[How to make a 7-Zip Switchless Installer]

How do you use a cmd script with this?

[7-Zip self installer?]

I'm trying to create a silent installer for my Windows 7 theme, here's my Config.txt

 ;!@Install@!UTF-8!
GUIMode="2"
Path="%Windir%\Resources\Themes\"
Progress="No"
RunProgram="InstallUxStyle.cmd"
;!@InstallEnd@!

and here's my install script.

@ECHO OFF
GOTO DETECT

:DETECT
%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
IF AMD64 == AMD64 GOTO AMD64 ELSE GOTO DETECT2

:DETECT2
%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
IF x86 == x86 GOTO x86 ELSE GOTO DETECT3

:DETECT3
%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
IF IA64 == IA64 GOTO IA64 ELSE GOTO END

:AMD64
msiexec.exe /i "%Windir%\Resources\Themes\Cloud7\UxStyle\UxStylex64.msi" /quiet
GOTO END

:x86
msiexec.exe /i "%Windir%\Resources\Themes\Cloud7\UxStyle\UxStylex86.msi" /quiet
GOTO END

:IA64
Sorry, your architecture isn't supported.
GOTO END

:END
Exit

I'm on Win8 atm because my win7 partition died and obviously my theme is Win7 only, so I can't test it. is this correct, and more importantly, how do I make this actually execute the scripts and programs and everything?

[7z SFX Modified Module and Tools]

I'm trying to create a silent installer for my Windows 7 theme, here's my Config.txt

 ;!@Install@!UTF-8!
GUIMode="2"
Path="%Windir%\Resources\Themes\"
Progress="No"
RunProgram="InstallUxStyle.cmd"
;!@InstallEnd@!

and here's my install script.

@ECHO OFF
GOTO DETECT

:INSTALL


:DETECT
%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
IF AMD64 GOTO AMD64
IF x86 GOTO x86
IF IA64 GOTO IA64

:AMD64
Msiexec.exe /i "%Windir%\Resources\Themes\Cloud7\UxStyle\UxStylex64.msi" /j m
GOTO END

:x86
Msiexec.exe /i "%Windir%\Resources\Themes\Cloud7\UxStyle\UxStylex86.msi" /j m
GOTO END

:IA64
Sorry, your architecture isn't supported.
GOTO END

:END
Del "%Windir%\Resources\Themes\Cloud7\UxStyle\"
Exit

I'm on Win8 atm because my win7 partition died, is this correct, and more importantly, how do I make this actually execute the scripts and programs and everything?

[Integrate EXEs in Win7?]

I've used Audit mode before, and I'm just not a fan of all the kludge that gets left behind, the registry gets battered to hell (although it's incredibly stupid and deserves everything it gets).

[Why doesn't Install wim tweak remove packages?]

I'm running Windows 8, can I force win8 dism to scavage Win7 install wim offline?

[What is BLB-Client?]

@Magic, I don't even know why that didn't cross my mind. sorry guys.

[Integrate EXEs in Win7?]

There's a few exe's I'd like to slipstream into windows, like MSE and Directx, is there any way to install it offline? You'd think Microsoft would have gotten this handled by now, but apparently not.

[IIS Component Removal but keep NetFX3]

Can't you just remove IIS, then reinstall .Net framework afterwards? like with MS downloadable packages.

[Why doesn't Install wim tweak remove packages?]

It says it's removed them, but the files are still in the WinSXS and it still lists the same packages as being installed after using the /r command on about 100 packages.

I've commited, and exported the wim and it's still not gone. :/

[What is BLB-Client?]

Thanks guys.

[What is BLB-Client?]

What is the Windows 7 BLB-Client? I see it in the Install wim tweak tool, and it sounds unnessacary, is it?

and what is this?

Display-ChangeDesktopBackground-Disabled

and all of these?

Common-Drivers-Package

Client-LanguagePack-Package

Client-Drivers

Client-Features

BusinessScanning

Editions-Client-Package

Help-CoreClientUAXX

Links-Package

Media-Format-Package

MobilePC-Client

MSMQ-Client-Package

NFS-ClientSKU

OfflineFiles

PeerDist

PeerToPeer

Personalization

PhotoBasic

PhotoPremium

Printing-Foundation

PrintingLocalFoundation

RasRip

RDC

Can I remove Group Policy?

How about TerminalServices?

[7Customizer components XML]

Yeah, I'll run it a few more times, sometimes I'll run it twice, and it doesn't make an XML file either time, other times on the first run, and other times it works the second time. I'll delete and redo the log files so it's all clean and easier to check. give me a couple days.

[7Customizer components XML]

Well, my Windows 7 partition crashed and I'm on Windows 8 CP right now (I hardly ever use it) but it's saying that It has to run on Windows 7, and I'd like to strip Win7 before I reinstall, is there anyway to run it on Win8?

[7Customizer components XML]

After a reboot it's working... but still only generating XMLs every other time...? and can I use this to search for say Shell32, and delete all of the old versions of Shell32? How do I go about doing that?

[7Customizer components XML]

"make sure settings.ini exists" is all I'm getting, it exists, the paths are correct, I even took ownership of the **** thing, it's in the same folder as create along with everything else. WTF IS GOING ON?!

[7Customizer components XML]

Create.exe -k and either Premium or "Premium" (when searching for Home Premium stuff lol)

[Register DLL in offline Windows?]

I may have to capture the image, but I find that the image isn't as clean that way, there are settings and stuff like that set and I personally prefer to avoid it if at all possible, is there a way to create an installable cab though? because that could be AMAZING.

[7Customizer components XML]

I've actually just mounted the Ultimate wim, as it's less messy than extracting hundreds of files, here's my create.exe version and settings.ini contents.

Create.exe version 1.0 copyright 2012 Daniel Just.

; This file is absolutely needed! Do not delete it!
; Adjust the paths below to their correct location
[paths]
; path where the windows installation source manifest files can be found
; path must be absolute; no backslash at the end
manifestPath=D:\Users\Marcus\Desktop\Remove_Componets\mount\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\

; path where output xml and log file should be saved
; path can be relative to this dir or absolute
outputDir=D:\Users\Marcus\Desktop\Remove_Componets\Logs\

; path to registry hives
; path must be absolute; keep last backslash
regHivePath=D:\Users\Marcus\Desktop\Remove_Componets\mount\Windows\System32\config\

; path to installation sources
; path must be absolute; keep last backslash
sources=D:\Users\Marcus\Desktop\Remove_Componets\mount\

[7Customizer components XML]

It works when I run it is a regular user, but says it can't find that dll that's right next to it when I run it as admin. :confused:

[7Customizer components XML]

How am I supposed to get this to work? It runs now, but I type in a search such as "HomePremium" and it just prints a **** log, then sometimes I run the same command and it creates an XML, other times nothing. what's going on here?

[Register DLL in offline Windows?]

You can manually copy those into the image, but they can't be injected. Does your image already have an answer file in it?

No, but I could easily make one, I'm just starting this out, I'm even willing to mount the image registry and try to copy the registry settings. like, there's NO possible way to inject them?

[Register DLL in offline Windows?]

They're *.dll x64, and I'm making an x64 win7 image.

There are a few in *.ax as well, but is there much of a difference install wise?

[Register DLL in offline Windows?]

I'm trying to preinstall a few explorer RAW codecs in a windows image, so they're installed automatically, how can I do this?

[7Customizer components XML]

Nice thread, I was looking through the XMLs earlier when it didn't work and was manually doing it myself (OMG that's mind numbling boring and tedious) and I noticed that they weren't listed alpphabetically, could you make them alphabetical?

The xml files have the type of component before the name of the components to be removed in the default xml filenames. For example, accessories_notepad.xml or drivers_modems.xml. This should automatically be sorted alphabetically. Also, what doesn't work? What were you doing manually?

I don't remember what I was doing back then, but I'm trying it again, adn this time it's saying that libexpat-1_.dll can't be found, and it's right next to create.exe, and I've also copied it to the System32 folder and treid registering it, and it doesn't work, and I've also got Strawberry PErl installed (at C:\Perl instead of the default location) becasue I was trying to hack my iPhone with a perl script I found on the web lol. anyway, I tried copying C:\Perl to C:\strawberry\Perl, because that's where it expected it, and it's still not working.

~Edit~

I AM using the x64 version of Strawberry Perl though, could that be the problem?

~Edit2~

I'm having all kinds of permissions issues with Windows, I'll probably have to reinstall.

[7Customizer components XML]

Nice thread, I was looking through the XMLs earlier when it didn't work and was manually doing it myself (OMG that's mind numbling boring and tedious) and I noticed that they weren't listed alpphabetically, could you make them alphabetical?