wpi.cmd to wpi.exe silent no screen

[Astalavista]

updating guide pls be patient and check back in a few hours.

wpi.rar

Edited June 30, 2005 by Astalavista

[oioldman]

I just get winnt.sif to call the wpi.hta file direct and it works fine with no need to run the videochanger or fontinstaller part, no errors and all fonts and screen size are as expected.

Nice and silent that way, though can see some people needing it.

How do you change from .cmd to .exe?

[Dumpy Dooby]

Knowing Astalavista, he probably 7zipped it and made a SFX.

edit: I'm kidding, btw.

[Astalavista]

I just get winnt.sif to call the wpi.hta file direct and it works fine with no need to run the videochanger or fontinstaller part, no errors and all fonts and screen size are as expected.

u dont be able to set the cdrom if u do that.

i might be wrong since it has been several months since i played with wpi

[coucou]

TNX Asta this kind attention by updating the wpi.exe.

I'll give a chance to test it and let you know further.

As in my case, after the WinXP install 1st boot, i got "Software\wpi\wpi.exe not find." error message. Then, I opened windows Explorer, click on DVD Software\wpi\wpi.exe and i got "There is no disk in the drive. Please, insert disk into the drive [Cancel] [Try again] [Continue]" error message. May you pls confirm my following files before starting test this updated wpi.exe.

cmdlines.txt

[COMMANDS]
"RunOnceEx.cmd"

RunOnceEx.cmd

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\WPI\WPI.exe" /f

1) I've put my WPI.exe in %CDROM%\Software\WPI Folder.

Does this path is correct?

2) Should be "EXIT" at the end of RunOceEx.cmd?

3) In order to detect the cdrom, should be inserted at the top of RunOnceEx.cmd?

for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\WIN51 set CDROM=%%i:

If so, is there no interference with this exact CD detection line in wpi.exe???

4) Does this wpi.exe works with both wpi release 3.5 and 3.51?

Regards

coucou

[oioldman]

@astalavista - runs from cd a charm, just used the files as provided in the original, modified the wpi.css & .htm file and all worked fine.

Also installs apps from the cd.

@coucou - not tried running from cmdlines.txt, I just run from winnt.sif runonce section at the end. The CD looks ok, but is the file win51 on root of cd? if yes, then should be ok and yes, should be placed in the runonceex, otherwise it doesn't know you wish to install from CD.

The rest looks ok, but as said i run from winnt.sif

[Astalavista]

@oioldman

can u pls provide those files? i would like to check out what u did.

[Lost Soul]

i see my long lost friend has made it out of retirement lol ... wb to the land of the living lol

[oioldman]

@Astalavista

Which files would you like?

I can mail you the winnt.sif & the wpi i use if that is what you mean.