Swimming_Bird

what my be a better way to enter the optons screen then adding a button is if maybe you could bind it to a keypress. That way it retains it's proffesinal look but allows a knowledgable user to change the options. Edit: I'm assuming there is a way to do this in java, but i'm just assuming as i know no java myself.

what did you use for the icons at the top and what VS is that?

/clap FuNKeR ur really got a knack for making proffesional looking WPI interfaces

what do you use to call your wpi.exe command? and i definatly agree that the command prompts make it look less proffesional.

read the rules, but sounds like you are trying to install the files from the cd. You need to do more resarch, its not that easy to install from the cd.

@asta what's the benifit of using the exe compared to the cmd? and for the exe do certain file need to be in any particualar places? also it seems like everyone copies something over to the systemdrive in order to run wpi (even if running it from a cd) why doesnt anyone just run it directly from the cd?

I thought this screen was something to make the actuall installer. Is it customizable because i like WPI's UI for program selection a lot more

i havnt seen a screen of an app selection page. Can you select the items to run with xplode as well?

What is xplode better at doing? All the information about it seems a little hazy and sparced. I'm just curious what situation is xplode better for compared to say WPI or the like? (besides the pretty gui of course )

what's the benifit of using the exe compared to the cmd? and for the exe do certain file need to be in any particualar places?

ok so for my backup script i would want to do this? ROBOCOPY "%UserProfile%\My Documents" "e:\Back-Up\doc" "*.*" /E /COPY ROBOCOPY "%UserProfile%\Application Data" "e:\Back-Up\app" "*.*" /E /COPY and to restore i would do FOR %%d IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%d:\back-up SET BUDRIVE=%%d: ROBOCOPY "%BUDRIVE%\Back-Up\doc" "%UserProfile%\My Documents" "*.*" /E /COPY ROBOCOPY "%BUDRIVE%\Back-Up\app" "%UserProfile%\Application Data" "*.*" /E /COPY

Does this "define" %cdrom% as the drive with setup.exe on it?

I use the backup program built into xp, i know its prolly not the best but it gets the job done. I use it to back up things before my format such as My documents, applicaiton data, etc. I always back it up onto another local drive and restore after install. I was wondering: 1) how i can find the drive that containst the file 2) how to silently restore the files. If anyone knows of a better way to backup and restore such files i would also be open to this.

what's your suggestion, VM or MS? anyways why i chose to use WPI was i figured that i would just have it run as i would any installer but once in there i can customize my install. Just breaking up the runonce inside of WPI. I was looking at xplode but its too complex for me atm. i was planning on using it on a future disk. But now that i can test it i'll just set up one classically then try it out. anyways if you can provide me a bit of batch that would allow me to designate the cd so i wont have to copy it.

the main reason i want to do more complex things instead of testing out some unattended cds is because i dont want to have to format again each time i try out my new install cd. i dont have a spare machine atm i can test with. I have to run but as soon as i get back i'll post again with a little bit more of what i'm hoping to do with a UA CD thanks for all the help alanoll

1) what is different about installing from the hdd compared to the cd? I cant see a benifit from copying the installers to the HDDs. I dont even see why you would want to do that if runing WPI or something along those lines. 2) how do you deal with having multiple optical drives?

I'm making my first UA install and a lot of the sample install scripts i see the install directory in %systemdrive% instead of %cdrom% do most people copy their install directory over to systemdrive then delete it or is the install cd treated as the systemdrive at this point of the installation, that doesnt make sense to me though ?

for some reason my setup.iss file doenst contain any of my registration information. also [quote]If you put it in runonceex you have to do it like this REG ADD %KEY%\076 /V 2 /D "taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe" /f[/quote] If i'm using WPI do i have that run after or before the installation?

i'm terribly sorry i realize this questin has prolly been asked at least a few times but i was unable to find it using search and scanning 32 pages for this is a bit much. I was wondering if there was any way around requireing a clean install? one of the reasons i use an unattened cd is so that my computer can be back to working fully as quickly as possible with minimal effort. And doing a clean install just for the shrinker would require time which i'd rather not use on such a job. TIA

hrm i gcant get it to start downloading. I wonder if it's firefox

i could use this as well. If you know how to include the serial as well that would be helpful.

hrm, could have sworn i tried that. But i'll try again once i get home from work. Thanks.

I was wondering if anyone knew the switch to silently install Light Alloy? Edit: I'm acutally wondering about the version 2.9 install, but it's prolly the same thing

**** FuNKer thats a nice theme, would you mind sharing it? @kelsenellenelvian: I was wondering what happens when you modify the theme as opposed to modifying hte htm file. I know why you would modify them @Astalavista: Did you install the flash plugin before you ran the WPI to get that swf working?

I'm not sure which forum this is for but i was wondering if it was better to slipstream the drivers into the install or to just use the nvidia installers and run them unattended?