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Here's what I have: Folder = C:\My Downloads The folder contains a file called "desktop.ini", whose contents are (plain-text): [.ShellClassInfo] ConfirmFileOp=0 IconFile=C:\Program Files\ReGetDx\regetdx.exe IconIndex=-3049 InfoTip=Files downloaded from the Internet HTMLInfoTipFile=comment.htt Note that this is possible manually only if you right-click and do a "Customize this folder" from properties - but even then, the customization is very limited - the best option is to automatically place a few desktop.ini files in the required folders. I hope this is of help to you - do post back on whether it works for you or not.

Yessir..... That sure is something I'm gonna try out when I next sit down to fiddle with XPlode.

"nowait" is a new attribute in XPlode which lets you do tasks in parallel. Now, you do know that XPlode/XPinstall normally start processes (as listed in XML) one-by-one and wait for one process to finish before proceeding to the next one, right? Well, in some cases you don't want to wait for a task to finish before starting the next. In such cases, nowait is nice. Example : nowait is a cool function Anyway, did moving to XPlode solve your problem?

Just came back here to say: nowait is cool in more ways too. The below is the last process to be executed by XPlode (when it runs on first-boot from GUIrunonce) : <execute display='Rebooting...' program='shutdown.exe' arguments='-r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in a minute... This will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!"' nowait='true' />

No, vmware/vpc2004 shouldn't make a difference, 'coz at this stage they have no role to play.Are you sure you did not eliminate taskkill.exe in any way (or did you use nLite on MSFN forums to slim down your install-CD)? Well then, let's try this instead: instead of running "tasklist" try running "taskmgr". That will (try to) bring up the normal, GUI, familiar Task Manager. IMPORTANT: Is this being tried by you on XP Pro or is it Home edition ?

Well, as a matter of fact there doesn't seem like anything more could possibly be needed. Whatever anyone could ever want is already present. I'm not able to think of any new features that could be added - nor do any bugs seem to exist. Please don't take the above sentences as a negative comment. I actually mean to tell the above in a congratulatory tone

RTM = Release to Manufacturing (i.e., public availability of product). RTM a.k.a. (also known as) : gold, final release, retail, etc. RC = Release Candidate (i.e., it is thought to be stable enough as to need just a few bug-fixes before shipping it - no major modifications will happen between an RC and an RTM). since SP2 is a major change to XP, lots of beta (testing builds) versions were released over the past 1.5 years in this order (which lists only the big-publicity ones): beta 11xx beta 1213 beta 2055 RC 1 (build 2096) RC 2 (build 2149) The line you have in quotes above means (in common terms): Does it set the whole thing straight enough? Anymore clarifications?

Yup! that could be nice (not referring to wraith's post above). Maybe a merge/integration of XPlode and XPdeploy (core being same, but extra plugins to facilitate it). Then, maybe have some attribute in the XML header of XPlode which tells it to run in one of two modes: 1}. mode=XPlode which will run the entire set of tasks/processes in unattended mode (like it does now) 2}. mode=choose which will give an XPdeploy type of dialog box to tick the individual items you want to install (no selection for sub-processes within items) (possibly, this mode would require the XML to be at a writable/non-readonly location). In either case, the XML would be the same - just change the "run mode" to have it behave the way you want. This would be desirable, since many people would like to have a way to *NOT* install some items from among the pre-determined list. EDIT: maybe this post doesn't belong in this thread - if so, is it possible to move this post to the feature requests thread?

Hey, Don't remind us about exams and such sick things when we're having a cool time, okay?

Do this: 1. Wait for the dialog-box you describe, to appear. 2. Press the key-combination "Shift+F10" to enter debug-mode in setup. 3. At the command prompt that appears, type the command "tasklist". 4. See the names of the programs being run. 5. By now, you would either know which app-installer (file name) is giving you the above-described issue. Otherwise, note down the names of the processes (the output of the command "tasklist") and post it here in this thread - and we'd be able to help you in a more meaningful manner. After the problem is solved, do be sure to post back about how you resolved it (let us all know how to tackle a similar problem in future).

Why have you double-posted ? the twin Would a mod please merge these 2 threads together? WOOOOAW!! Aaron sure is quick in responses (look below for the reason why I say this) vvvvvvvvv

That would be because that directory is "up in use" somewhere. Are you sure you gave enough sleep time for xplode to exit ? (15 seconds ought to be more that enough, but do you have the sleep.exe tool in the first place ?) Or, where are you running the clean.cmd from? Running it from somewhere within "%systemroot%\temp\eXPlode\" is recommended because that folder is sufficiently out of the way that no one will accidentally run that cmd again. Also, running it from that temp folder facilitates the .cmd to self-delete (otherwise not easily possible). Try setting up your cleaning processes in exactly the way I did - and please post back about the results.

Here's what I do: 1. The last task executed by XPlode's xml is to run <execute display='clean home' program='%systemroot%\temp\eXPlode\clean.cmd' nowait='true' /> 2. Here's the contents of my clean.cmd: CLS @echo off cmdow @ /hid TITLE clean temporary folder COLOR fc sleep 15 RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install sleep 4 RD /S /Q %systemroot%\temp\eXPlode EXIT I hope you understood what is happening in the above processes. If any part seems not-understandable to you, post a question in this thread (after making efforts to make the above work) and I {or another MSFN'er} will be happy to answer it.

You have to apply the above regtweak at cmdlines (T-12) stage. Or from GUIrunonce. If you attempt to apply it when the explorer shell is running, it will get reset at log-off with the settings from desktop.

Make a multi-bootable (optimized) CD which has the original contents - you can have access to the "repair" function from original CD. Search if you don't know how to do the above. Or see this site : http://flyakite.msfnhosting.com/

Note: Before you can get (what MCT describes) it to work, you first need to have a patched (version as per your WXP servicepack) uxtheme.dll Just notifying, maybe MCT forgot to mention this.

This, I suppose is called "power of community sharing". Within less than a day, I see 3 ways of doing something - and whichever you like, use that method. @mmarable That's cool (about the script you made). Hoping you would share more ideas with us.......

Hey, Do understand the meaning of the word "extensive" before using it next time. A 10 second search would have thrown this up. Anyway, the below is a registry tweak for what you want (copy and paste it into your existing RegistryTweaks.reg file) - and it will work on WinXP SP1 machines and above. If you don't have SP1 installed, you need a different set of tweaks (than what is provided below). ;enable quick-launch bar near start-menu [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop] "Default Taskbar"=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,01,00,00,1a,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,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,83,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,a0,b0,48,5e,89,8d,\ bd,01,00,d8,9e,e4,2a,8d,bd,01,00,45,fe,5e,89,8d,bd,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,13,01,14,00,1f,0f,e0,4f,\ d0,20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,23,44,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,cd,97,15,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,5c,\ b9,10,80,57,69,6e,6e,74,00,00,20,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,a3,b9,10,00,50,\ 72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,00,50,52,4f,46,49,4c,45,53,00,19,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,\ 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Hey, first from your "Run" dialog box, execute gpedit.msc (on WinXP pro, this tool is available directly - no 3rd party apps required). If what you want is listed in the options of "gpedit", then it is possible to go ahead; otherwise I don't think it is possible. Have a *GOOD* look into gpedit, and if your desired option is listed there, post back on this thread - and we can make progress on this matter.

Yup! all of what you say is possible, though it takes some ugly lots of time to carry out.

If it is just the constant alerts that is bothering you, see this reg key: ; Disable irritating Security Center notifications [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center] "AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

uhhhhhhhhhhh............ XPinstall is *VERY* old in terms of how time flies out here. why not move to XPlode ? (use the 1.00 version, 'coz the later ones seem slow for some ppl). XPlode is the one that supports hidewindow, nowait, etc. - I don't remember whether XPinstall supported those functions.

Mmmwahaaha ha ha ha Now, can we get back on topic ? (was there any in the 1st place ?) @DerRickster ummmmmm.......Shouldn't that post (the 1st in this thread) have actually read "RC2 of SP2" ? And finally, to settle the issue - yes, no probs slipstreaming SP2 RC2 into WinXP gold CD when using XPCREATE.

You surely need to see here if you are concerned about being updated with the latest patches and updates to WinXP - it gives you a retainable copy (no need to re-download all these again for every machine): http://www.autopatcher.com/ The above comes into view only *AFTER* SP1 (or higher) is installed; it is not a substitute for the Service Pack itself.

The installer seems to just help in uninstalling the Mozilla components. Now, the prospect of removing Mozilla is something I don't expect (I would just delete the relevant folder and over-write it with the newer version). So, I don't need the uninstall logs/.EXE/registry-entries. Since the installer method is so painful, and doesn't really offer much of a benefit over the (simply-copy-files-over) method, I do the below: 1. I install Mozilla firefox & thunderbird 2. In the respective locations - C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox & C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Thunderbird. 3. I then delete all the unnecessary files that I find in those folders (uninstall, etc.) 4. I configure the defaults to the way I want (edit the .JS files in the installed folder). 5. I install any plug-ins/updates/add-ons that I want to the Mozilla suite. 6. Then, I just copy away the entire "C:\Program Files\Mozilla\" folder elsewhere. 7. Then, use winrar SFX or similar to make an archive (of that folder) which will silently extract itself to "%programfiles%". 8. I already have the necessary links in my uA CD (either extract at ".\%allusersprofile%\Start Menu" or place the .lnk files at "$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla"). ------------------ Then, during the uA install process, the following things happen: 1. The above archive extracts itself. 2. A set of registry entries (which are needed to make the browser add-ons install correctly, and for XP's "Internet" new Start_Menu program) are applied. 3. All other plugins setup are executed (flash 7 player, etc.) ------------- @ Bâshrat the Sneaky Here's my (required) mozilla related registry entries in an attachment to this post. moz.zip