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Because..... In the commands before it, the directories have been removed, therfore, new empty ones are created in their place. You don't delete a directory, you remove them. If you want another option, you can CD to %TEMP% and %TMP% and then del *.*

Fred Langa

Go to Start => Run and type sc stop messengerClick OK Then go to Start => Run and type sc config messenger start= disabledClick OK Problem Gone!

@ acaro Your CD Structure is correct The content of your cmdlines.txt is correct I think we may need to see your RunOnceEx.cmd, this is the most likely cause of the problem. @ lysip The [GUIRUNONCE] section in winnt.sif is not required.

Take a look at the following registry key; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedThe two keys you refer to are "Start_ShowMyComputer" "Start_ShowNetPlaces"But there are many others there you can add, remove or cascade. REG_DWORD = 0x00000000 => Don't show REG_DWORD = 0x00000001 => Show REG_DWORD = 0x00000002 => Show cascadedHope this helps!

Yes the structure is correct, the forum group isn't

I though it was the same utility as this one, until I downloaded it, This is an old one I have, to use it copy the exe to the same directory as the reg file you wish to convert open prompt and type at the commandline reg2inf <filename>.reg <filename>.inf It does however have many limitations Reg2Inf2.zip

@ Incroyable HULK what does (halt box) mean and how - KB873374.exe /Q:A /R:N (repackaged version) Thanks

But KB885835 is still needed! On XP Home Edition, I haven't tried a Pro version yet; if I leave KB885835 in I get a failure error when integrating KB885250 but If as above I integrate KB885250 first, I end up with an error when I try to integrate KB885835 later Do I need to add one or both using svcpack.inf, or does this give the same error?

@ Surfred73 You are short of quotes........ REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd /c copy %SystemDrive%\install\TU04\test.txt \"%ProgramFiles%\Test Folder 2005\"" /f <edit> I take it that the %ProgramFiles%\Test Folder 2005 already exists! If not I would save myself the Trouble and put test.txt inside Test Folder 2005 and place that in .\$OEM$\$Progs before burning and it will be copied straight over automatically </edit>

@ a06lp Use both the following in a batch /cmd file or just the one you want. REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu /v "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1Note there are 2 lines only, just copy & paste them

Edited above for My Documents, Control Panel, and My Computer. .......purses lips in anticipation...........

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000002 "Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000002 "Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000002

How do you install Win9X on any drive other than C:

Try this, save it as mpassoc.inf or something similar: [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ [DefaultInstall] AddReg=Reg.Settings [Reg.Settings] HKCR,.mp3 HKCR,.mp4 HKCR,mp3file,,,"MPEG Layer 3 Audio" HKCR,mp3file\DefaultIcon,,,"%MP3ICON%" HKCR,mp3file\shell,,,"open" HKCR,mp3file\shell\open HKCR,mp3file\shell\open\command,,,"""%MPCPATH%"" ""%L""" HKCR,mp4file,,,"MPEG4 Video" HKCR,mp4file\DefaultIcon,,,"%MP4ICON%" HKCR,mp4file\shell,,,"open" HKCR,mp4file\shell\open HKCR,mp4file\shell\open\command,,,"""%PDVDPATH%"" ""%L""" HKCU,%SMWCEF%\.mp3,Progid,,"mp3file" HKCU,%SMWCEF%\.mp4,Progid,,"mp4file" [Strings] SMWCEF="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts" ;Editable Strings MPCPATH="%16422%\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe" MP3ICON="%16422%\K-Lite Codec Pack\codecs.ico" PDVDPATH="%16422%\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PowerDVD.exe" MP4ICON="%16422%\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PowerDVD.exe,0" Just check that the path locations are correct in the four editable strings at the bottom, (%16422% means Program Files). Then all you need to do is Right Click on the saved file and choose Install

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_messenger.htm

you may also get away with this: REG DELETE "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs" /f

I'm not sure that it's the same as XP but try this in a .reg: ;Change Internet Zone settings for improved security [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3] ;This makes "High" the default and recommended setting "CurrentLevel"=dword:00012000 "RecommendedLevel"=dword:00012000 ;Display a warning if attempt to set the zone to less than "Medium" "MinLevel"=dword:00011000 ;Allows you to add sites to the zone and to change its settings "Flags"=dword:00000003

This has been answered on many occasions Put this redirect.inf with Cmdlines.txt in $OEM$ [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ [DefaultInstall] AddReg=Reg.Settings [Reg.Settings] HKCU,"%SMWCvEUSF%",Personal,0x20000,"%PERSONAL%" HKCU,"%SMWCvEUSF%","My Pictures",0x20000,"%PICTURES%" HKCU,"%SMWCvEUSF%",Favorites,0x20000,"%FAVORITES%" HKCU,"%SMWCvEUSF%","My Music",0x20000,"%MUSIC%" [Strings] SMWCvEUSF = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" PERSONAL = "F:\%USERNAME%\My Documents" PICTURES = "F:\%USERNAME%\My Documents\My Pictures" FAVORITES = "F:\%USERNAME%\Favorites" MUSIC = "F:\%USERNAME%\My Documents\My Music" And call it with this line in your Cmdlines.txt [Commands] "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\redirect.inf"Just change the drive location in the four strings at the bottom of the file. If you decide not to attribute the %USERNAME% variable to the strings, you should also change the 0x20000 to 0 in all the [Reg.Settings] keys

This is all you need: deleted due to incorrect HTML rendering Please see attachment insteadThe RNG.....seed keys are of no purpose and therefore not required. Hope this helps your.reg

@ Alanoll First thing I asked, but was told nothing there due to that being customized some time ago! I've never seen that done, but I can't see it so can't argue. Ive seen the support info button and custom OEM logo stuff, but it's usually still below the PID. I even thought that the System Information Utility would have it, but no dice there either. It's not a big deal in this case, cos I'm getting the setupp.ini, and I'll know from there; but surely there is a reference to it somewhere without using 3rd party utilities.

Cheers, I've requested those three files by email. They do not have a CD-Writer or floppy drive and need a SATA install, which is the main reason for the exercise. They live at the other side of the country and wouldn't be happy to post the disk off. As for the Product Key, I'll just leave that out, and let them do that themselves as part of the setup. PS Is there a way to verify that an installed OS is OEM, Retail or VLK.

@prathapml Thanks, that's the sort of thing I'm looking for. Should I also ask them for the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files and add them to the CD, to be installed as part of the setup, just in case.

I'm sure that this has been covered before, but if someone is capable of choosing the correct search criteria, please let me know what it was. I have been asked to prepare a UA CD for someone else, but I think that they are using an OEM Pro version of XP, whereas I am not. What I need to know is If I use a non OEM CD as my source, will their Product Key be accepted? If not is there a way to bypass the type of CD check. It would save a lot of time, instead of them copying their CD, testing it, posting it etc.. Note Please don't bother replying if you have any illegal suggestions, thank you.

Start => Run and type sc config wuauserv start= auto Ok => .....Done .....on next reboot, it'll be working