Howdy havin a small prob with installin Damnfo viewer in Ua. I have been using a posted Autoit script to install & works ok outside of Ua. It does install however but I can't seem to get around the occasional last screen that says"Do you want NFO to be your default viewer Yes or No" You obviously need to press yes or the viewer does not work?

Script attached.

Run ("setup.exe")
WinWaitActive("**** NFO Viewer v2.10 Setup")
send ("{ENTER}"); License Agreement
WinWaitActive("**** NFO Viewer v2.10 Setup")
send ("{TAB 2}")
Send ("{UP}")
WinWaitActive("**** NFO Viewer v2.10 Setup")
send ("{ENTER}"); EULA
WinWaitActive("**** NFO Viewer v2.10 Setup")
send ("{ENTER}"); location
WinWaitActive("**** NFO Viewer v2.10 Setup")
send ("{ENTER}"); language
WinWaitActive("**** NFO Viewer v2.10 Setup","Installation complete!")
sleep (2000)
send ("{ENTER}"); Run
sleep (1000)
winclose("**** NFO Viewer v2.10")
sleep (500)
winclose("**** NFO Viewer v2.10")
EXIT

I have used the Damnfo.msi installs but doesn't appear to work properly.

Any light appreciated

I can't help you with your AutoIt Script, but I wrote a .inf file that installs **** NFO Viewer. Create a WinRAR SFX wich extracts the whole "**** NFO Viewer" folder to %ProgramFiles%, name it ****.exe

Then, run this .inf file using "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 \blablabla\****.inf"

[Version]
Signature=$Windows NT$

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=ExtractDAMN
AddReg=FileAssoc
AddReg=Settings
AddReg=HKLM

[ExtractDAMN]
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce","****",,"%01%\****.exe"

[FileAssoc]
HKCR,".diz",,,"****.NFO.Viewer.File"
HKCR,".nfo",,,"****.NFO.Viewer.File"
HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File",,,"**** NFO Viewer file"
HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\DefaultIcon",,,"%16422%\**** NFO Viewer\**** NFO Viewer.exe,1"
HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\shell",,,"open"
HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\shell\open",,,"Open in &**** NFO Viewer"
HKCR,"****.NFO.Viewer.File\shell\open\command",,,"""%16422%\**** NFO Viewer\**** NFO Viewer.exe"" ""%1"""
HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell",,,"open"
HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell","FriendlyCache",,"**** NFO Viewer"
HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell\open",,,"Open in &**** NFO Viewer"
HKCR,"Applications\**** NFO Viewer.exe\shell\open\command",,,"""%16422%\**** NFO Viewer\**** NFO Viewer.exe"" ""%1"""

[Settings]
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer","CheckDefaultViewer",0x00010001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer","ReuseWindow",0x00010001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer","AlwaysOnTop",0x00010001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","FontName",,"[built-in] Lucida Concole"
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","FontData",1,98,00,00,01
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","Window",0x00010001,23,00,00,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","BackgroundColor",1,48,3d,8b,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","TextColor",1,c0,c0,c0,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","HyperLinkColor",1,f5,f5,f5,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","HyperLinkHoverColor",1,dc,dc,dc,00
HKCU,"Software\****\**** NFO Viewer\NFO","Text",0x00010001,00,04,00,00

[HKLM]
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\****\**** NFO Viewer",,,"%16422%\**** NFO Viewer"

Thanks for your response dude another good example or alternative for me.

I just toyed with my current reg of **** nfo & made a sfx of the current prog files. Guess either method should work ok, need to test. Thanks again.

Not to undermine anyone, but wouldn't it just be simpler to make Notepad the default handler for .NFOs?

HKCR,".NFO",,,"NFO_file"
HKCR,"NFO_file\shell\open\command",,0x00020000,"%11%\NOTEPAD.EXE%1"
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\.NFO",,,"NFO_file"
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\NFO_file\shell\open\command",,0x00020000,"%11%\NOTEPAD.EXE%1"

EDIT: I exported the path from the Registry and forgot to change %SystemRoot%\system32 to %11%. Oops.

Edited June 21, 200521 yr by larson

Notepad doesn't correctly display the ASCII art, I think thats the whole point of using nfo viewer.

i think the easiest method is to just import the registry strings and make a sfx of te nfo folder

OK made some progress have it installing ua without a hitch or without the nag screen poppin up. But after first use it still asks re the default viewer bla bla bla. Thats after exporting & using the key in my new installation?

msi install works just fine for me. *shrug*