable comprehensive shortcut tracking [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000000 "NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001

Gosh - are you saying it dynamically builds the DLL at install time? If that is the case then people will have different DLL sizes. The one on my XP SP1 default install is: 1,157,632 bytes

This is the only file sfc uses for protections AFAIK. RaveRod, yeah the files are contained in the .cats, however sfcfiles.dll just store a list of fileNAMES to protect. They made it a dll so that its spawned as a process, so they are locked. Try deleting a protected file and it will say its "in use" or something.

Yeah that would be cool, if you brave, just open it up in a hexeditor and ZERO out the offending filenames. For some reason they are duplicated lots of times.

Yes it removes protection for anything in %ProgramFiles%. EXCEPT it still protects %CommonFiles% which is by default located in %ProgramFiles% unless you change it. If you want to disable SFC just temporarily for certain files, I would recommend WfpAdmin, http://www.collakesoftware.com/index.asp#wfpadmin

Ever wanted a %Program Files% directory to look like this without disabling SFC? C:\>Dir Progs Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 2CCF-A2CE Directory of C:\Progs 24/06/2004 12:58 PM <DIR> . 24/06/2004 12:58 PM <DIR> .. 24/06/2004 12:44 PM <DIR> Common 24/06/2004 12:44 PM <DIR> Dev 24/06/2004 12:44 PM <DIR> Media 24/06/2004 12:44 PM <DIR> Net 24/06/2004 12:44 PM <DIR> Office 24/06/2004 12:58 PM <DIR> Other 24/06/2004 12:44 PM <DIR> Utils 0 File(s) 0 bytes 9 Dir(s) 24,742,055,936 bytes free This fix allows you to permanently delete MSN Gaming Zone, Xerox folder etc. Just added a comment to the readme to ignore the warning on install. sfcfix.rar

Dont think that method work deveilrunner, cos I had that already in my winnt.sif

But what if we are passing them onto MSI? The quotation marks seem to mess it up. start /wait AdbeRdr60_enu_basic.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn INSTALLDIR="c:\Progs\Media\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0""" Doesnt work. Maybe I should extract the MSI? know how to do that?

But what if INSTALLDIR has spaces in it? start /wait AdbeRdr60_enu_basic.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn INSTALLDIR="c:\Progs\Media\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0"/"" Doesnt work for me

Actually wanted a reg file. I converted this. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\FeatureLockdown] "bUpdater"="0" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Updater] "iUpdateFrequency"="0" "bShowNotifDialog"="0" "bShowAutoUpdateConfDialog"="0" Which makes strings and not DWORDS, which should be correct right?

Thanks thats EXACTLY what I wanted.

Can this be turned off?

Any way to specify the directory to install to? I want it in %Prog%\Media\Adobe instead of %Prog%\Adobe

Thanks Aaron - Exactly what Im looking for!!

Thanks! I should have searched first

Anyone know what program creates this and how to disable it.

Can I remove the /dotnetfx dir in the XP CD root? I used XPcreate to slipstream the latest patches and .net framework so Im suspecting I can safely kill this?

Thanks guys, I now know what must be done.

Yeah I think I just ZEROED them extrememac, I used hexworkshop. I am going to try find a way to script it, and will post a result here. I need a tool that scripts patches, im sure the warez guys have little utils like that.

Thanks all, basically I just want the simplest way to never have to deal with or see Themes .. EVER.

For some reason the initial XP logon screen has the big bubbly visual style that I hate. As soon as I press enter and start logging in - the login box changes to classic. How can I fix this? I though it was related to the default user, however I have applied my reg tweaks and the cmdlines.txt level.