Alan3285

Hi All, I am having problems getting the Silent .Net Maker to work. The gist of the problem is that when I run the CMD file, nothing happens. I have had a discussion with Sp0iLedBrAt here: DoTNet Failing Discussion As you'll see, we got to a point where Sp0iLedBrAt suggested I come over here to see if anyone can help, so here I am. Any suggestions most welcome. Thanks, Alan.

I have the exact UPX version. As for the archives, I have WinRAR trial and 7-Zip at the moment, but it's set to WinRAR, so that's in no way a problem. At this point (nothing working after anything, which is really strange) I would suggest you post your problem to the Silent .NET Maker topic http://www.msfn.org/...8-w2kxp2k3-x86/ Feel free to post the link to this topic and let's hope they will notice what I'm missing. Congrats on your perseverance. Okay - thanks for sticking with me! For anyone following along in the future, my first post over 'there' is here. Alan.

Hi, I downloaded upx.exe (UPX 3.04 Windows version), and re-ran the cmd file, but nothing happens still. I note that your first ten files are WinRAR archives, whereas mine are 7-zip archives (7z extension). Is that just the way you have your PC setup, or could it be something that I need to change? Thanks, Alan.

, then it should be OK Okay, so the INI as attached, and the following update files in the work folder still fails (same error as above): dotnetfx35.exe NDP30SP2-KB958483-x86.exe NDP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe NDP30SP2-KB976570-x86.exe NDP35SP1-KB963707-x86.exe What would be the update files to include to use your INI from #2 above? Thanks, Alan._SNMsynth.ini

Hi Sp0iLedBrAt, Thanks for that - I'll download one of those (the second one looks more up to date?) I am interested as to what the issue is here though. Would your ini (from #2 above) work with just the DotNet 3 installer and updates: dotnetfx35.exe NDP30SP2-KB958483-x86.exe NDP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe NDP30SP2-KB976570-x86.exe NDP35SP1-KB963707-x86.exe If so, I'll try that smaller subset and see if it works, and if so, work my way towards the full set as it would be interesting to see where it fails. Thanks, Alan.

Hi Sp0iLedBrAt, Okay - I compared the two, and you changed all the switches at the top from 'NO' to 'YES': PROCESSDNF11=YES PROCESSDNF20=YES PROCESSDNF3520=YES PROCESSDNF3530=YES PROCESSDNF3535=YES Previously only the last one was 'YES', so that means we are including all the DotNet installs? I noticed you also set the following near the bottom: MERGEFXS=YES I guess that means to combine it all into a single file? That all makes sense, but I am still getting the exact same result - no file (that I can see - I assume it would appear in the work folder?) and if I run the CMD file from DOS, I still get the error: \DoTNet was unexpected at this time. I feel like an id*** and this should be so much easier.... Thanks, Alan.

Hi Sp0iLedBrAt, Quite probably! So, I downloaded the one you posted above (#2) and put that in my 'work folder', along with the other files, and re-ran the cmd file, but still nothing happens (that I can see). I also tried running the cmd file from a DOS prompt, and it gave the following 'error': \DoTNet was unexpected at this time. If it helps, this is a complete file listing from the work folder: 7za.exe 7zSD.sfx dotnetfx.exe dotnetfx35.exe NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe NDP1.1sp1-KB953297-X86.exe NDP1.1sp1-KB971108-X86.exe NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe NDP20SP2-KB971111-x86.exe NDP20SP2-KB974417-x86.exe NDP20SP2-KB976569-x86.exe NDP30SP2-KB958483-x86.exe NDP30SP2-KB976570-x86.exe NDP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe NDP35SP1-KB963707-x86.exe NetFx20SP2_x86.exe _20SP#LNGbr_KB829019FIX.7z _20SP#_SLIMMING.7z _20SP2_KB974417FIX.7z _30SP#LNG_KB928416FIX.7z _30SP2_REMFONTCACHEFIX.7z _35SP#_FFXBAPSWITCH.7z _35SP#_SLIMMING.7z _35SP1_KB963707FIX_FFCLICKONCESWITCH.7z _KB951847FIX.7z _REM_MSI_BLOCKING.7z _SNMsynth.cmd _SNMsynth.ini All the files are as downloaded, with the ini file being yours from post #2 above. Thanks again for staying with me! Alan.

Hi Sp0iLedBrAt, First, thank you for your posts (both #2 and the one I am replying to). I appreciate that the problem is that I don't fully understand all this, so I appreciate your trying to help me! I had a look at that page (again), but I'm just not sure what I need to do :-( Starting in the middle, from the 'Instructions', I have put my questions (Qn) inline - it is the packets issue that I am most confused about: I1) Download and extract to the work folder, the packet: 20100118_SNMsynth.zip (104.76K) Q1) What is the 'work folder'? This seems to imply that the file must be placed in a specific place rather than just to any folder I might choose, but it doesn't say where it needs to be? Therefore, I am working on the assumption it is just ambiguous language in the post, and they don't mean 'the work folder', they mean 'any folder'? Will this cause problems later? I2) Download 7-zip stand alone (if the link doesn't work retry until it works) and extract only the file 7za.exe to the work folder. I3) Download the packets you need to build your installer(s)/add-on(s), from supported file list above to the work folder. Q3) This is where I really get lost. How do I know which packets I need? I just want to get exactly what I would get if I ran all the DotNet updates from MS Update. The poster said I don't need all of them, but perhaps my best bet is to download all of them? If I do that, then run MS Update(after rebooting) will I then see no updates (for any DotNet stuff) in MS Update? If so, then that is what I want. On the other hand, is there some downside to using all of them? I4) Open _SNMsynth.ini and configure the building process to your liking, read the notes inside carefully. I5) Run _SNMsynth.cmd. If you are able to help with (Q1) and (Q3) then I would be most grateful. The biggest issue though is - nothing seems to happen! I do all of the above, run the cmd file, but nothing appears. I get an OUT1 folder, but it just contains a file called 'PROCESSDATA.TXT'. There is also an empty TMP folder. I am totally confused Thanks, Alan.

Hi DadCat, I have precisely the same problem - including following links to sites that seem to offer no explanation whatsover. All I want to do is include DotNet 3.5 (with the latest updates) in my WinXP install ISO (as I think you do). Just the exact same thing that you'd get if you added it via MS Update - no special options or anything. If you do work it out from all the replies, please could you post back here with instructions that I can follow? I'll do the same if I get there first. Thanks, Alan.