Xplode not running under XPSP2

[shadol]

OK..so heres the problem...I've tried running Xplode at T-13, T-12, and T-9. Under Sp1 it works fine at T-12, But under SP2 i can't get it to run at all during setup.

And at first logon XP is saying that Xplode isn't a valid win32 application.

If anyone could help me out with this it would be much appreciated

Heres my files

Folders

cmdlines.txt

[commands]
"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    FileSystem=*  
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    OemPnPDriversPath="xxxxx"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    KeyboardLayout="US"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=xxxxx
    EncryptedAdminPassword=no
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="xxxxx"
    OrgName="xxxxx"
    ComputerName=xxxxx

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=x
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=xxx

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup = 13,17,3,2,5,16,4,12,15,7,8,10,11,9,6,14,1
    SystemLocale = 00000409
    UserLocale = 00000409
    InputLocale = 0409:00000409

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=about:blank
    Help_Page=about:blank
    Search_Page=about:blank

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=xxxxx

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[IEPopupBlocker]
    BlockPopups=Yes
    FilterLevel=Medium 
    ShowInformationBar=Yes 

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode = 0

[SetupParams]
    UserExecute="%SourceDrive%\XPLODE\XPlODE.EXE /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\XPlodeLog.bat
    XP-AntiSpy.exe

xplode.xml

<XPlode>
	<config>
  <hidewindow>Windows Update</hidewindow>
  <hidewindow>CMD.EXE</hidewindow>
  <show total='6' after='2' subcount='true' />
  <font face='Tahoma' antialias='false' small='8' large='12' />
  <window width='400' position='200,64' fixmain='0' />
  <windowmode mode='guiredraw' />
  <colours>
  	<header back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\head.png' />
  	<footer back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\foot.png' />
  	<progress border='#000000' back='#000000' fore='#660000' fore2='#000000' />	
  	<main back='#FF00FF' fore='#FFFFFF' current='#333333' description='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\main.png' overlay='#FFFFFF22'/>
  </colours>
  <strings>
  	<title>Carpe Noctum</title>
  	<complete>complete</complete>
  	<adduser>Adding user #xxxxx#</adduser>
  	<addusertogroup>Adding user #xxxxx# to group #xxxxx#</addusertogroup>
  	<addgroup>Adding group #xxxxx#</addgroup>
                        <title>Carpe Noctum</title>
  </strings>
	</config>
	<items>
  <item display='Alpha...'>
  	<addgroup groupname='Administrators'/>
  	<adduser username='xxxxx' password='xxxxx' groups='xxxxx'/>
  </item>
  <item display='Beta...'>
  	<execute display='Preparing...' program='#XPLODE#\PREPARE\prepare.cmd' arguments='' />
  </item>
  <item display='Gamma...'>
  	<execute display='Installing DirectX 9.0c...' program='#XPLODE#\APPLICATIONS\DIRECTX9c\' />
  </item>
  <item display='Xi...'>
  	<execute display='TweakReg...' program='regedit.exe' arguments='/S #XPLODE#\REGTWEAKS\RegTweaks.reg' />
  </item>
  <item display='Omikron...'>
  	<execute display='Cleaning up...' program='#XPLODE#\CLEANUP\cleanup.cmd' arguments='' />
  </item>
	</items>
</XPlode>

and Just for fun my winntbbu.dll(Setup Screen)

I would supply a log file but i cant since XPlode isn't even running.

[FuNKeR]

Look here:

[commands]"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

You have got ".txt" there, but it must be ".xml" (without the quotes). Hope that works for you

EDIT:

[setupParams]UserExecute="%SourceDrive%\XPLODE\XPlODE.EXE /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

...same here.

cu

FuNKeR

[shadol]

FuNKeR

As stated in the original "run_with_logging.bat" that is included in the Xplode.zip

[commands]
"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe

will call the default XPlode.xml

and the

/log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

tells Xplode.exe where to put the log file and what to name it.

though in the .bat file it names it Xplode.log instead.

[mmarable]

Well, I've been running XPLode without problem with XP-SP2, so we know it works. I've had it run at both the T-13 and at first login.

What is happening when it fails? Is it logging anything? Can you execute it manually after Windows is up and running? Have you tried a simple XML file that only creates a new user for example?

Most importantly, what version of XPLode are you using?

[MasterOp]

I've been runing Xplode under SP2 with no problems at all ... i'm calling it from RunOnceEx

[offtopic]

shadol: What program did you used for creating your custom Setup Screen ?

[/offtopic]

[shadol]

so far ive tested every version of xplode except for the ver 2 beta (which i wouldnt mind testing to).

as for the off topic i used peexplorer (and photoshop)to edit the winntbbu.dll (if ya want to know how it was done im sure theres a post in here somewhere..heres a good place to start setup screen

[FuNKeR]

FuNKeR

As stated in the original "run_with_logging.bat" that is included in the Xplode.zip

[commands]
"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe

 

will call the default XPlode.xml

and the

/log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

tells Xplode.exe where to put the log file and what to name it.

though in the .bat file it names it Xplode.log instead.

Oops! Didn't read with care

cu

FuNKeR