hi i am new. i am sorry if its a stupid question but i tried now icq 5.1 with wpi. the ussf added /s so the install is silent and its good. but it installed the icq toolbar and made icq the regular search engine... so how can i change the install options for icq and for other programs? is there an easy way such as the ussf which just added the /s ?

thanks

Edited October 6, 200718 yr by dimiboy

OK that is a difficult one but bascally you have to find the silent switch for not installing the toolber or run the uninstaller for just the toolbar and run that after installg icq.

I will mess around some and see if I can help.

Add teh following commands to your WPI config:

Command2 = regsvr32 /u /s "%programfiles%\\ICQTOO~1\\toolbaru.dll" 
Regafter = %wpipath%\homepage.reg

Reg File (homepage.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://www.msfn.org/"

Still working on changing the search defaults back I will return...

thanks!

but icq is just one of many programs... isnt there a way maybe somehow that will find all the install options availiable? i saw something from autoit that makes someting like a catch of the install process and records all the changes i do while i install but i could not understand how it works.... maybe there is a guide for this thing or something like it? cause i dont want to post the same question about every program i want to install and then make you or someone else search for me.

i am not an expert with registry but i think there must be someway to make such things easier for me and others

sorry i posted twice

Edited October 8, 200718 yr by dimiboy

Yeah installwrite and installwatch is what you are thinking of.

I have barely used them though.

There are few apps that cannot be installed without extra measures.

Please don't give up as it gets a lot easier. Plus USSF is not perfect it can only tell you the basic switches for the most common apps and installer types.

Their is however a whole section in this forum based on application installs remember tosearch there as you can find uncommon switches and pre-made auto-it files in there.

do you know where can i find them and guides for them?

and is there a reason you dont use them? arent they good or what?

I got used to and taught myself how to track and build custom installers by hand. Using innosetup, winrar or simple inf files to run them.

I do have a friend that uses installwatch all of the time and swears by it though so I do know it is pretty good.

sCiTe for auto-it is the program that tracks your mose movments and keypresses to make a install script it is fairly easy to use but just as frustrating to use becase you get one little thing wrong and blamo it don't work right.

Personally I am just more of a do it yourself type you learn more that way.....

yes you right.

i am just a little afraid to mess to much with registry.

Better messing with the reg then use installrite etc.

If you dont know what exactly to exclude,(WBEM etc.) it will mess up your windows very badly.