PowerToys for ALL Users!

[Glowy]

Whew almost an allnighter but I finally got it...

Some Powertoys install during unattended setup, but don't appear for all users.

Typically the taskbar one's (Virtual Desktop Manager Powertoy, Magnifier Powertoy) and contextmenu one's (Image Resizer Powertoy, CmdHere Powertoy)

after running the .exe files I noticed an .MSI file was extracted in the %SystemRoot%\Downloaded Installations

I tried using these with the /jm (registers app in machine instead of user) /qn (silent)

but it didn't work

want back to the original .exe and tried the /v(to pass down options to the .MSI installer.

At last I found this:

/s /v"ALLUSERS=2 /qn"

worked.

dunno if it's useful to anyone of you... but thought it might help some of u guys

btw didn't know where to put this thread (Unattended Windows, Application Switches) hope this is owkay

[Stuntgp2000]

Thank you, I got mad with this.

[cbaxter]

It is apparent that different version of the program and/or different releases of the OS behave differently. None of the previous instructions would work for me.

This is what actually worked for me:

Download the file "TweakUIPowertoySetup.exe" from "http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx".

Execute this program to install on your system. You can actually stop and cancel one step before actually installing.

The install routine will create a file "Tewakui Powertoy for Windows XP.msi" in your "\Windows\Downloaded Installations" folder.

Discard the .exe file and use this .msi file on your Unattended Install disk.

The syntax to install is "Tweakui Powertoy for Windows XP.msi /passive" using either the "start.cmd" or the "RunOnceEx" method.

[bryanh]

I just make updates to the registry. Seems that silent installs update "HKCU" and non silent update "HKLM". Therefore:

For Desktop Manager

RegDelete ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{709C6E11-538F-4759-86AC-6ACB302AA0DE}")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{709C6E11-538F-4759-86AC-6ACB302AA0DE}","","REG_SZ","Desktop Manager")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{709C6E11-538F-4759-86AC-6ACB302AA0DE}\Implemented Categories","","REG_SZ","")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{709C6E11-538F-4759-86AC-6ACB302AA0DE}\Implemented Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}","","REG_SZ","")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{709C6E11-538F-4759-86AC-6ACB302AA0DE}\InprocServer32","","REG_SZ","K:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\msvdm.dll")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{709C6E11-538F-4759-86AC-6ACB302AA0DE}\InprocServer32","ThreadingModel","REG_SZ","Apartment")

for Magnifier

RunWait ( $CDROM & '\\Apps\\SystemUtilities\\POWERTOYS\\' & $TITLE1 & '.exe  /s /v/qn' )

RegDelete ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{B48A93BC-5E8D-472B-8FE2-E53302C4548C}")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B48A93BC-5E8D-472B-8FE2-E53302C4548C}","","REG_SZ","Taskbar Magnifier")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B48A93BC-5E8D-472B-8FE2-E53302C4548C}\Implemented Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}","","REG_SZ","")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B48A93BC-5E8D-472B-8FE2-E53302C4548C}\InprocServer32","","REG_SZ","K:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\mag.dll")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B48A93BC-5E8D-472B-8FE2-E53302C4548C}\InprocServer32","ThreadingModel","REG_SZ","Apartment")

for SlideShow

RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EFB97CB8-a4a4-4357-a261-002FFAED0267}","","REG_SZ","CD Burn Slideshow Hook")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EFB97CB8-a4a4-4357-a261-002FFAED0267}\InprocServer32","","REG_SZ","K:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\slideshow.dll")
RegWrite ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EFB97CB8-a4a4-4357-a261-002FFAED0267}\InprocServer32","ThreadingModel","REG_SZ","Apartment")
RegDelete ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{EFB97CB8-a4a4-4357-a261-002FFAED0267}" )

The others work fine you juse need to create a shortcut to them in the "All Users" start menu.