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And I was just about to edit my post .

Yeah, your right, it's dead. There's an updated version here. Or You can download the PDF version of flyakites guide here

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any ideas of how to get all the source files from ubuntu in one folder (instead of disc root) and successfully boot it (for live and install)?

Ok, I decided to compile UBCD4WIN for my own disc. Here's a short guide from what I did: * Compile the disc image to your own specification. * Delete the .iso image it creates (you don't need it) and go to the output folder (default BartPE) * Delete everything in this folder except the following: [BartPE] |_[I386] |_[PROGRAMS] |_ Autorun.inf (only if you want it, I didn't) You should already have the Windows tag files on your disc so you can delete them as well * Rename the "I386" folder to something else with four characters, I used "IUCD" * Place the "IUCD" and "PROGRAMS" folders at the root of your multi-boot disc structure. * Hex edit the setupldr.bin in the "IUCD" folder replacing any instance of "I386" with "IUCD" * Make a copy of your XP boot sector and hex edit that in the same way, then place it in your "IUCD" folder. * Edit the SetupSourcePath in txtsetup.sif in the "IUCD" folder to read: SetupSourcePath="\IUCD\" * Add an option in cdshell to chain your new boot sector, something like this: if $lastKey == key[f2]; then chain /IUCD/UCDBOOT.DAT As you can see my boot sector is called "UCDBOOT.DAT" in the "IUCD" folder. Your done. I know I've just glazed over everything but most of this info can be adapted from Flyakites guide including adding an /inram function (not mentioned here). Good luck

No problem, when I first started configuring WPI it took me a whole weekend to get gcond/cond to work properly. Just wait until you want to set two or three different conditions in the same command, that really messes with your head . Happy scripting.

First, cond/gcond will only work when looking for files not dirs. Second, your looking at everything in reverse. Try this: !FileExist('%programfiles%\Somewhere\Something.exe') ! basicly means not or doesn't (a negative statement). So the above code would read (in english) If Something.exe does not exist in %programfiles%\Somewhere then set cond/gcond as true. Hope this helps .

It's already in it's own folder, KNOPPIX! Just add the contents of the "boot" folder to your own and add a line in CDShell to BCDW your boot sector. if $lastKey == key[f2]; then bcdw boot /KNOPPIX/KNPXBOOT.DAT as you can see my boot sector is KNPXBOOT.DAT in the KNOPPIX folder. I know this doesn't help much though if you end up with two isolinux folders in that location. I'm presently looking into how isolinux actually works, something I've taken for granted up until now. Apparently one way to have more than one Linux distro on one disc is to rewrite the isolinux.cfg file and have one isolinux folder on your disc to boot all of them. I'm looking for a tutorial at the mo.

Sorry when I posted that I obviously wasn't paying attention. The title refers to UBCD4WIN not UBCD which is what I was referring to. UBCD4WIN shouldn't be too difficult though, as Nakatomi2010 stated it's BartPE which means you should be able to boot it the same as ERD Commander. I havn't complied my own yet (since I have ERD Commander and Knoppix on my disc already) so I can't really comment but if you want a guide for ERD Commander I'd be happy to post how I do it.

I'd be very interested in adding ubuntu to my disc if I could find a way to edit the setup to look in a folder instead of the root of the disc. Similar to editing txtsetup.sif for NT OS's. I have a very modular disc and I hate having various folders for each component across the disc, one at the root is enough. Knoppix was easy enough because of this reason and I managed to get that working using BCDW on the boot sector (I use CDShell by-the-way). If you find an answer please post it here as I know there are people in this forum (besides me) that would be interested as well.

I've noticed this for sometime. If I right click on an item from the programs list it always happens, regardless of weather there's a single entry or not. I just ignore it cos the only other option is to use a reg tweak and that has is own draw backs. It could also be a conflict with another shell extension. My only suggestion would be to test it on a fresh install without any programs or additional extentions installed. Good luck.

I just tried out eXPander and I have to say, I really like it. It definitely improves on Compression Bin (no offense jcarle). I have a question and request though. 1. Is modifyPE included in the app (I'm not clear weather it is or not) 2. Would you consider adding an option to make a .cab archive of a folders contents e.g CabTool. Although I like CabTool I hate the way it renames the archive to upper case! Thanks. Edit: Sorry, one more thing to consider. 3. If you select to process multiple files via the shell extension explorer can/will crash. This isn't a problem with the app, it's just that explorer can't cope sending more than one file this way (or so I've found). My only workaround would be a shortcut in SendTo but it's purly up to you. Keep up the good work.

Thank you very much . I just spent the last ten minutes looking for the function with Dll Export Viewer, not easy . Well I think thats all I need. Keep up the good, your a true professional XPero.

What function call do you use? And, I gather you'd call it something like this. rundll32 Shell32.dll,<insert function> <path to image> Thanks.

Thanks again, one last question (can you guess). Do you use a windows internal command or something you've coded yourself?

Thanks, but how do you set the wallpaper and screen saver as well?

XPero, what reg settings (if any) do you use to set a "modified" theme instead of using a .theme file with XPize. I've search for an answer but can't find one, I've also tried a host of reg settings but nothing seams to stick. I'm most interested in how to set the wallpaper and screen saver as I haven't found any good settings for these. I know this isn't exactly XPize related but I thought I'd probably get a useful answer in this forum ! Thanks.

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Your cmd is on the disc so try this: @echo off .\wpi\wpi.hta Havn't tried it out but it should work! Either that or just changed your Autorun.inf to read: [AutoRun] ShellExecute=wpi\wpi.hta icon=speed.ico This is the easiest way to do it.

1. I might be a bit late with this for 5.6 but could you add cross-referencing between exclusions and grayed conditions. I.e. when an item is already installed (and gcond) the exclusion still applies. So that both install options are locked out. At the moment if this occurs, the installed item is gray but becomes selectable, as well as the item it's supposed to exclude. Note: I have the disable check box option on for grayed conditions 2. Add Hidec to the tools dir instead of cmdow. It's a much better util for hiding console windows! Here in also lies the answer to hiding the %SLEEP% var. At the moment I use this: %wpipath%\Tools\Hidec.exe /w Sleep.exe 15 If it helps! Thanks.

If your using VMware Workstation then thats your problem. It's a common fault with it, apparently.

Ok, it's official, this is a 5.5 bug . I've tested my original settings with 5.4 and 5.3, no problems! There has to be something new in 5.5 that causes the catagory install to install alphabetically. One thing I might note is, I don't use install order numbers. This is because the catagory install has eliminated having to do this up to this point. (And it's abit of ball ache ) Is there anything I can do to fix this? I really don't want to loose some of the newer features in 5.5 because of this.

Back to install order numbers it is then! No worries, I might drop back to 5.4 and see if that fixes the problem for now. Thanks for your help.

I've just ran a tested and it still does it with SortWithinCats=false, what gives? Also, I've had these above settings for every other version 5.x (copying useroptions.js).

Thought it had to be me . Keep up the good work.

I've just tested v5.5 with my setup and the catagory install order appears to be running alphabetically instead . I've checked my settings and nothing seams to be a miss. Here's my useroptions.js: // WPI Options 5.0+ // // User defined options // // Interface tab Language='en'; Theme='Glossy'; RandomTheme=false; BgPicture=''; Resolution=0; // --- ShowToolTips=true; UseTransitions=false; IndentText=true; //Installer tab Configurations=['System','Utilities','Development','Burning/Imaging','Media','Internet','Shell Extensions','Components','Style','System Tweaks','Tweaks']; ShowMultiDefault=false; CheckOnLoad='none'; NumCols=4; SortOrder=['System','Utilities','Development','Burning/Imaging','Media','Internet','Shell Extensions','Components','Style','System Tweaks','Tweaks']; DisableCatCheckBoxes=false; SortWithinCats=true; DisableOnDepsNotMet=false; AlwaysUseScrollBar=false; DontSplitCats=true; InstallByCategory=true; ReallyForce=false; DisableIfDoGray=true; // --- Timer=false; Seconds=120; StartBeepAtSecs=0; // --- ExtraWidth=0; ExtraHeight=0; //Audio tab PlayAudioInInstaller=false; InstallAudio=['']; // Tools tab MonitorResolution=1024; MonitorDepth=0; MonitorRefresh=0; // --- InstallFonts=false; // --- ExecuteBeforeEnabled=false; ExecuteBefore=['']; ExecuteAfterEnabled=true; ExecuteAfter=['%wpipath%\\Tools\\Cleanup.exe']; // --- RestartComputer=true; RestartType=0; RestartSeconds=60; DoNotLoadDesktop=false; // --- LogInstallation=true; LogPath=['%systemdrive%\\WPI_Log.txt'];