Batch File hiding

[jdoe]

Last time I could not manage to register/unregister dlls using that advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection stuff.

The best site for informations about inf is down now but I have found this on the web while ago and this is the only doc I have now. Also, I have included an inf example to register/unregister dlls. I'm sure you will be able to change it for your needs.

INF_DOC.ZIP

Edited March 29, 2006 by jdoe

[Djé]

Waou jdoe, Thank you gozaimasu! Muchos Merci !

It looks like there is a lot to learn in this zip.

Very valuable for learning advanced inf syntax.

This should be back on the web.

Half of the little I knew about inf, I already took it from you (I copied your installer for CABTool to make one for CBin ), but now you are taking a serious advance over gosh!

cheers!

Edited March 29, 2006 by Djé

[ZileXa]

I know it's not relevent anymore since everyone misunderstood the real question and the good answer must be the one from Yzöwl about >nul (with echo off).

But about hiding command prompt window without using 3rd party program or VBScript there is one more solution I don't remember having see in other topics.

TEST.INF

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
AdvancedINF=2.5

[DefaultInstall]
RunPostSetupCommands=DefaultInstall.RunPostSetupCommands:1

[DefaultInstall.RunPostSetupCommands]
TEST.CMD

And you call it like this

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection TEST.INF

pretty cool, I didn't know this was possible. Would this trick work on both WinXP as Win2000?

[jdoe]

@ZileXa:

Sorry I didn't find an MSDN link but from Windows 2003 SDK SP1 the minimum requirement for LaunchINFSection (advpack.dll) is Internet Explorer 5.01 / Windows 2000

[jdoe]

I know it's not relevent anymore since everyone misunderstood the real question and the good answer must be the one from Yzöwl about >nul (with echo off).

But about hiding command prompt window without using 3rd party program or VBScript there is one more solution I don't remember having see in other topics.

TEST.INF

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
AdvancedINF=2.5

[DefaultInstall]
RunPostSetupCommands=DefaultInstall.RunPostSetupCommands:1

[DefaultInstall.RunPostSetupCommands]
TEST.CMD

And you call it like this

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection TEST.INF

I made a mistake about the way to call the INF.

I forgot something at the end... I should have wrote...

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection TEST.INF,DefaultInstall

Sorry

Edited April 5, 2006 by jdoe

[spazmire11]

heres a bundle of info on the ms site about infs and what you can do with them

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....a14a671.xml.asp

i use it for my reffrence, so thought id share....

[ZileXa]

thanks! btw, I register/install huffyuv & Xvid encoder during T12 with RunOnceEx, with the .INF file, it does require a different method to call the inf file. I am not home right now, will post later.

Edited April 2, 2006 by ZileXa