w2k limits OEM-Folder to winnt$

[murvun]

Hello!

As you know some features of xp aren't present in w2k.

We already claimed the xp-icons for w2k.

(I prefer to throw the *.icl into HFEXPERT\WIN and HFEXPERT\WIN\system32 and the installing .inf into HFSVCPACK.)

How to use Program$ and Profiles$ from $OEM$? By reading hfslip.cmd and testing I found:

1. make a folder besides I386 - perhaps call it Bonus.
   
2. inside this folder make folders ALLUSERSPROFILE\Desktop, ALLUSERSPROFILE\Startmenü and ProgramFiles\Progname (where Progname stands for DVDx, mpc, ... all programs you like - hopefully running also from usb-stick)
   
3. it helps, if you have the same Progname-folder on you hfslip-develop-machine, so you can make the proper *.lnk-files (create the link on your desktop from the real executeable in your C:\Program Files\Progname and edit the link: replace "C:\Program Files" by "%ProgramFiles%"
   
4. copy this edited link into Bonus\ALLUSERSPROFILE\Desktop and Bonus\ALLUSERSPROFILE\Desktop ore whereever you wish
   
5. into HFSVCPACK put the following file (name as you need it):

   @ECHO OFF
   IF EXIST %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\CMDOW.EXE cmdow @ /HID 
   Title PreInstall 
   FOR %%i IN (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:\I386\SVCPACK SET QUELLE=%%i:\Bonus
   xcopy/Q/s/e %QUELLE%\ALLUSERSPROFILE "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%"
   xcopy/Q/s/e %QUELLE%\ProgramFiles "%ProgramFiles%"
   EXIT

   
   

6. have fun
   

murvun

[tommyp]

murvun - you may want to consider setting the file attributes after the copy. One of the "other" bonuses we have with 2k is that files copied off a cd have read only attributes, XP clears that tag off.

[murvun]

thanx! I didn't know how to ask for suggestions (mostly: how to avoid installers of later versions stumble on write protection). and you answered the question!

Edited June 2, 2006 by murvun