Install order?

[heffalump]

I'm wondering if it's possible to control in what order some things are installed? For example if I have a switchless silent installer, I want that installed before the hotfixes HF folder items? Possible? How? What about between the other folders too, for example the HFSVCPACK (and ones with _x endings) can someone shed some light on this? Thanks

[Tomcat76]

I think you don't understand the purpose of HFSLIP.

HFSLIP slipstreams hotfixes into your installation source. This means that files on the CD are replaced with the newer versions that came from inside the hotfix executables.

If your intention is to install hotfixes at a later point during Windows setup, use the HFSVCPACK_SW1 and HFSVCPACK_SW2 folders (for Type 1 and Type 2 hotfixes respecitively) instead, but that's not what HFSLIP was really made for.

[Arie]

I'm wondering if it's possible to control in what order some things are installed? For example if I have a switchless silent installer, I want that installed before the hotfixes HF folder items? Possible? How? What about between the other folders too, for example the HFSVCPACK (and ones with _x endings) can someone shed some light on this? Thanks

See Tomcat76's reply above first of all. The files in your HFSVCPACK folder get installed in alphabetical order. For example, a silent installation package named AdobeReader8.exe will get installed via SVCPACK.INF before WinRAR3.exe will. If you want to change this installation order, it's best to number your installation packages. For example, before installing any other applications, I want Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and 2.0 SP1 to be installed, so I placed those in my HFSVCPACK folder respectively named 001_DOTNET11SP1.exe and 001_DOTNET20SP1.exe. If I would include 123_WinRAR3.exe and 456_AdobeReader8.exe for example, they will get installed afterwards in exactly this order. Hope this helps.

[heffalump]

Ok now I understand! I was getting confused because primarily of Windows Media Player. I made a switchless silent installer for WMP10 but was unsure at what point it would install and if the WMP10 hotfixes would be applied correctly i.e. would WMP10 installer overwrite any of the patches.

[Tomcat76]

You can put MP10Setup.exe in HF. Then you won't have to worry about that anymore