[How installs windows messenger 5?]

Hi,

When calling the *.msi file directly I had several problems in the past. Thus I am calling the file by using the msiexec.exe and that's looking like that:

<item display="Microsoft Messenger 5.01">
   <execute display="Installing..." desc="MS Messenger">
      <program>#SystemRoot#\System32\msiexec.exe</program>
      <arguments>/i #Systemdrive#\Install\MS_Messenger\Messenger.msi /qb /norestart ALLUSERS=1 EULA_ACCEPT=YES</arguments>
      <hide>true</hide>
      <wait>true</wait>
   </execute>
</item>

May be that the parameters "ALLUSERS" and "EULA_ACCEPT" are not necessary but both don't generate an error.

Hope that helps

Michael

[How can i execute a *.reg file in XPlode ?]

Hi,

in general there are 2 options to apply a *.reg entry:

1.) Using the regedit.exe:

<item ...>
   <execute display="Logon options..." desc="Applying registry entries"> 
      <program>#Systemroot#\REGEDIT.EXE</program>
      <arguments>/s C:\Setup\Registry\LogonStd.reg</arguments> 
      <hide>true</hide>
      <wait>true</wait>
   </execute>
</item>

or

2.) To use the XPlode internal mechanism:

<item ...>
   <registry mode="write">
      [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABC]
      [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABC\XYZ]
      "Entry 123"="890"
   </registry>
</item>

Hope that helps

Michael

[2 problems I am stuck on]

Hi,

on my systems it's running with a single set of " .

The corresponding tag looks like this:

 <execute display='Installing ENU_Q832483_MDAC_X86 ...'>
   <program>%systemdrive%\install\type2\Q832483.EXE</program>
   <arguments>/C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /q:a</arguments>
   <hide>False</hide>
   <wait>true</wait>
  </execute>

Btw, I have taken your directory settings in the above mentioned example .

Hope that helps

Michael