Gagorian

Concerning the same subject.. Here are some video clips on people's first hand experiences. http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/12/28/amateur_.shtml

I'd like to point out that the Journal Viewer hotfix KB886179 installation doesn't work when installed from the folder SVC-X2M. I renamed it from JournalViewer1.5_KB886179_ENU.exe to KB886179.exe, it might have something to do with the issue as it doesn't even show up in svcpack.inf. I haven't looked into it further since I'm not even going to install it on my CD, just tried it out once out of interest. Maybe someone could explain why this happens. Thanks.

Good work. *thumbs up* The batch file works great but I'd personally recommend that it would delete the TEMP\EXTRACT\msxml3 folder (where the files are extracted) and the .msi file from SVC-PRE after it is done. (or am I being stupid?) What kind of effect does it have that it's placed in the SVC-PRE folder instead of SVC-HF2? As I understand files from that folder are not actually slipstreamed into the installation (MSXML3.DL_, MSXML3A.DL_, MSXML3R.DL_, MSXMLX.IN_ are not placed any longer in the I386 folder and MSXMLMX.CAT in the svcpack folder) and out of interest I wonder what kind of impact that has on things like installation time and space consumption (not really that they would have any kind of drastic effect, just wondering).

Sorry for posting in this thread but there is a small error in the .SED file for msxml... [SourceFiles] SourceFiles0=D:\2KCREATE\SVC-XML\MSXML Should be [SourceFiles] SourceFiles0=D:\2KCREATE\SVC-XML\MSXML3 This post can be deleted after this is cleared up.. I hope.

Well. The reason I originaly had was that... I consider a commandfile easier to edit and add new entries. But come to think of it, I'm not going to edit it that often. Not a bad idea.

Concerning that powerarchiver problem... Powerarchiver must do SOMETHING to know it has been started once. Maybe you should try to find the key for that? Or check the install directory if anything is changed there after first run. If the program knows it has been run once then it wouldn't overwrite the key. *EDIT* About that first problem... Can't see any mistakes. Specifying the directory is in most cases a safer bet. The only thing I can think of is that.. your setup.exe isn't located in the directory you specified.

Try this.. save it as cmdfile.reg and run it. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cmd] @="cmdfile" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile] @="Windows NT Command Script" "EditFlags"=hex:30,04,00,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\DefaultIcon] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\ 65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\ 00,33,00,00,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\edit] @="&Edit" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\edit\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\ 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\ 00 *EDIT* If that works and you need the other shell registry entries just ask.

Great.. I got it to work. Had to modify it a bit though, here it goes. Final.exe REM PATH OF EXECUTABLE SET FINAL=%SystemDrive%\Temp\Final.exe REM COMMANDS DEL "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Connect to the Internet.LNK" DEL "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\MSN.url" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Radio Station Guide.url" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Web Events.url" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\MSN.com.url" RD /S /Q "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Links\" RD /S /Q "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Media\" RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\winapps\" REM DELETION > "%CD%garbage.vbs" echo Dim Garbage >> "%CD%garbage.vbs" echo set Garbage = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> "%CD%garbage.vbs" echo Garbage.DeleteFile ("%FINAL%") >> "%CD%garbage.vbs" echo Garbage.DeleteFile ("%CD%garbage.vbs") START wscript.exe "%CD%garbage.vbs" After it has run, it deletes itself and the .vbs file also deletes itself. Nothing left, and completely silent. Sweet. Edit: Changed the code a bit

I can't really find a solution.. so I simply have the following code in Cleanup.exe (IExpressed Cleanup.cmd for complete silence). COPY /Y "%systemdrive%\winapps\Final.exe" "%systemdrive%\Temp\" REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Temp\Final.exe" /F I could delete it up via runonce as well but... since it's a 60kb file in the temp folder it really makes no difference.

Try this ECHO. ECHO Installing norton ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\norton\NAVsetup.exe /QB Reboot=ReallySuppress

For example.. Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...B;EN-US;Q77457& or http://www.robvanderwoude.com/userinput.html Hope that was of any help. *Edit* Ooops, pasted the wrong link. Now it's fixed.

If I run it manually it does delete files.. but if I use IExpress to call it after the install.. it says "Error creating process <C:\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Garbage.vbs>. Reason: age.vbs I have to experiment. Thanks. I stripped it down a bit... I'll see if I can get IExpress to run it in post-install.. Dim Garbage set Garbage = (CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")) Garbage.DeleteFile ("\final.exe") Delete=("\final.exe")

Didn't help unfortunately. The problem is that access is denied to delete the file when it's still running... so, I wonder how can I make it delete itself AFTER it has run. I'm still thinking it can be done through IExpress Post-Install commands, but can't really figure it out.

Nope, the file isn't read-only. Just for clarification.. Final.cmd is actually the commands Final.exe runs (as in Final.cmd IS Final.exe) so it sort of instructs to remove itself, and apparently that does not work.

It's not exactly the same situation.. Since I want the Final.exe run one reboot after I remove the entire installation folder (with cleanup.cmd). That's why I put it in the Startup folder, I want to get it removed after it has run once. I guess I COULD use RunOnce and leave it to rot somewhere but... I'd like to see if I can get it working this way.

I use IExpress to turn my .cmd files into .exes so the commandwindows dont even pop up for a second. I place the final cleanup executable (Final.exe) into %AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ then on next startup it would run and then delete itself. The commandfile is as following: DEL "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Connect to the Internet.LNK" DEL "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\MSN.url" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Radio Station Guide.url" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Web Events.url" DEL "%UserProfile%\Favorites\MSN.com.url" RD /S /Q "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Links\" RD /S /Q "%UserProfile%\Favorites\Media\" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Final.exe" EXIT The delete command in the end doesn't work, probably since it's still running. After that I tried experimenting with Post-Install commands but didn't find one that would work. Suggestions?

Oh, related to this thread: I made a request for the WinRAR developers to add shortcut commandline switch to create quick launch icons and I already got a responce thanking for the suggestion.. So maybe in a future version it might be possible. Who knows!

OH PLEASE! *whips himself very hard* Found the problem. I had my IE6START.exe still named.. IE6GO.exe and it executed before IE6SP1.exe... hence it didn't run the RunOnceEx commands of IE aaand it messed everything up.

I'd like to hear how you work around the RunOnceEx keys genererated by the IE6SP1 slipstreaming process (in 2KCreate)? Apparently the RunOnceEX numbers are 101, 102, 103, 104, 500 and 800 for (Browsing Services, Internet Tools and System). On my first try my own RunOnceEx keys were visible in the menu (On VMWare) but the process just stopped after the last component of IE6 was installed, nothing happened until I restarted the comp, then it installed the remaining programs. So I figured that the keys placed after the IE keys are just ignored. (My RunOnceEx keys are zz100, zz105 and so on) I just modified it so that... cmdlines sets a runonceex key (before the IE keys), which launches a cmd file which will set all the runonceex keys on the next reboot. I guess that will work, but are there any other solutions? I wouldn't prefer installing the programs before IE, but I guess that is another option? Any other clever solutions? (I really would like the RunOnceEx menu to be in alphabetical order and those IE6 entries mess it up a bit!) *EDIT*: This might've not been the correct forum, since the issue isn't actually related to XPCreate.. SORRY! *EDIT2* Hurmm... Even with only the added .cmd file to the first reboot RunOnceEx, after the IE components are installed nothing happens except the RunOnceEx menu disappears. You have to manually reboot the machine and then it installs the programs. Suggestions?

Yeah, that's why I said it was a small detail

I personally made a small modification to ACDSee classic shell extensions because the "Print with ACDSee" and "View with ACDSee" menu buttons were annoying me. REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_BMP\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_BW\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_DCX\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_DIB\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_EMF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_GIF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_IFF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_ILBM\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JFIF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JIF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPE\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPEG\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPG\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_KDC\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_LBM\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PCD\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PCX\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PIC\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PIX\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PNG\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PSD\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_RGB\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_RGBA\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_RLE\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_SGI\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_TGA\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_TIF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_TIFF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_WMF\shell\ACDPrint" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_BMP\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_BW\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_DCX\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_DIB\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_EMF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_GIF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_IFF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_ILBM\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JFIF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JIF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPE\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPEG\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPG\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_KDC\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_LBM\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PCD\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PCX\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PIC\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PIX\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PNG\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_PSD\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_RGB\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_RGBA\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_RLE\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_SGI\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_TGA\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_TIF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_TIFF\shell\ACDView" /F REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_WMF\shell\ACDView" /F Btw, major thanks for the ACDSee extensions! I started manually doing it myself yesterday but... I gave up at "GIF"

A small detail: I used the XQuicklaunch=1 switch to add the quicklaunch shortcut and the shortcut comment field says "Starts Winamp 5.0.4". It seems the version number is wrong. Might be some problem solely I experience but decided to report it in any case. Thanks for the good work!

A long story short: I used the GreenMachine's MAKEIE batch to create the self-extracting IE executable, then moved the executable it created IE.exe and IE6GO.exe to the XP Create SVC-PRE folder. But every time I ran the program it wanted to redownload IE from Microsoft and that made it creat two new executables in the SVC-PRE folder of the same IE, which in the end caused undesirable results as the svcpack.inf had four executables related to the installing of IE. After a while I realized that XP Create checks for files named 'IE6SP1.exe', so I renamed IE.exe to IE6SP1.exe and then it worked as I wanted. Yet.. To avoid further confusion among users I'd like to point out that it might be better if the makeie batch would name the sfx IE6SP1.exe and the readme file would state also accordingly. OR have I missed something completely and I'm talking complete smack?

Is there a way to make XPCREATE automatically strip the folders SUPPORT, VALUEADDS, SETUPTXT, LANGS and so on from the ISO?

*EDIT* (removed original message) Nevermind, it has to be something else since it's still not working after I uninstalled it.