Does somebody have a reg tweak so that my unattended XP DVD will have the culculator in scientific mode as defualt?

Calc.exe doesn't use the registry but win.ini to save it's settings.

More strange is the usage of the tweak:

[SciCalc]
layout=0

Add these lines to win.ini to get calculator started as scientific : B)

i would recommend replace the default calc with m$ calculator plus. it can convert units and have skins support.

also you can apply regtweaks to convert it in the classic scientific calculator:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CalcPlus]
"Layout"=dword:00000000
"UseSep"=dword:00000000
"UsePlain"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CalcPlus\Currencies]

you can also try

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/outreac...s/calcplus.mspx

The calculator plus creates a new folder in the start menu. The old calculator in scientific mode is enough for me, since I never calculate between liters and gallons etc. I can't find the win.ini so I guess I'll have to create it. Where should it be placed and should other be deleted if I add win.ini?

You can create a new win.ini and place it in the $OEM$\$$ of your unattended CD

redirecting echo commands or the contents of a textfile to win.ini (>> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini") may be a better idea in case your win.ini contents changed from when you first created your copy (not that too many apps use it anymore, but it does happen) Not exactly a hard thing to do either.

So it would be better if I in my command lines added copy \destination folder to %systemdrive\win.ini ?

no, what I'm saying is, have this

whatever.txt

[SciCalc]
layout=0

(note the intentional first blank line), and have a command line somewhere in your install do:

echo y:\path\to\whatever.txt >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"

change the path to the textfile accordingly (obviously).

or 3 echo commands:

echo. >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"
echo [SciCalc] >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"
echo layout=0 >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"

first i must say that the $OEM$ folder method won't work with win.ini, believe me it will be overwritten during windows installation, as crahak said the best is to create a cmd file.

again i recommend calc plus, don't want that ugly folder? do what i do: reg+cmd

@echo off
cmdow @ /HID
MOVE /Y "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Calculator Plus\Microsoft Calculator Plus.lnk" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Accesories\Calculadora Plus.lnk"
RD /S /Q "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Calculator Plus"
EXIT

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CalcPlus]
"Layout"=dword:00000000
"UseSep"=dword:00000000
"UsePlain"=dword:00000001

don't want that ugly folder? do what i do: reg+cmd

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I do that lots too. In fact, nearly all the app I install are re-categorized like that immediately after their installer is finished. I like it organized

I had never tried calc plus before. After installing it I had that profound disgust for it - until I turned classic view on . Unit conversions might come in handy some day

my problem with calc plus is that it want's the msi after I install it through runoneex.cmd...

any ideas?

@Radimus

Do you mean that the MSI is deleted when your "Install" folder is deleted?

If so, I can suggest you put CalcPlus.msi in this directory then install it from there:

X:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\Installer\CalcPlus.msi

%systemroot%\Installer\CalcPlus.msi /qb

I hope it works.

basically, I have an unattended CD, where the drivers are copied to the machine ($oem$\$1\Drivers\etc) but I install the hotfixes and other apps from (%cdrom%\Patches\Switchless2\*.msi)

Needless to say the cd isn't available especially for every user.

I can put them locallay, but I'd prefer not to... especially as it os only that one (so far)

CalcPlus has three files only:

1- C:\WINDOWS\Help\calcplus.chm

2- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Calculator Plus\CalcPlus.exe

3- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Calculator Plus\EULA.txt

Suffice to copy them the way you like. No need for installation routines.

Some discussion on CalcPlus continued, here, if you like to read them.