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Where can I learn about msts? i did a search but 3chars is too small for the search engine. Thanks. And how do I determine which files I can delete?

I am looking to shrink the source of my Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2005 cd. I extracted all the files to my HD. How do I figure out which files are safe to remove yet still have it install? I know I could remove one by one until it fails but why do that? Also the default install is FULL which includes the firewall, emergency center, and wifi detection. I dont need any of that crap I just want the Antivirus option instead. How can I tell it to select the non default setup? The installer from the msi is install shield. Thanks!

This looks pretty neat! Thanks for the heads up

this is the comment ; WinRAR ; Multifunctional Integrated Archive Manager Its the official WinRAR installer. Thats all the comment says but it installs properly. I managed to recreate it by building my own and copying each and every sfx entry from the original. Still would ne nicer if you could unlock it.

Someone should make this into a WINNTBBU.DLL Would make a really nice install background. Maybe ill give it a try if the owner doesnt mind?

Its a solid sfx archive and right clicking on the properties to see the comment says this: ; WinRAR ; Multifunctional Integrated Archive Manager and thats it...

I have WinRAR and I want to add my .reg to the installer, but if i try adding the .reg file to the installer archive I get a cannot modify locked archive error. Is there anyway I can unlock the archive so I can add my file? If not this, how do I get the EXACT SFX for the installer so I can recreate it with that file included? Thanks!

Just a few things to add. Its /s /v/qn, /S is for NSIS installations. check out http://documentation.installshield.com/rob...lentInstall.htm, was a huge help for me when doing silent IS apps. For those who dont know how to create installable SFX archives: Creates a single .exe instead of the entire cd rip on your uA cd. Requires WinRAR. Props to Mazin, it is his post I learnt how to do this. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16562 1. Copy all the files from your Norton PartitionMagic 8.05 cd onto your HD. 2. Select all the files from the directory. 3. Get the setup.iss file Fett shows how above (though I use /r not -R to get the .iss -R never works for me, again see the link above). Throw the setup.iss in the same location as the rest of the files you got. 4. Right click and select add to archive... 5. Here in the General Tab change your Archive name to something like PMagic805.exe, keep Archive format as RAR, change compression method to best, and in Archive Options check 'Create SFX archive' 6. On the Advanced tab press the 'SFX Options...' button. 7. In this new window in the General Tab select 'Create in current folder', and in 'Run after extraction' enter 'setup.exe /s /v/qn', then go to modes select 'Unpack to temporary folder', in Silent Mode select 'Hide All' and in Overwite Mode select 'Overwrite all files' 8. Press ok until it makes your file. You should find the PMagic805.exe whereever you stored all your files from the cd. Tada you now have a silent installation of Norton in 1 file. Just run the file like so in your uA cd. PMagic805.exe no switches needed. Im sure there are some files that could be removed from the cd to make the .exe smaller but I dont know what they are, and usually play it safe by including everything. If someone wants to shed light on safe things to remove to reduce the source that would be awesome. Hope this helps someone.

np, glad I could help someone. Ill checkout IsTool, I love innoSetup for installing un-installable apps.

I made a Inno Setup Installer for the eclipse IDE. Eclipse imo is better than Jbuilder anyways. Eclipse by default doesnt have an installer, so you can use a SFX or other method. If you want my eclipse custom installer throw me a pm and ill give it via yousendit.

Thanks a ton!!! also switches to install with the .exe are: Setup.exe /s /v"/qn".

no matter what I do that code always boots down, ive tried near on 8 ways. So I guess ill try an autoit.

seperated WPI cd??? What does this mean exactly?

Thanks also.

to run from cd assumes that your WPI and UACD are not on the same cd. Its like having one cd for uA and one for WPI. So to run your apps from a seperate cd just do as the file says: set wpipath=%cdrom%\wpi for example D: is your cd drive where D: has a folder called wpi in its root. Now the WPI path is D:\wpi. Next it will look for the .ico file which does in fact exist and then install your apps. Does this make sense?

Got a quick question about custom installers. This code places my app in the startmenu under Adobe Reader Speed-up. What I want is that folder to be in the Acrobat folder, just so the shortcuts end up in there. [Icons] Name: "{group}\Adobe Reader Speed-Up"; Filename: "{app}\Reader SpeedUp.exe" Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,Adobe Reader Speed-Up}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}" So i have tried this: [Icons] Name: "Acrobat\{group}\Adobe Reader Speed-Up"; Filename: "{app}\Reader SpeedUp.exe" Name: "Acrobat\{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,Adobe Reader Speed-Up}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}" FAIL [Icons] Name: "{group}Acrobat\Adobe Reader Speed-Up"; Filename: "{app}\Reader SpeedUp.exe" Name: "{group}Acrobat\{cm:UninstallProgram,Adobe Reader Speed-Up}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}" FAIL does anyone know how? Im just starting to use Inno Setup so im not that great with it. I know {group} points to the All Users start menu so C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ then creates the dir here. So you would think {group}\Adobe Reader Speed-Up would be in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader Speed-Up. Which it is. Youd also think that {group}\Acrobat\Adobe Reader Speed-Up would be in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Acrobat\Adobe Reader Speed-Up. Which it is not. So now im lost, im trecking through the help but i dont see anything. Ok I found a way to do it, I have no clue if this is the proper way but it did the trick. I changed the DefaultGroupName=Acrobat\Adobe Reader Speed-Up.

Sorry to say but your likely to find a nice IDE around, but dont expect anthing even remotely as useful as VS.NET. Microsoft have pumped millions into making that s/w package which is why its the best out there. Check out HTML-KIT has some decent support for PHP. I personally just do all my programming with a text highlighting editor. Good luck on your search.

Ok found the problem, had to trace the whole program mind you, if anyone knows of a debugger for .hta apps lemme know. A step by step would been awesome. Go to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\wpi\WpiScripts\ and open generate.js Earlier I thought the problem was in the .cmd file being that it was looking for the WPI.ico as the CD drive distinguisher. I thought I was wrong because the fault was not just in the .cmd file. In the generate.js u will see this: function FindCDRom() { position = "generate.js"; var i, li; if (foundCDdrv) return cddrv; li = GetCDRomDriveLetters(); for (i=0; i<li.length; i++) { if (FileExists(li[i]+'\\WIN51')) //it did say WPI.ico { cddrv = li[i]; debug("Found CDROM as drive " + cddrv,1,2); } } if (cddrv=="") { a = fso.GetAbsolutePathName("."); while (a.length>=3) { //debug("Trying ... " + a, 1); if (FileExists(a+'\\WIN51')) //it did say WPI.ico { cddrv=a; debug("Found CDROM as folder " + cddrv,1,2); break; } if (a.length==3) break; a = a + "\\.."; a = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(a); } } if (cddrv=="") { cddrv = WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath") + "\\"; cddrv = cddrv.substr(0,3); debug("Found CDROM as from registry " + cddrv,1,2); } foundCDdrv = true; return cddrv; } You see its looking for the WPI.ICO and finds it in: C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\wpi or %systemdrive%\Install\wpi both of which are wrong to us. You need to look for the WIN51 object, as thats what is in the base of CD-ROM drive. Using the icon is not a great way to check for the drive letter, especially when people might customize their icon. Anyways try this it should work. Ok color and Bold quotes not working inside so open GENERATE.JS change all WPI.ICO to WIN51.

Its times like this I wish there was a Universal debugger lol

Right now I have a tweak to lock the taskbar, but I dont want it perma locked, just to start locked. I also want to remove Adobe Photoshop Image from the New Context Menu Is it also possible to disable the My Folders in My Documents My Ebooks and My Music, or at least change where they lead to. (for example I want My Music to be openable but the files are on a different drive) Thanks!

If you need css help just give a shout out in the forum im sure some of us will lend a hand, css is real easy.

I'm having the same problem as Oneless with 3.5.1. I install my apps from cd like so: %CDROM%\\Software\\path\\to\\filename.exe and since I updated mine to 3.5.1 I now get this error: Windows cant find: C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\wpi\Software\path\to\filename.exe I changed for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\WPI.ico set CDROM=%%i: to for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\WIN51 set CDROM=%%i: As I dont think it cant find WPI.ico Ok whatever the problem is its not in the cmd file. Original from older WPI.cmd wont run either. I ran the WPI.cmd with a sleep to read the variables. REM Example, how to look for CDROM-drive. Must have a file to identify in its root (like WIN51 or WPI.ico). for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\WIN51 set CDROM=%%i: echo Found CD-Rom as drive %CDROM% REM Determine the WPI startup path. REM if wpi should run off the cd the replace %~dp0 with %cdrom%. set wpipath=%~dp0 echo Found WPIPATH as drive %wpipath% sleep 50 I get CD-Rom as drive G: Found WPIPATH as drive C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\wpi So the variables are being set correctly, just somewhere its not being called correctly. I need it to look for %cdrom%\Software\path\to\filename.exe. Too tired to keep looking right now. If the developers know an easy fix please let me know.

This is one of those InstallShield/Msi packages. run the .exe, but dont press next once it unpacks. Instead go to: C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\Local Settings\Temp and grab the newly made .msi. It had a really weird name like 84d923f.msi. Copy this to your uA cd. Now when running it just run it like this: msiexec /i %cdrom%\\Software\\TMPGencXPRESS\\setup.msi /qn /noreboot I have yet to figure out how it registers, I cant see a reg entry. If anyone knows and wants to contribute thanks. Hope this helps someone.

Im using WPI so should I put this: start /wait msiexec.exe /i %cdrom%\Software\Alcohol\1952802\setup.msi /qn /norestart

Found the IPOD desktops. A guy called Yayo makes them over at: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=288164&st=0 So far there is a: Simpsons: Comic book guy duff beer guy Fat tony Mr Burns Kang and Kodos LoveJoy Martin Willie SouthPark Cartman Jimmy Kenny mackay Futurama bender Family Guy Stewie I can send them to anyone who wants them, but you get them all from that forum anyways. Most are gifs but he cleaned a lot of them up so no more jagged edges.