AlBundy33

Some weeks (or months?!?) ago I wrote a message to Skype-support (and I think that I wasn't the only one) because of the "upgrade-bug". Now it should be able to do an unattended setup of skype without the upgrade-popup if a newer version is available. http://www.skype.com/products/skype/windows/changelog.html Al

Thanks for this link but the NetBeans-installer is not a "normal" InstallShield-installer. It is like InstallAnywhere from ZeroG. Al

Unfortunately this kind of installshield-installer doesn't support the standard-switches. o I have to use the archive. Al

Does anybody know a switch to install NetBeans (http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?a=b&p=1) unattended? I know there is also an archive but is there no possibility to do an unattended install? Al

At first you can try this: use the -f1 switch to set the *.iss file. setup.exe -f1"path_to_file\setup.iss" -f2"your_log_file" Or try this setup.cmd for your apps: @ECHO OFF PUSHD "%~dp0" put your command here (e.g. setup.exe -f2"%systemdrive%\photoshop7.log" /f) POPD Greetings Al

It should work, of course. Because the REG-command is just an executable under %WINDIR%\system32 (as far as I know just on WinXP - on Win2k it should be in the Resource kit) Al

And where is the Problem? If your Reg-file is under D:\Software\RegistryTweaks\regtweak.reg use this commandline REG IMPORT "D:\Software\RegistryTweaks\regtweak.reg" Or use this command REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Plug-in\1.5.0_05" /v "HideSystemTrayIcon" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" Greetings Al

ok ok - now I understand. You WANT to use BASEPATH. I hope that our wishes come true. Al

In my config.js are more than 4000 Lines. --> I've wrote a Batchfile which generates the config.js from a lot of single files (one file for every application). I don't understand why you need a variable named hotfixes with the value %BASEPATH%\hotfixes. Why did you don't want to use %BASEPATH%\hotfixes ?!? I hope that the option with BASEPATH will be implemented in next version Al

Why did you want to use more varaibles? What about this: Softwarepath: E:\Addon\Software WPIPath: E:\Addon\WPI BasePath: ..\Software Structure of E:\Addon\Software E:\Addon\Software\Driver\NVIDIA E:\Addon\Software\Driver\ATI E:\Addon\Software\Apps\AdobeAcrobatReader E:\Addon\Software\Apps\MSOffice E:\Addon\Software\hotfixes --> why didn't you integrate the hotfixes into win-setup - they also have an /integrate-switch like SPs In commands u can use %BASEPATH%\Driver\NVIDIA %BASEPATH%\Driver\ATI %BASEPATH%\Apps\AdobeAcrobatReader %BASEPATH%\Apps\MSOffice %BASEPATH%\hotfixes which will be replaced to full qualified pathnames. So why did you want to use more than %BASEPATH%? Al

Hi kelsenellenelvian, here some suggestions for your next wpi version: 1. new "style" for Previous- and Next-Links They should be aligned left and there should also be a space before and after Previous like on Next. Why it should be aligned left? If your Programmnames are to long it is possible that the whole table is greater than the screen an so the Next-Link is not visible (it is outside of the screen). 2. Are your Registry-Tweaks on wpi-startup realy neccesary? 3. Why are "so much" command in wpi.cmd? you can get the scriptdirectory from unescape(location.pathname) %CDROM% should not be neccesary i think, because you try to get it in javascript Delete links and restart should be done by user-scripts (in wpi) why didn't you use a javascript-command to run external commands? So the command start /wait %windir%\system32\mshta.exe "%CD%\wpi.hta" should be the only one in wpi.cmd 4. A replacment from Discpath to Base-Dir would be very nice - with the Option to get the relative Path from the wpi-directory to the software-basedirectory. --> the variable %base% should be replaced by the full qualified path from wpipath+basepath Example: Softwarepath: E:\Addon\Software WPIPath: E:\Addon\WPI Basepath: ..\Software In commands you can use %BASEPATH%\AcrobatReader\setup.exe which will be transformed to e:\Addon\Software\AcrobatReader\setup.exe What did you (an all others) think about this suggestions? Al [EDIT] This is my FindCDRom-Function from generate.js to replace %CDROM% with the Directory which is one level upper than WPIPath. Example: WPIPATH: E:\Software\WPI With this script %CDROM% will be replaced by E:\Software function FindCDRom() { position = "generate.js"; cddrv = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".\\.."); debug("Found CDROM as folder " + cddrv,1,2); foundCDdrv = true; return cddrv; } [/EDIT]

Now I have my winnt.sif stored on a Floppy and the install works fine. But is it also possible to store the $OEM$-folder on a Floppy? --> I know there is not enough space on a floppy for applications but I want to put some small tools into $OEM$\$$ and I want to start some batches from $OEM$\cmdlines.txt Is there a way to do this? --> I don't want to use OEMFilesPath because I doesn't know the correct driveletter of the floppydrive (A: or B:) Can anybody help me? Thanks Al

Yes I know, but I couldn't install MS Photostory before I had done the genuine-check. --> So I think, that there should be a way to brand XP as genuine. Al

After an unattended install of Win XP it should be automaticly brand as genuine. --> Microsoft Photostory need this before install. Is this possible? Greetings Al

Here - I found a good way, to get CDROM where XP-CD is inserted: FOR /F "skip=3 tokens=3" %I IN ('REG QUERY"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup" /v SourcePath') DO SET CDROM=%I In Batchfiles use FOR /F "skip=3 tokens=3" %%I IN ('REG QUERY"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup" /v SourcePath') DO SET CDROM=%%I Greetings Al

I want to do an unattended Setup of MySQL and PHP. But MySQL and PHP should configurate my IIS so that I can start to work after setup. Any ideas? Al