Winnt.sif option: Program Files Path does not work under SP3?

[gabfhd79]

Hello,

I am using nlite 1.4.9.1, Win XP Home and SP3. Since I have switched from SP2 to SP3 changing Program Files Path (e.g. C:\Anwendungen or D:\Programme instead of C:\Programme) does not work. Is this a new "feature" of SP3?

gabfhd79

[johnhc]

gabfhd79,

Please attach (not paste) your LastSession.ini. Does code looking something like this appear in WINNT.SIF?:

[Unattended]
ProgramFilesDir="d:\Program Files\";Program Files
CommonProgramFilesDir="d:\Program Files\Common\"

[GuiUnattended]
ProfilesDir="d:\Documents and Settings\";Documents and Settings

Enjoy, John.

[gabfhd79]

This is the section of the Winnt.sif generated by nlite 1.4.9.1 (German Windows):

[Unattended]
ProgramFilesDir="D:\Programme"
CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien"

Partitions C,D and E were made by Gparted before the installation of Windows.

Profiles are installed under E:\Benutzer as I set in nlite on the options page.

Using SP2 with the same LastSession.ini and Winnt.sif causes no problems.

LetzteSession.ini.ini

[johnhc]

gabfhd79,

I don't have much to offer. Did you modify or have your own WINNT.SIF file that you use after nLite runs? Does your WINNT.SIF have a [GuiUnattended]?

Enjoy, John.

[gabfhd79]

Hello johnhc,

I use the Winnt.sif generated by nlite with no changes and the following GuiUnattended section:

[GuiUnattended]
OemSkipWelcome=0

Some guys in german forums say, that Microsoft does not recommends the changing of the progam files path. So maybe Microsoft forbid this option in Winnt.sif with SP3.

Thanks gabfhd79

[mitsukai]

it works fine for me (SP3)

[johnhc]

mitsukai,

How about attaching your LastSession.ini and the [unattended] and [GuiUnattended] sections of your WINNT.SIF, so we can see what they look like?

Thanks, John.

[mitsukai]

all i do is set program file to D:\programs and profiels to D:\profiles.

on a clean sp3 cd. works fine for me

[johnhc]

mitsukai, thanks but I would really like to see the [unattended] and [GuiUnattended] sections of your WINNT.SIF. Are there closing \ on the paths. The earlier example I posted from another post on doing this directly in their .SIF file had closing \ on all paths. Please see above. Is it required?

Thanks, once again, John.

[mitsukai]

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=DefaultHide
UnattendSwitch="No"
OemPreinstall="No"
OemSkipEula="Yes"
ProgramFilesDir="D:\Programs"
CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Programs\Common Files"
FileSystem=*
WaitForReboot="No"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
TimeZone=110
OEMSkipRegional=1
OemSkipWelcome=1

[johnhc]

mitsukai, thanks! John.

[mitsukai]

im not sure where the profile path is located... maybe i forgot to set it in this build... but im pretty sure i did set it

[mitsukai]

here it is

but i dont see it in winnt.sif

[Options]
CABMerge
CABNoHigh
ClassicSetup
BlackSetupBack
DisableFreereq
DisableMinMem
DupeFiles
ProfilesDir = "D:\Profiles"
TargetPath = "WINXP"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
NoWmpComp
NoKeepCp
RemoveMUI
CleanBiosInfo
AdvTweaks

Edited November 26, 2008 by mitsukai

[johnhc]

mitsukai,

Thanks again. The profile change is not in the SIF file and there is an active discussion of that here.

Thanks, John.

[gabfhd79]

Maybe one of the post-SP3 hotfixes prevent the changing of the ProgramFilesDir. I will test this tomorrow and report later.

gabfhd79