PSKill, Cleanup.cmd, XPTheme Issues

[fourte3n]

Ok... sorry if these are answered somewhere in the MSFN Jungle

1. Is it possible to make cleanup.cmd not open a msdos window?

2. Can I also make PSKill.exe and Sleep.exe not open Msdos Windows?

3. I have followed what information that is available on this site for setting the default theme at install within the winnt.ini, but its not working. I just get the old windows look. I can change to mine later so the uxtheme.dll is patched.

I have edited my .theme to customize sounds and cursors also. but believe this isn't the issue...

4. How do I delete links from the "Administrators" Desktop. I have the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% but cannot find anything about any others... I am testing with %ADMINISTRATORPROFILE% later (prob tommorow as its getting too late to install now)

thanks in advance.

[Nologic]

Well you can use CMDOW.exe to hide the console rather quickly...or at least I see it for a brief second. Put the executable in your system32 folder under $OEM$ so that it gets copied over to your path.

Then in your batch files put the following code at the top of it -

cmdow @ /HID

Tho I personally am getting around to using AutoIt more for things than batch files.

As for themes....well I use the following entry in my WinNT.sif....don't know about editing the winnt.ini

CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\ChaNinja Default.theme"

[edg21]

1.  Is it possible to make cleanup.cmd not open a msdos window?

You can use CMDOW to hide the dos prompt.

2.  Can I also make PSKill.exe and Sleep.exe not open Msdos Windows?

Call them from a batch file & use CMDOW again to hide the window.

[fourte3n]

thats what im using for my theme.... hmmm I wonder what up there.

i'll give cmdow a go....

[Alanoll]

the theme might not apply if there is a single line wrong. Wrong path or mystype. During windows you can apply it yourself, but setup needs the file to have no errors.

[fourte3n]

before i edited it.. it wasn't working either which is why i 'believe' it's not the prob. but will have another look.

[fourte3n]

alrighty... all is fix BUT one thing... my Outpost Issue that is in the applications area!

also is there supposed to be two cmd's opening at the T13 mark they simply say "1 file copied" It's not a big issue but just wanted to know what it all was.

thanks

[Alanoll]

Yes, those should be there. I assume you're talking about the two boxes that popin and out at about T-14? Yes. Not sure where they're from, but they're meant to be there.

[fourte3n]

cool.... I've decided to live with them all now as adding cmdow to the pskill popups still pops up and says cmdow.... so its one or the other really

I think I have gotten all of the bugs out of my XPCD now... testing later.