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I just tried out Windows XP PowerPacker for the first time. Very good work! I was able to add a boot menu with a repair option for my unattended cd without increasing the file size(actually it decreased in size by 10MB)

Thanks computerwizkid, I'll try that.

Yea, i do the same thing, but my toolbar is on the left side of my screen and its contents are stored in "My Documents\Left Menu". The dekstop toolbars info is stored in the registry, you can export your "toolbars" key and then re-import it durring your unattended install. here is what mine looks like: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop] "TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,d8,\ 64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,11,00,00,1a,00,00,00,01,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,00,\ 00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,81,00,00,00,11,20,00,00,50,d0,b0,6f,07,e9,c7,\ 01,d6,28,79,f7,b9,11,c8,01,d6,28,79,f7,b9,11,c8,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,19,02,14,00,1f,50,e0,4f,d0,\ 20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,2f,43,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,5c,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,42,37,2a,a7,\ 10,20,44,4f,43,55,4d,45,7e,31,00,00,44,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,1b,37,80,86,42,\ 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00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,56,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,48,00,32,00,97,05,\ 00,00,52,37,32,95,20,20,4e,6f,74,65,70,61,64,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,2e,00,03,00,04,\ 00,ef,be,26,37,96,b5,41,37,36,72,14,00,00,00,4e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,\ 61,00,64,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,60,00,00,\ 00,01,00,00,00,52,00,32,00,68,00,00,00,92,36,17,ae,20,20,52,45,43,59,43,4c,\ 7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,36,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,eb,36,01,77,41,37,36,72,14,\ 00,00,00,52,00,65,00,63,00,79,00,63,00,6c,00,65,00,20,00,42,00,69,00,6e,00,\ 2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,5a,00,00,00,0b,00,00,\ 00,4c,00,32,00,8e,02,00,00,1d,37,fc,a4,20,20,53,68,61,72,65,61,7a,61,2e,6c,\ 6e,6b,00,00,30,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,eb,36,01,77,41,37,36,72,14,00,00,00,53,\ 00,68,00,61,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,7a,00,61,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,\ 1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,56,00,32,00,b5,02,00,00,92,\ 36,02,aa,20,20,55,50,53,57,4f,52,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,3a,00,03,00,04,00,\ ef,be,eb,36,01,77,41,37,36,72,14,00,00,00,55,00,50,00,53,00,20,00,57,00,6f,\ 00,72,00,6c,00,64,00,53,00,68,00,69,00,70,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,\ 1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,5c,00,32,00,45,09,00,00,1f,\ 37,74,75,20,20,57,49,4e,44,4f,57,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,40,00,03,00,04,00,\ ef,be,1f,37,81,75,41,37,36,72,14,00,00,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,\ 00,73,00,20,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,6c,00,\ 6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e0,06,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,17,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,17,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00 "Upgrade"=dword:00000001

Thanks, but i think i ran into a problem. After i modified my files and created a new DRIVER.CAB my unattended install goes really slow during the "Setup is copying files" portion of the install. I even tried making the cab file with power archiver, but i still get the same problem. If i put the original DRIVER.CAB back into the cd, then the setup goes back to normal speed. Maybe i need to modifype the cab file or the files inside of it? or maybe there is some other options i am missing.

You can use winrar or pretty much any other archiving software to extract and view files that are already stored in a .cab file, so i wont be going into detail about that. I searched this forum for a way to add multiple files to a .cab, but i couldn't find the info, maybe i just missed it though. I tried AlphaZip, but it was just way to slow and unresponsive, forcing me to smack my PC around a few times. So i searched Google, and this is what i figured out. Cab multiple files: 1. Get the "Microsoft Cabinet Software Development Kit" here 2. Run cabsdk.exe, extract all files to the windows/system32/ Directory. 3. Open a command prompt to the folder where the files you want to put in a cab are stored. 4. Enter this command, it will tell cabarc.exe to put all of the files in that directory into a cab file named "FileName.cab" with maximum compression: cabarc -m lzx:21 n FileName.cab * And thats all there is to it, easy when you know how. Hopefully this info will save someone else some time.

RobotWINNTBBU.rar

When i compile and run the source files i get errors.