Gagorian

If you want it to be copied to windows\system32 directory and then being able to use it without specifying absolute paths. You could of course copy it to any location on your HD and then specify its path in the cmd-file but it's easier if you just place it in that folder. So, in short, yes. *EDIT* Does the program work if you start it manually with that commandline? If so, then the cmd-file probably can't just find it and it will be remedied by the solution above.

Maybe you should use environmental variables? Shouldn't that work? (Correct me if I'm wrong!)

Yes, I confirm that all the three hotfixes were installed successfully from SVC-HF1.

Office 2003 including Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I stripped most of the useless features and got it down to a 58.9 mb SFX. (Winrar - Best Compression) Then I added all the office source files and the .mst file to the SFX and typed in the comment field: TempMode Setup=SETUP.EXE TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qn Silent=1 Overwrite=1 This will extract the files into a temporary directory, run the install commands, install it and then remove the temporary files. Which means it's a fully unattended and silent office 2003 installation package that fits easily on my cd. Just set RunOnceEx to run the executable, no commandlines needed. Thanks for this great utility. *EDIT* Got the size down by a few more megs.

Just make the batch file delete the directory where it is in.. It should work. If it doesn't just use START DEL or START RD.

Three new hotfixes have been released for windows 2000. KB890175 KB891711 KB871250 They should all work from SVC-HF1. I will try them out later unless someone gets to it first.

Concerning BBIE 3. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Software to use, copy, publish and distribute the Software, subject to the conditions of this License. 4. This license must be included with all copies of the Software, and may not be modified from its original format as created by the Licensor. The Software may not be distributed subject to any other license. It is not distributed under another license, it includes the original one. The EULA.txt included in the package applies only to Greenmachines code. 7. The Software, in whole or in part, may not be incorporated with or into any other software product without written permission from Licensor. I presume GM has permission. Yet it is a bit open to interpretation if it is actually incorporating if it runs a commandline that starts the program. I'm no expert in that subject. Just presenting my observations. In my opinion Greenmachine has the right to ask people not to view the source code, yet I admit that I didn't know it was against his wishes for users to view it until this post. Thanks.

@durex Yes it is but he has windows 2000.

Textpad associations for .txt, .log, .nfo, .cfg files.. If you want to add more just grab one example (.nfo as an example here): Search and replace .nfo with .log and change the the "Nfo Document" to any description you like. REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Associations" /V .txt /D "txtfile" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\.txt" /VE /D "TextPad.txt" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt" /VE /D "Text Document" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.txt\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\.txt" /VE /D "TextPad.txt" /F REG ADD "HKCR\.txt" /V "Content Type" /D "text/plain" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt" /VE /D "Text Document" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.txt\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Associations" /V .log /D "txtfile" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\.log" /VE /D "TextPad.log" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log" /VE /D "Log Document" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.log\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\.log" /VE /D "TextPad.log" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log" /VE /D "Log Document" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.log\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Associations" /V .nfo /D "txtfile" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\.nfo" /VE /D "TextPad.nfo" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo" /VE /D "Nfo Document" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.nfo\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\.nfo" /VE /D "TextPad.nfo" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo" /VE /D "Nfo Document" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.nfo\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Associations" /V .cfg /D "txtfile" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\.cfg" /VE /D "TextPad.cfg" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg" /VE /D "Cfg Document" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Classes\TextPad.cfg\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\.cfg" /VE /D "TextPad.cfg" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg" /VE /D "Cfg Document" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\DefaultIcon" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\",1" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\ddeexec" /VE /D "[open(\"%%1\")]" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\ddeexec\application" /VE /D "TextPad" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /VE /D "System" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\shell\print\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -p \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKCR\TextPad.cfg\shell\printto\command" /VE /D "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\" -s -pt \"%%1\" \"%%2\" \"%%3\" \"%%4\"" /F

Well if the uninstaller works as it is SUPPOSED TO it shouldn't leave any entries behind.. But I guess that unfortunately most software leave some crap in the registry. Well if you can't judge what entries are associated with the program and which are not.. that is a bit tricky. (I can personally say that most entries with the name Babylon are likely somehow related to the program since windows itself doesn't make any such entries). I for example have nothing in the registry with such a name. There is this software called InstallWatch (or Installrite) which allows you to monitor the entries a program adds to the registry. Maybe you should try that. http://www.epsilonsquared.com/installwatch.htm You can download it for free from there. P.S. Why is it so important to remove all trace of this program? You probably have a lot of other crap in the registry (most people do!) as well so it's not like it would already be 'dirty'.

2x512mb Kingston HyperX with BH-5 memory chips is decent.

Athlon64 3500+. A good deal of bang for the buck. (And those new Winchester cores own!)

If the program's uninstall isn't working the only way for you to is to figure what entries the program added in the first place, then remove them manually. There might be a log file for it.. and there are other ways to find out what the program adds to the registry (3rd party software). An easy way to find most registry entries is to search the registry for the program's name and files associated with it. If you find any, and are positive it belongs to the program just delete them.

Yes. Winnt.sif file. Check the documentation in the support tools deploy folder.

Check the following key from your registry [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=SOMETHING_HERE Put all the settings as you wish.. then export that key and then run the registry file at the end of the install. My key looks as following (w2k, list view, sort by name) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e0,a5,1f,0e,73,35,cf,11,ae,\ 69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

Yeah, they can be completely hidden... Well about that safety part, I am not really an expert in that but I think the files are extracted to a temporary directory and ran from there, then deleted. So they could possibly be snatched. But if you examine the executable itself with a hex/text editor any code is not in plain text.. obviously. *EDIT* There is a small limitation however.. if you use START to open something that runs through the command window. The second command window will not be hidden but everything that runs under the same commandwindow as executed by the iexpress installer is completely hidden.

The iexpress executables I created runs perfect from cmdlines.txt.

Well, I thought I should also post one to close it.. This one is a bit trickier. First of all you need wshAPIToolkitobject.ocx (one option). Copy it into system32 and run regsvr32 wshAPIToolkitobject.ocx close.vbs Dim oATO Set oATO = WScript.CreateObject("wshAPIToolkitObject.ucATO", "") Const ssfDRIVES = &H11 Const DriveTypeCDROM = 4 Set oFS = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set oDrives = oFS.Drives For Each Drive in oDrives If Drive.DriveType = DriveTypeCDROM Then cdromDrvLtr = ("Drive.DriveLetter") End If Next Set oSH = CreateObject("Shell.Application") nRtn = oATO.CallAPI("WINMM.DLL", "mciSendStringA", "Set CDAudio door closed", 0, 0, 0) wshAPIToolkitObject.ocx

I thought there might be someone (like me) out there who doesn't want to open the CD tray manually when they're done installing so here is a windows script that ejects the cd tray. open.vbs Const CDROM = 4 For Each d in CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").Drives If d.DriveType = CDROM Then Eject d.DriveLetter & ":\" End If Next Sub Eject(CDROM) Dim ssfDrives ssfDrives = 17 CreateObject("Shell.Application")_ .Namespace(ssfDrives).ParseName(CDROM).InvokeVerb("E&ject") End Sub

Are you talking about post-install tweaks? Well in any case.. post the contents of the files in question inside code-brackets and then we might be able to see if there is something wrong with it.

Indeed, I think so too. Yet.. I believe steam needs no registry entries to function so just install it without the games and compress it into an SFX and use it to install it in the future.

Another option is IExpressing the cmd files. Just type iexpress in the run prompt and follow the menus. Very simple and completely silent if you choose it to be.

You should provide more information... First of all, do you use any programs to slipstream/add hotfixes? Anything else? You should also check if the file is actually in the I386 folder. Check for svcpack.in_

Your quotation marks are messed up. You should really check that there is one that starts the quote and one that ends it.

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