Quicklaunch Small Icons Start Menu

[Coolsights2000]

Hi All!

After reading many thread's and doing some playing I put together how to get the small icons on the side of the start Menu and have the quick launch bar on when you do a unattended installation of windows XP ....

From what I got from the threads is some of the setting's are read into a volatile memory and even if you change the settings while explorer.exe is running they are discarded....

If you change the settings using the applets they stick but just changing the register keys it doesn't work while explorer.exe is running .......

I finally found this page on how to add register settings during the time when the register hive are loaded... it seems that windows will not over write the settings you add for these settings during setup.......

http://gosh.msfnhosting.com/infresh.htm

You need to add these to keys and all sub keys

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2

Do a plain install of windows no extra's then set up the platform how you like it then save the keys above in the inf file.. not sure if my settings will work for every one,,,,,,,

these keys above will have to match the settings in the hive files.......

I added the defaults for IE that I use this time...

it setups up the file and folder options too..

sets up the desktop settings to....

the control panel show up as classic now too...

HiveInfCompleted.zip

[Coolsights2000]

I rechecked the settings for spelling and correctness........

then uploaded the new files above

I'm happy with the list so far.........

The only one that is a pain is the showsuperhidden the files are showing but is tick as hide .......

This is fixed found in the register that there was a policy being injected not by me....

I inject the list twice once during the hive set up... so the settings will be seen......

then in the cmdlines.txt so my stuff over rides the over written...

here are the notes with it

how to from these two sites
http://gosh.msfnhosting.com/infresh.htm
http://gosh.msfnhosting.com/infs.htm


ADD to the top of the cmdlines.txt
you will have to pont them to the files mine is in C:\Install\PreSet\HiveInf\

[COMMANDS]
"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Install\PreSet\HiveInf\HIVEMY.INF"
"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Install\PreSet\HiveInf\HIVEadva.inf"
"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Install\PreSet\HiveInf\HIVEexpl.inf"
"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Install\PreSet\HiveInf\HIVEStre.inf"
"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Install\PreSet\HiveInf\HIVEsite.inf"

Also copy the five files to the I386 folder.... I inject then twice so all the setting get put in
some get over wriiten during the installations so you hav to update the keys..
The first injection set up the defaults .....

 This is added to the TXTSETUP.SIF
HIVEMY.INF = 1,,,,,,_x,3,,3
HIVEadva.inf = 1,,,,,,_x,3,,3
HIVEexpl.inf = 1,,,,,,_x,3,,3
HIVEStre.inf = 1,,,,,,_x,3,,3
HIVEsite.inf = 1,,,,,,_x,3,,3

 This is added to the TXTSETUP.SIF in the [HiveInfs.Fresh]
DelReg = HIVEMY.INF,DelRegSection
AddReg = HIVEMY.INF,AddRegSection
AddReg = HIVEadva.inf,AddRegSection
AddReg = HIVEexpl.inf,AddRegSection
AddReg = HIVEStre.inf,AddRegSection
DelReg = HIVEsite.inf,DelRegSection
AddReg = HIVEsite.inf,AddRegSection

 This is added to the DOSNET.INF
d1,HIVEMY.INF
d1,HIVEadva.inf
d1,HIVEexpl.inf
d1,HIVEStre.inf
d1,HIVEsite.inf

[Coolsights2000]

Bumped up so you can see the completed files are uploaded,,,,,

This is how I like my desktop.............

Hope who ever uses it enjoy it it took along time to put all the correct stuff together......... allot of reading and playing....... and using the search button here and yahoo and other sites,,,,,,

Mac!