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@ Metzen Thanks a bunch man.. the oempnpdrivers doesnt work for me so thats much appreciated @joey http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=30941&hl=

Anyone know how (if its even possible) to add the extract context menu options to file types that arent included in WinRars preferences? For example, sometimes I DL packages that starts with <filename>.001. But the only context menu I get is 'Add to archive...' and not 'Extract to here' like I do with rar and zips. The only way I can extract these files is by opening winrar and doing it manually. Thanks!

holy cripes! how the hell did you find all of those? You know them for other progs? cant wait to test it out!

What software? The only problems I could imagine you running into would only be the firewall or added security features to IE... both of which can be disabled.

Recently installed the latest klite codec pack and since then all my when i try to open any avi files, it launches the "open with" dialog box, even though Ive defined them to open with media classic player under file types in explorer... any ideas?

Thats what Im using but when I do that I end up with <Foldername> on '<Servername>' (<MapDriveLetter>) From there I can rename the drive to whatever I want ie: "Pics (Y:)". Just wondering what needs to be done to have this done automatically...

Well, thats fine.. but what would the additional parameter be that would allow me to name it?

It did? Well shoot.. my bad then.. cause I did paw through that entire file... I mustve missed it somehow... regardless thx as always! The only things I could really think of would be to 1. separate out the tweaks into categories.. like "IE Tweaks", "Explorer Tweaks", "Network Tweaks"... but then again.. that would take a tone of work. 2. Just have one page of all of the tweaks mentioned.. in other words have one person modeerate the thread and simply add anyone else reg tweaks to that one page.. that way we could just use our browser search the entire page for keywords..

Sure enough... Tried it with MSOfficeXP and it works like a charm. Now, im not sure if it makes a difference, but the Admin extract thing included a setup.exe (instead of .msi)... so I used this with the installlocation and again... worked like a charm! Man Id love to figure this out for these other programs as well...

Thx for this... had the same problem and wondering how to fix it.

No offense, but the reg tweaks thread is 41 pages long and Im not going to look at every single page for 1 tweak that might not even be in there... I tried using search and didnt come up with it so I asked.. obviously I wasnt searching for the correct terms if this tweak is in fact in there. Thanks for the help

Im running XPSP2, so that cant be the case. Ive tried this on multiple MSI files Diskeeper 8 and Adobe 6.02 and get the same results. If this is a parameter for all msi packages, why isnt it shown as one when I run msiexec? Thanks again prathapml

Nope, the only thing the admin install thing did (when i ran the itunes original setup with the /A) is extract that msi, Programs Files Folder and System32 folder which look to contain the files that the installer uses I imagine.

Tried running the "itunes.msi /QB" from the cmdprompt and get the following error.. Does this mean it still needs the setup.iss?

Im using a vbscript (WShNetwork.MapNetworkDrive) to map several drives... anyone know how I can set a specific name for each of them? Whether its adding another parameter to my vbscript or an additional batch Ill need to create, or even a reg setting... Thanks!

Anyone know if its possible via a Reg Tweak or otherwise to have windows search always use Advanced Options, such as search hidden files, system folders, etc...

Ran setup.exe /A at a command prompt Extracted to C:\Temp\Diskeeper Renamed msi that was created in above path to setup.msi ran the following from cmd line: setup.msi INSTALLLOCATION=C:\Temp\test /QB After install completes nothing is in C:\Temp\test, but it is installed to ProgFiles\ExecSoftware\Diskeeper I even tried creating the test folder before the install as well and it still doesnt work.

Ive tried using this INSTALLLOCATION parameter numerous times without any luck... always installs to the default path regardless... Followed your steps to a t and no dice.

Yea, but what if you dont want the default options like "Make QuickTime Default Media player" or "Use iTunes as default audio player"?

I managed to get this working using a VBScript. Basically, it launches the setup using the /s and the setup.iss. The end of the script has a loop to look for the itunes.log the installer creates once it completes, because without this it would go onto the next item in your RunOnceEx as soon as the "N" is hit. Youll want to modfiy the 'APP' line to reflect what path your iTunes setup.exe is in. I also created a VBS Script to uninstall the Quicktime components that arent required for iTunes (if you choose Uninstall Quicktime and choose the 'Uninstall' option instead of the 'Uninstall Everything' Option). iTunes Setup VBScript Dim FSO, WshShell, AllDrives, CDROM, SYSD, APP, MsgBox Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set AllDrives = FSO.Drives Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") SYSD = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%Systemdrive%") ' Check for CDROM For Each objDrive In fso.Drives If objDrive.DriveType = "4" And objDrive.IsReady Then If fso.FileExists(objDrive & "\WIN51") Then cdrom = objDrive End If Next If Len(CDROM) = 0 Then MsgBox "Error: CD-ROM not found!",vbCritical,"Diskeeper" WScript.Quit End if APP = CDROM & "\Custom\Applications" ' Launch Silent Installer WshShell.Run (APP & "\iTunes\setup.exe -s -f2" & SYSD & "\iTunes.log") ' Wait for Install Window to come to focus Do until WshShell.AppActivate ("iTunes for Windows") WScript.Sleep 2000 Loop WScript.Sleep 500 ' Hit N for Next WshShell.SendKeys "N" ' Wait for Installation to complete Do until FSO.FileExists(SYSD & "\iTunes.log") WScript.Sleep 3000 Loop WScript.Quit QuickTime Uninstall VBScript

Figured it out... one of my sections in the runonceex.cmd wasnt correct... I had multiple steps to one of my installations and didnt increment the /V for each line...

Quick question.. whats the difference b/t using Wshell.Popup over MsgBox?

Ah, thats probably what it was.. thx bucket

So in trying to troubleshoot this lockup issue Im having, I reverted back to an older version of my UA cd and found that it is using a different interface that the standard win installer... This is how the old one looks... I compared the winnt.sif b/t the two and didnt see any differnce. What setting do I need to change to get the installer to look like the standard look where it has all the items down the left hand side with the time remaining? Thanks!