digitalfrost

Here's a NSIS Script for PE: http://digitalfrost.planetzord.de/content.php?article.10

You should try NSIS, it is very easy and once you have a basic layout making new installers is a breeze. I offer some NSIS Scripts on my homepage (see signature). I don't like INNO Setup because by default the installdir can only be set absolute and not relative (see here for a workaround).

HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SmallIcons","SmallIcons",0x00000000,"yes" This works for windows explorer, for IE buttons I don't know how to do it, but it should be similar to the settings above.

"display_mode"=dword:00000008

HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop","display_mode",0x00010001,08,00,00,00

Resurrected an old LiteStep Theme.

I wrote a NSIS Script for installing Process Explorer, get it here: http://digitalfrost.planetzord.de/content.php?article.10

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=hex:*something here* Set the Icons the way you like em, then after logging off, export this key.

Notepad doesn't correctly display the ASCII art, I think thats the whole point of using nfo viewer.

I can't help you with your AutoIt Script, but I wrote a .inf file that installs **** NFO Viewer. Create a WinRAR SFX wich extracts the whole "**** NFO Viewer" folder to %ProgramFiles%, name it ****.exe Then, run this .inf file using "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 \blablabla\****.inf" [Version] Signature=$Windows NT$ [DefaultInstall] AddReg=ExtractDAMN AddReg=FileAssoc AddReg=Settings AddReg=HKLM [ExtractDAMN] HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce","****",,"%01%\****.exe" [FileAssoc] HKCR,".diz",,,"****.NFO.Viewer.File" HKCR,".nfo",,,"****.NFO.Viewer.File" HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File",,,"**** NFO Viewer file" HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\DefaultIcon",,,"%16422%\**** NFO Viewer\**** NFO Viewer.exe,1" HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\shell",,,"open" HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\shell\open",,,"Open in &**** NFO Viewer" HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\shell\open\command",,,"""%16422%\**** NFO Viewer\**** NFO Viewer.exe"" ""%1""" HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell",,,"open" HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell","FriendlyCache",,"**** NFO Viewer" HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell\open",,,"Open in &**** NFO Viewer" HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell\open\command",,,"""%16422%\**** NFO Viewer\**** NFO Viewer.exe"" ""%1""" [Settings] HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer","CheckDefaultViewer",0x00010001,00,00,00,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer","ReuseWindow",0x00010001,01,00,00,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer","AlwaysOnTop",0x00010001,00,00,00,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","FontName",,"[built-in] Lucida Concole" HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","FontData",1,98,00,00,01 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","Window",0x00010001,23,00,00,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","BackgroundColor",1,48,3d,8b,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","TextColor",1,c0,c0,c0,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","HyperLinkColor",1,f5,f5,f5,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","HyperLinkHoverColor",1,dc,dc,dc,00 HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","Text",0x00010001,00,04,00,00 [HKLM] HKLM,"SOFTWARE\****\**** NFO Viewer",,,"%16422%\**** NFO Viewer"

Have you set 2003s file caching behaviour to XP-style? Size=1 uses 10Mbyte less memory compared to Size=2 in my install. I have no idea what's the default setting, but for Win2k3 I suspect it to be at least 2 if not 3... [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters] "Size"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000

I had some trouble with this release, and the release before, related to fedit.exe. When putting the entries for Masstorage Drivers in txtsetup.sif and dosnet.inf, I got a lot of "file not found" errors, also the KB8xxxxx Hotfix didn't work. After every run I had a new file named "TXTSETUP.SIF650636065" or "DOSNET.INF782170670" in \i386 always with another strange number behind the end. As already mentioned by some else in an earlier thread, it could relate to a non-english language setting. I am using english windows xp, but with german regional and language settings. My solution was to put the "line" that fedit adds in quotes, then the errors were gone. I have uploaded a archive with my changed files. http://digitalfrost.planetzord.de/uwxpcd_root.rar If my files work on other systems I suggest you incoporate that in your releases. I am not sure though if this error is really related to my language setting. If you want to reproduce it, just change your keyboard layout/and or regional settings to german, don't be afraid, it's pretty much the same as english for the main keys, except that "y" and "z" are interchanged. I hope this helps. As you can see in the archive I was using method2, I have not tested other methods.

You can't delete them because they have open handles. You could try unlocker to unlock them, but I doubt you could delete them all. CAD_Trap is for Ctrl-Alt-Del functionality in conjunction with Minlogon, without CAD_Trap Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work. Minlogon is installed by the inf-file that is run by cmdlines.txt, so in short, yes. Loosing 16/32Bit is normal, also this windows isn't really usable because a lot of stuff is missing. About that GB: Try disabling SFC with nLite and look if you still have the \LastGood folder in %WinDir%. I had my Windows Folder down to about 130mbyte.

Umm slippykillsticks you need to reboot for all files to be deleted.

Yeah I noticed that, reuploaded the file with updated keep list.

Try putting a ^ before the >. (See http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/esc.html )

Here's my way: http://digitalfrost.planetzord.de/minxp.rar It contains Minlogon & CAD_Trap, open cmdlines.txt and remove the appropriate lines if you don't like it. It is ready for use with any XP CD, and should also work with a installed xp (just copy the files in $$ to %WinDir% and run DelFiles.bat). Aegis: You might wanna take a look at LiteShell, as the name implies it is very lite. Also there's a ext2 file system driver for XP (ext2fsd), but I don't think it is stable enough for serious use, besides the fact that you can only install xp to ntfs/fat32 with the textsetup.

"WINDOWS or LINUX, Which is the most user friendly OS...?" "Which operating system is the BEST...?" These are two questions that don't need the have the same answer. User friendlyness: Windows, the best: depends on intended use, for desktop I'd say BeOS, since this choice is not available I vote for Linux.

Here's an .inf that will copy the required files to %WinDir%\Required.Files. I think it's easier than doing all the copying by hand. [Version] Signature=$Windows NT$ [DefaultInstall] CopyFiles=Required.Files [Required.Files] ;List files from the startpost here [DestinationDirs] Required.Files=10,Required.Files

Search for awxLink. I also made an unattended installer for this program if anyone is interested.

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 c:\blabla\google.inf

Here is my plugins.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop] "instanceid"="52b7299ca77943ab49b88a8066fcfb5d" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop\Components] "last_update"=hex(b):01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop\Components\{EAE377CA-10EC-4933-A56F-E1824D0DEAC9}] "title"="Larry's OpenOffice and StarOffice Indexer 1.01" "description"="Indexes all OpenOffice.org/StarOffice6+ files" "icon"="" "state"=dword:00000001 "status"=hex(b):d6,d8,03,f4,d2,9c,dd,82 "extension"=hex:13,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,78,00,63,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,74,\ 00,63,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,78,00,64,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,74,00,64,00,06,00,\ 00,00,73,00,78,00,69,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,74,00,69,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,78,\ 00,77,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,78,00,67,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,74,00,77,00,06,00,\ 00,00,73,00,74,00,6d,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,64,00,74,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,74,\ 00,74,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,64,00,67,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,74,00,67,00,06,00,\ 00,00,6f,00,64,00,70,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,74,00,70,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,64,\ 00,73,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,74,00,73,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,64,00,66,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop\Components\{7DE2B635-4F72-4282-A466-11401ED7B0A4}] "title"="Mp3tag Audio Indexer 1.00 by Florian Heidenreich" "description"="Indexes aac, ape, apl, flac, mp+, mp1, mp2, mp3, mp4, m4a, m4b, mpc, ogg, ofr, ofs, spx, tta and wv files" "icon"="" "state"=dword:00000001 "status"=hex(b):33,5c,b0,15,3f,b7,0b,76 "extension"=hex:14,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,61,00,61,00,63,00,06,00,00,00,61,00,70,\ 00,65,00,06,00,00,00,61,00,70,00,6c,00,08,00,00,00,66,00,6c,00,61,00,63,00,\ 06,00,00,00,6d,00,70,00,2b,00,06,00,00,00,6d,00,70,00,31,00,06,00,00,00,6d,\ 00,70,00,32,00,06,00,00,00,6d,00,70,00,33,00,06,00,00,00,6d,00,70,00,34,00,\ 06,00,00,00,6d,00,34,00,61,00,06,00,00,00,6d,00,34,00,62,00,06,00,00,00,6d,\ 00,70,00,63,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,67,00,67,00,06,00,00,00,6f,00,66,00,72,00,\ 06,00,00,00,6f,00,66,00,73,00,06,00,00,00,73,00,70,00,78,00,06,00,00,00,74,\ 00,74,00,61,00,04,00,00,00,77,00,76,00,f0,00,00,00,89,85,94,ed,ff,ff,83,4d,\ fc,ff,eb,26,8b,45,ec,8b,00,8b,00,89,85,68,ed,ff,ff,33,c0,40,c3,8b,65,e8,8b,\ 85,68,ed,ff,ff,83,4d,fc,ff,33,f6,8b,9d,a0,ed,ff,ff,3b,c6,7d,2b,50,68,74,11,\ 00,01,8d,85,c4,f1,ff,ff,50,ff,15,80,10,00,01,83,c4,0c,56,56,8d,85,c4,f1,ff,\ ff,50,53,ff,b5,ac,ed,ff,ff,e9,0d,01,00,00,39,b5,a8,ed,ff,ff,0f,85,23,01,00,\ 00,39,b5,a4,ed,ff,ff,0f,84,0b,01,00,00,68,20,11,00,01,ff,b5,b0,ed,ff,ff,ff,\ 15,50,10,00,01,3b,c6,75,6a,8d,85,c4,ef,ff,ff,50,56,56,56,53,ff,15,c8,10,00,\ 01,83,c4,14,68,90,11,00,01,8d,85,c4,ef,ff,ff,50,8b,3d,54,10,00,01,ff,d7,85,\ c0,74,1f,68,84,11,00,01,8d,85,c4,ef,ff,ff,50,ff,d7,85,c0,74,0d,56,56,56,68,\ 2c,11,00,01,e9,e0,fe,ff,ff,56,56,56,68,2c,11,00,01,53,6a,09,e8,d5,f3,ff,ff,\ c7,85,b4,ed,ff,ff,04,00,00,00,00What is important is: The value of status seems to be connected to the instanceid, so these two values must always be from the same installation. last_update must be greater than 1 for Desktop Search to recognize the new plugins. The plugins are installed by registering their .dlls (regsvre32 <dll>, see the .inf below), we omit the popup message during registration by inserting the plugin settings into HKCU\Google... _before_ registering the plugin. I use the .reg file in conjunction with this inf file: [Version] Signature=$Windows NT$ [DefaultInstall] AddReg=InstallGDS AddReg=Plugins_reg CopyFiles=Plugins [Stage2] DelReg=FirstUse AddReg=GDS_settings [InstallGDS] HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setup1",,"%01%\GoogleDesktopSearchSetup.exe /silent" ;HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setup2",,"pskill GoogleDesktop.exe" HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setup3",,"%10%\system32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection Stage2 128 %01%\%InfFile%" [FirstUse] ;remove the first use page HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop","first_use" [GDS_settings] ;search in taskbar HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop","display_mode",0x00010001,08,00,00,00 ;we don't want it to check .exe files, why should it? HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop","file_extensions_to_skip",,",tmp,temp,log,pst,ost,oab,nk2,dat,000,pf,xml,obj,pdb,exe" HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop","file_extensions_to_skip_initial_crawl",,",tmp,temp,pst,ost,oab,nk2,exe" ;i didn't buy that mouse with scrolling wheel just for looks... HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Google\Google Desktop\Preferences","num_results",0x00010001,64,00,00,00 [Plugins_reg] ;import plugin settings, along with instanceid and last_update setting > 0 HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setuplarry",,"regedit /s ""%01%\plugins.reg""" [Instplug] ;register the plugin dlls HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setup4",,"regsvr32 /s ""%16422%\%AppPath%\Plugins\LarrysOpenOfficeandStarOfficeIndexer.dll""" HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setup5",,"regsvr32 /s ""%16422%\%AppPath%\Plugins\GoogleSearchForExplorer.dll""" HKLM,"%RunOnce%","GDS_setup6",,"regsvr32 /s ""%16422%\%AppPath%\Plugins\Mp3tagGoogleDesktop.dll""" [Plugins] LarrysOpenOfficeandStarOfficeIndexer.dll,,,0x00000002 GoogleSearchForExplorer.dll,,,0x00000002 Mp3tagGoogleDesktop.dll,,,0x00000002 [Strings] RunOnce = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" RunOnceEx = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx" AppPath="Google\Google Desktop Search" InfFile="google.inf" DispName="Google Desktop Search" UninstallDispName="teaetat" UnInstallPath="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\test12351" [DestinationDirs] Plugins=16422,%AppPath%\Plugins inf=17I would do it all with just the inf file, I just can figure out how to write QWORD values to the registry using .infs. Hope this helps.

It's Bitmap 167 in Explorer.exe http://digitalfrost.planetzord.de/167.png for example

:: copy all the applications to the right target locations cls echo. echo Copying Program files to target locations... xcopy "program files\ahead" "%programfiles%\ahead\" /E /Q /Y >NUL 2>&1 xcopy "program files\common files" "%commonprogramfiles%\" /E /Q /Y >NUL 2>&1 xcopy "windows" "%windir%\" /E /Q /Y >NUL 2>&1 I suggest to change this section like above, for people like me, whose 'common files' folder is not named 'common files'.

I miss [x] Inf File in the selection