J32P Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 I just did the start button text change + was thinking that I'm wasting time by not making these settings default on XP cd. But when I copy the disc to my harddrive + find explorer.exe,it's named explorer.ex +it's compressed or something! So I can't hex edit it. I'm unsure what program I need to decompress it?And, has anyone tried to do this? When you integrate service packs to new discs,why not take your menu show delay ( 0 ) setting with you, along with long lists of other tweaks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 this isn't a programming question.. moved to Software - Help & Support ->Windows XP ->Windows XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 I just did the start button text change + was thinking that I'm wasting time by not making these settings default on XP cd. But when I copy the disc to my harddrive + find explorer.exe,it's named explorer.ex +it's compressed or something! So I can't hex edit it. I'm unsure what program I need to decompress it?Copy explorer.ex_ to a folder on your hard drive, and then load up Command Prompt and browse to that directory.Type:expand explorer.ex_And, has anyone tried to do this? When you integrate service packs to new discs,why not take your menu show delay ( 0 ) setting with you, along with long lists of other tweaks?I think you can only do that on unattended installations of Windows XP, using command batch files to execute reg hacks during the [GuiRunOnce]. I don't have the details on this, but one of our members will be making a guide on this soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J32P Posted April 27, 2003 Author Share Posted April 27, 2003 I have to find out how hard it is to do put all my tweaks into action during an unattended installation before I say that your news sucks.But I also want my own text on the start menu and stuff like that. And they're not registry tweaks so that'll suck. But I think there's away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J32P Posted April 27, 2003 Author Share Posted April 27, 2003 I got the expanding explorer.ex_ into explorer.ex from the disc part down. But how do I recompress it to put it back onto the disc. I'm almost positive you can't just rename it explorer.ex_ again. It has to be compressed to original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 I got the expanding explorer.ex_ into explorer.ex from the disc part down. But how do I recompress it to put it back onto the disc. I'm almost positive you can't just rename it explorer.ex_ again. It has to be compressed to original.You will need Makecab.exe to compress it back to a .cab file. (most likely in the C:\Windows\System32\ directory)But don't expect Windows XP Setup to install explorer.ex_ because it won't pass the digital signature as its been modified by you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 that is correct aaron.. so its not worth doing dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J32P Posted April 27, 2003 Author Share Posted April 27, 2003 It's not a .cab file.Why would I need makecab.exe?So your saying you can't alter it's creation date or tell windows to let it pass,or tell windows not to check for digital sigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 it still uses CAB compression, whether it has a .cab extension or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J32P Posted April 27, 2003 Author Share Posted April 27, 2003 Can you point me to where you read that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 Can you point me to where you read that?By opening one of the i386 files with WinRAR, it shows it as a "CAB Archive"And at the command prompt:makecab /?C:\>makecab /?Microsoft (R) Cabinet Maker - Version 5.00.2134.1Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999.MAKECAB [/V[n]] [/D var=value ...] [/L dir] source [destination]MAKECAB [/V[n]] [/D var=value ...] /F directive_file [...] source File to compress. destination File name to give compressed file. If omitted, the last character of the source file name is replaced with an underscore (_) and used as the destination. /F directives A file with MakeCAB directives (may be repeated). /D var=value Defines variable with specified value. /L dir Location to place destination (default is current directory). /V[n] Verbosity level (1..3).Note the underscore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J32P Posted April 28, 2003 Author Share Posted April 28, 2003 Okay,your right... But there's no way to Hack it and then put it back without windows refusing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J32P Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 I guess not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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