SVCPACK not installing Framework in SP2...

[Denney]

This setup used to work in SP1 but won't work now. Here are the related files:

SVCPACK.INF:

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="I386\HOTFIXES"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
DOTNETFW.EXE

DOSNET.INF:

[OptionalSrcDirs]
HOTFIXES

I created the DOTNETFW.EXE file using the method by GreenMachine here: http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/IEXPRESS/iexpress.htm

For some reason, SVCPACK.INF doesn't get executed during setup. I have deleted the original SVCPACK.IN_ file in I386.

Is anyone else having problems using SVCPACK.INF in Service Pack 2?

[evilvoice]

ya know, this took me forever to figure out...

check mine against yours and you will see the difference, especially in the first 8 lines. Im unsure if you need the versions/build, but i do know there has to be a "\" before i386...you have no idea how long that took me ...

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\hotfixes"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
"dotnetfx.exe /q /c:""msiexec /I netfx.msi /qn"""
msjvm.exe
ar6b.exe /VERYSILENT /SP- /NORESTART
HMTCDWizard.exe /q
"setup.exe /q /c:""msiexec /I """"Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer.msi"""" /qn"""

[Denney]

Heh. Strange...

My SVCPACK.INF is based on the version I expanded from the actual CD...

Go figure... Microsoft left out some important bits...

[edmoncu]

that's strange. mine didnt installed even as i added \ before the i386.

i thought im only experiencing typos when doing so.

mine's this:

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\HOTFIXES"


[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
DOTNETFW.EXE
MSWJV.EXE
HMTCD.EXE /QN
QCHAIN.EXE

btw, DOTNETFW.EXE and MSWJV.EXE are IExpress'ed files.

i deleted the compressed SVCPACK.IN_ as stated by the guide and replaced it with the uncompressed SVCPACK.INF one i made above.

also, i edited DOSNET.INF and added the following lines:

[OptionalSrcDirs]
HOTFIXES

[edmoncu]

oh, as an update... everything went well now... its really frustrating to find out where and what i missed. ahhh. heheh.

[evilvoice]

so what did you miss...cant be as bad as finally figuring out a "/" is supposed to be in front of i386. If noone knows, my svcpack.inf has been broken/not working for a little over a month, and I never could figure out why...So when you realize you trashed a months worth of work because svcpack.inf didnt work and later you find out that all you needed was a /, then you can see how stupid I feel...

[prathapml]

That's a really down in the dumps feeling, best avoided by not taking rash steps.

Well, so I'm guessing your svcpack problem got sorted out now?

[Denney]

Well, by just adding a "\" in from of I386 in my version didn't work.

Must be version numbers that are required.

[Denney]

Just as I thought, you NEED to have the following in the SVCPACK.INF file:

[Version]
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\I386\HOTFIXES"

Seems unusual that Microsoft left those out of the SVCPACK.IN_ file placed on the CD to begin with...

[evilvoice]

like i said, the first 8 lines

[Denney]

Yeah. I just found it unusual that Microsoft didn't put the required lines in the default file.

[Raiden]

Hey RaveRod

The version of .Net Framework that I install the app is named netfx.msi

wheras in your first post you refer to netfw.msi. Is it a typo or is it actually named that

[evilvoice]

actually - his is called dotnetfw.exe per greenmachines instructions on creating a iexpress wrapper...check greenmachines webpage for info...unless you wanna run it like in my svcpack.inf, though you do save like 5mb using green's method

[Aaron]

Try sticking to using the folder name "svcpack" as well, not "hotfixes" or "updates", as I've noticed them to behave differently in some cases.

[r0sWell]

I'm working on my uA-XP CD to integrate the SP2 and i would want to know :

The version with XP SP2 is now 5.1.2180 and not 5.1.2600 anymore, if i remember correctly.

So in svcpack.inf (i use this method too, with RunOnceEx), i'm wondering if we should use this :

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=[B]2180[/B]

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
[I]Themes.exe[/I]

thx for your explanations

EDIT : oops, ok it's 5.1.2600.2180 in fact