[YUHU - No more upgrade-popup on unattended Skype.]

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.

change: upgrade prompt supressed if installer is launched with SILENT or VERYSILENT option

http://www.skype.com/products/skype/windows/changelog.html

Al

[NetBeans unattended?]

Thanks for this link but the NetBeans-installer is not a "normal" InstallShield-installer.

It is like InstallAnywhere from ZeroG.

Al

[NetBeans unattended?]

Unfortunately this kind of installshield-installer doesn't support the standard-switches.

o I have to use the archive.

Al

[NetBeans unattended?]

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

[Problems with installshield on wpi 4.3.5]

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

[Apply a reg change directly from WPI?]

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

[Apply a reg change directly from WPI?]

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

[@kelsenelle: some suggestions for next wpi version]

ok ok - now I understand.

You WANT to use BASEPATH.

I hope that our wishes come true.

Al

[@kelsenelle: some suggestions for next wpi version]

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

[@kelsenelle: some suggestions for next wpi version]

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

[@kelsenelle: some suggestions for next wpi version]

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]

[How can I store all informations on Floppy?]

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

[How can I brand XP as genuine?]

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

[How can I brand XP as genuine?]

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

[Good Method to get CDROM-Drive]

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

[How do I an unattended install of MySQL and PHP?]

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