Halfwalker

OK, I've had a couple of very late working nights, so I must be missing something painfully obvious here ... In my install script, I have the following chunk at the end ... for /D %%i in (*) do ( %%i\installit.cmd %%~ni %DIR%%%i %KEY% if exist "%DIR%%%i\finishup.cmd" REG ADD %KEY%\%%~ni /V 99 /D "%DIR%%%i\finishup.cmd %DIR%%%i" if exist "%DIR%%%i\Application.html" copy /y "%DIR%%%i\Application.html" "%systemroot%\Config\%%i.html" ) echo "OK - all done" pause %DIR% and %KEY% are both set higher up. The problem is that it never reaches the "OK - All done" echo statement. I see the last copy command just fine, and then the batchfile just ends. It doesn't do the expected Pause to hit any key, just returns to the prompt. I know it's going to be a forehead slapper, but I don't see it just now through my blurred vision ... D.

OK, I've had a couple of very late working nights, so I must be missing something painfully obvious here ... In my install script, I have the following chunk at the end ... for /D %%i in (*) do ( %%i\installit.cmd %%~ni %DIR%%%i %KEY% if exist "%DIR%%%i\finishup.cmd" REG ADD %KEY%\%%~ni /V 99 /D "%DIR%%%i\finishup.cmd %DIR%%%i" if exist "%DIR%%%i\Application.html" copy /y "%DIR%%%i\Application.html" "%systemroot%\Config\%%i.html" ) echo "OK - all done" pause %DIR% and %KEY% are both set higher up. The problem is that it never reaches the "OK - All done" echo statement. I see the last copy command just fine, and then the batchfile just ends. It doesn't do the expected Pause to hit any key, just returns to the prompt. I know it's going to be a forehead slapper, but I don't see it just now through my blurred vision ... D. [Edit - Putting it into the Programming forum - thanks. Hrm, how do I remove/move this thread ?]

That should work fine. Mine is exactly the same, except I have DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0 and /norestart in there. D.

That's a problem with the Run entry for vptray.exe. Look at hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run The vptray entry is bad. It looks like this C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\VPTray.exe where it should read (note the double quotes !) "C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\vptray.exe" /tray I'm not 100% sure about the /tray parameter - I saw that at one point, but haven't seen it again since. D.

ExamDiff Pro. ExamDiff Pro Not free, but very very slick. For free WinMerge is great. Dean.

Hey All - I've been using a neat method of auto-documenting the apps I build for my install CD, and I think it may be good to try to make something of a standard for it. It makes a single html file that lists everything installed on the system, with live links to the originating websites. During install, my application installers copy a uniquely named html file to c:\windows\config. This is directory # 23 in txtsetup.inf, so it can be listed in normal Addon packs as the destination of the html file. This file contains the live links to information about the application, set up as normal html list items. The final cleanup batch file then collects all of these into a single html file and drops that into the Desktop directory for Administrator and All Users. An example would help I suppose When VMWare v5.5 is installed, this file is copied to c:\windows\config as VMWare-v5.5.html. <li> <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/">VMWare Workstation v5.5</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/index.html">VMWare documentation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Oracle/DBA_tips/VMware_Workstation_50/VMWARE_10.shtml">Installing VMWare 5.0</a></li> </ul> </li> Similar files (all named uniquely) are also copied to c:\windows\config. Then, at first reboot/logon, all the RunOnceEx entries are run to actually install the apps that weren't installed via SVCPACK. The last cleanup entry runs a batchfile which contains this : copy /y "%DIR%\Tweaks\Start.html" + "%systemroot%\Config\*.html" + "%DIR%\Tweaks\End.html" "%systemroot%\Config\Installed-Applications.html" copy /y "%systemroot%\Config\Installed-Applications.html" "%userprofile%\Desktop" copy /y "%systemroot%\Config\Installed-Applications.html" "%allusersprofile%\Desktop" Start.html and End.html are very simple. They just envelope the list of items ... <html> <body> <h1>Applications installed</h1> <ol> and </ol> </body> </html> What you wind up with is a nice simple webpage list of all the installed Apps, each one with live links or whatever information you want to include about the App. Mine looks like this : <html> <body> <h1>Applications installed</h1> <ol> <li> <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/">VMWare Workstation v5.5</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/index.html">VMWare documentation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Oracle/DBA_tips/VMware_Workstation_50/VMWARE_10.shtml">Installing VMWare 5.0</a></li> </ul> </li><li><a href="http://messenger.msn.com/Xp/Default.aspx">MSN Messenger v7</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.imagine-msn.com/messenger/post/games/activities.aspx?locale=en-us">Games with MSN Messenger</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.msgplus.net/">Messenger Plus!</a></li> </ul> </li><li><a href="http://toolbar.google.com/">Google Toolbar for IE</a> </li> <li><a href="http://webaccelerator.google.com/">Google Web Accelerator for IE</a> </li> <li><a href="http://webaccelerator.google.com/?subid=US-HA-EN&sourceid=gwa">Google Web Accelerator for FireFox</a> </li> : : which results in the page looking like this (though lots better : Applications installed 1. VMWare Workstation v5.5 * VMWare documentation * Installing VMWare 5.0 2. MSN Messenger v7 * Games with MSN Messenger * Messenger Plus! 3. Google Toolbar for IE 4. Google Web Accelerator for IE 5. Google Web Accelerator for FireFox So, end result ... If pack builders would start including a simple html file with a unique name to their pack that lists/documents their pack in simple <li> list item format, dump that into c:\windows\Config, that would be good D.

Yup - I just saw that one a little while ago. That works fine. D.

Hrm - missing a file msinet.ocx. I hit this when clicking on Download Latest Protection Updates Also, the install seems to just copy the files to c:\Program Files\SpywareBlaster. No Start Menu shortcuts are made or anything. D.

JPamplin - You're probably right about the default key there. I do know that what's listed above works for me. My install looks like this : regedit /S "%DIR%\copernic.reg" REG ADD %KEY%\%NUM% /VE /D "Copernic Desktop Search v1.63" /f REG ADD %KEY%\%NUM% /V 1 /D "%DIR%\copernicdesktopsearch.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\%NUM% /V 2 /D "%DIR%\finishup.cmd" /f Note - this part is generated from the RunOnceEx.cmd file, called from cmdlines.txt. The regedit is happening before any users are set up, so stuff goes into the right places. Probably don't need the HKU parts, just HKCU. During RunOnceEx, Copernic is installed silently, then the finishup.cmd batch is called, as shown below : @echo off move "%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Copernic Desktop Search.lnk" "%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories" del "%allusersprofile%\Desktop\Copernic Desktop Search.lnk" regedit /S "%DIR%\copernic.reg" The regfile has more than above, but those two lines are what turn off the taskbar search. D.

A little more information ... I set the Taskbar bar to be double-high. I log off. I log back on ... I can see the Taskbar outline start off as double-high, but then it flips back down to single-line. So it looks like something is forcing it back down to single line ... Very annoying. Help ? D.

Add this to your batch file that installs VMWare Tools ... YOUR\PATH\TO\1365VidChng.exe 1024x768x32@85 -q Google for 1365VidChng.exe - I don't recall where I got it. Syntax is easy, but you have to use 85Hz as the refresh rate in a VM once VMWareTools have been installed. I actually use RogueSpear's method of a VBS script to see if we're in a VM, and only install VMWareTools then. The VBS code is like this : Option Explicit Dim ws, fs, colDrives, objDrive, strOEM Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set colDrives = fs.Drives For Each objDrive in colDrives If fs.FileExists(objDrive.DriveLetter & ":\WIN51") Then strOEM = objDrive.DriveLetter & ":\Apps\200.VMWareTools" Next Sub InstallVMtools Dim strComputer, objWMIService, colBIOS, objBIOS, i Dim strKey strComputer = "." strKey = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\090\" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS") For Each objBIOS In colBIOS If Not IsNull(objBIOS.SerialNumber) Then If Left(objBIOS.SerialNumber(i),6) = "VMware" Then ws.Run(strOEM & "\VMWareTools-v5.5.exe"),0,True ws.Run "c:\windows\system32\1365VidChng.exe 1024x768x32@85 -q",0,True Else ws.Run "c:\windows\system32\1365VidChng.exe 1024x768x32@60 -q",0,True End If End If Next End Sub InstallVMtools If we're in a VM, install VMWareTools and set res to 1024x768 at 85Hz, otherwise set to 1024x768 at 60Hz. The VMWareTools install is called 2nd in my list of apps etc being installed. Works like a charm. D.

Add this to your tweaks after Copernic install. [HKEY_USERS\Software\Copernic\DesktopSearch\Meta] "InstalledComponents"=dword:0000009D [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Copernic\DesktopSearch\Meta] "InstalledComponents"=dword:0000009D No more search in the taskbar. Regshot comes in handy yet again ... D.

Wow No-one else has seen this behaviour ? No-one else has a suggestion ? I'm at a loss here. D.

Shark - Cool, thanks. Any chance of the autoit3 source ? I would prefer to put elsewhere instead of the Applications group in the Start Menu. Thanks - D.

Well this is strange. I'm using the typical and discussed-to-bloody-DEATH quicklaunch setup methods, using a registry entry at cmdlines.txt ... Works fine. But now I've decided to change the taskbar from a normal one-line to a double-line size. So ... 1. Unlock taskbar 2. Drag eddge to make it double size 3. Lock taskbar 4. Logoff 5. Log back in ... and .... **** taskbar is back to single-line size. I can't get it to stay double-sized. Note - all this testing is in a VMWare 5.5 VM. The main system this is running on works just fine. I can change the taskbar size, logoff/shutdown, and it's the same when I log back in. As expected. I test it on a real test machine. Same **** thing. Taskbar won't stay double-sized. So it's not a VMWare artifact - must be something in the tweak I'm doing ... Here's my RunOnceEx.cmd ... CMDOW @ /HID @Echo Off FOR %%i IN (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:\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%i: SET PP=%cdrom%\Apps\ SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REGEDIT /S %cdrom%\$OEM$\quicklaunch.reg md "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Security" : : quicklauch.reg itself contains this : I know that first key isn't right - the number is random each time. I'm guessing to remove the number portion, just make it HKU\Software\.... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1085031214-963894560-725345543-500\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Components\0] "Position"=hex(3):2C,00,00,00,4E,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,B2,03,00,00,D4,02,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [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,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,81,00,00,00,11,00,00,00,5c,74,5e,16,b0,06,c6,\ 01,f2,22,1a,7c,12,07,c6,01,f2,22,1a,7c,12,07,c6,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,02,14,00,1f,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,\ 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No more double-size taskbar ?? D.

Ah, OK, thanks. Now that you mention it, those windows haven't popped up every time. I thought I had messed something up somewhere during each iteration of the CD. Thanks again - D.

Hi MHz - I just pulled down the latest 2.3, and something seems a little weird with the silent install. It's in the RunOnceEx.cmd like this : REG ADD %KEY%\%NUM% /V 20 /D "%DIR%\CMenu.exe /silent" /f Yet during the install, it pops up with these windows, one after another : I click yes to move from one to the other. What did I goof up ? This one is 1,484,770 bytes in size. D.

Hi Brainstane - Can you give some more details on how you're install from a USB key ? D.

7zip doesn't really have anything to do with it. (I use it too btw). FF seems to install just fine, but it doesn't install any of the extensions I added into the bin/extensions directory of browser.xpi. Did anyone make any other changes to the config.ini file ? D.

Nope - didn't work. Extensions panel is still empty. On first start of FF it just does the usual import of IE settings, that's it. D.

Hrm - no workee. I wonder - this VM had 1.07 installed. I uninstalled that, then installed the new modified 1.5. The extension installer never pops up, and going to Tools->Extensions shows an empty list. My browser.xpi looks like this : I'll try a new VM with a clean install of this 1.5. D.

Hrm. Doesn't seem to work with 1.5. I did exactly as described above, only added a few extensions to browser.xpi -> bin/extensions. They are supposed to go right there, not in bin/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} right ?? It installs just fine, but none of the extensions are installed. Another question - how to prevent it from dropping a shortcut on the desktop ? D.

Hey - I've noticed that there are a lot of files in I386 that are not compressed. A lot. Does anyone know which ones are needed in uncompressed form, so we can compress the rest ? I'm sure there are a lot that are candidates for compression. I noticed this after applying/integrating a couple of hotfixes, and then backing/syncing up my CD tree. Several files that were new from the hotfixes were in uncompressed form, like browseui.dll for example. So that one (among others) could be compressed. D.

Of course it's not useless. But for the sake of a clean install, I would much rather save the space on the CD, since the first thing that happens is that SAV wil go out and download updated defs ANYWAY. Why bother having defs on the CD when whatever you have there is simply out of date ? D.

Further testing ... I deleted one icon from the quicklaunch bar. Rebooted. It came back up with that icon NOT there, as expected. I merged the quicklaunch.reg from before. Ah-ha! The icon did not reappear. So it seems that the Desktop key is not all that has to be exported to get everything ... More testing .... D.