How To Install Custom Keyboard Layout ?

[Coder47]

Hi All,

I'm Noob In Front Of U people .. I m making Unattended Windows.. But I Want To Install My Custom Keyboard Layouts .. How Can I Do That ? Pls Tell me ..

After Installing Windows.. I Want To See My Custom Phonetic Layouts In Language Bar On TASKBAR ..

I Have an msi setup for my custom layout .. but how can i do this for my unattended windows.. pls help .. any more info.. pls ask freely ..Pls Tell complete Procedure .. i know to add keyboard layout in .inf file.. but i want to add CUSTOM layout ...

[Tripredacus]

Does this help?

[Coder47]

Does this help?

Brother .. In Windows WINNT.sif .. i can add the keyboard layout that is already installed in windows..but what about my custom keyboard layout .. in which keys are customly tweaked and replaced ..?

when i always do normal windows for my own use.. i install my custom keyboard by running MSI setup file .. and then i go to control panel to select it ..

but how can i do this in unattended.. means i want the msi setup of custom keyboard to be installed, and then automatically selected and shown in language bar ..?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Regshot?

Seriously though installing it silently is EASY.

Configuring and getting it not to show is NOT since you admitted you frequently change these values.

P.S. DO NOT PM people asking for answers!

Have some patience....

[allen2]

For XP keyboard layouts are stored there: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts". I hope your custom one was compiled properly as a dll because that what the OS is looking for.

[Coder47]

@allen2

my keyboard folder have these files & foldrs ...

and each folder have a dll file ...

that is a custom layout.. so how can i integrate it in unattended windows .. and the show it up in language bar ?

[Coder47]

For XP keyboard layouts are stored there: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts". I hope your custom one was compiled properly as a dll because that what the OS is looking for.

I got the layout ID for my custom keyboard in regedit (ofcourse custom layout is installed) .. so can i do a like installing my custom keybaord's MSI file by svcpack method or any other .. and also adding "localeID:keyboardlayoutID" thing in [RegionalSettings] Area of code ..????

the type of layout id given in MSFN unattended guide is of 8 charcters i.e for example 00000419

and the registry ids in REGEDIT are also of 8 characters similar to this 00000419 number .. so should i use this type of number .. of the string that is inside layout registry named "Layout ID" and is valued like "0c12" ...

[scorpios]

try to make changes in this file intl.inf in I386 folder.