Aaron Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Could anyone fill me in on how to use this tool? I'm aware people have used this to get applications using MSI such as .Net Framework 1.1 and MSN Messenger 6 to be installed via svcpack.inf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I was just writing up a 1-2-3. Should post it this evening ... unless someone beats me to it.I'm aware people have used this to get applications using MSI such as .Net Framework 1.1 and MSN Messenger 6 to be installed via svcpack.inf. (Hmmm who would you be alluding to ... !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GreenMachine Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I decided to go the lazy route, and did a screenshot show for repackaging DotNet to a silent, switchless installation. You should be able to adapt it to fit your needs/special cases. I must note, however, that I repackaged three .msi installers - Windows Messenger 5, Journal Viewer and DotNet - and DotNet was the only one able to install from the SVCPACK.INF file: the others seem to need the shell. MS does say that .msi installations should be done from GuiRunOnce, and both Windows Messenger and Journal Viewer work fine from there.Look HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 Excellent, that clears up the confusion on what I had to put in the "Install Program to Launch" bit.You mentioned that WM5 cannot be installed, so I'll go try MSN6 repackaged.On a side note, for kicks I ran Setupdl.exe /Q:A /R:N (that's MSNM6) yesterday in svcpack.inf which wasn't quiet obviously, so I went through the installation manually, then MSN Messenger opened. (didn't have time to try and sign in though) Anyway, it was kinda amusing to see MSN Messenger in a setup environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Where can one get this Iexpress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westi Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Where can one get this Iexpressundocumented program, just type iexpress.You mentioned that WM5 cannot be installed, so I'll go try MSN6 repackaged.Messenger 5 is banned, see betas intercomCould anyone fill me in on how to use this tool? I'm aware people have used this to get applications using MSI such as .Net Framework 1.1 and MSN Messenger 6 to be installed via svcpack.inf.I prefer to use winrar, 'cause you have full control and more options, like overwrite, delete something, works in svcpack.inf and many more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 It is the Windows Messenger .MSI that prevents installation from SVCPACK.INF, not IEXPRESS. It won't work with WinRAR either. Silly me, I went to all the trouble to use V 5, as I thought it was the version that would continue to work. Thanks (kinda...) for the tip. Does this mean that Windows Messenger is history, or is there a newer version that will continue to work? I'm sure WinRAR is al least as good, but this meets my needs fine. Free and already installed as well.EDIT: After re-reading above link, Windows Messenger BELOW 4.7 will not work, and this is 5.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westi Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 EDIT: Wooh, too fast4me @GreenMachineYou can read the whole story at eweekAFAIC, you can use Version5.MS says:Windows 98/ME/2000/XPIf you are using Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems, you need to run MSN Messenger version 5.0 or later. To check your version of MSN Messenger click Help, and then click About in the main window.For now...But tomorrow ???My choice is Version6 with MessengerPlus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Thanks, Westi. Putting in WinMess 5 was a big compromise: I don't think I could swallow MSN Mess ... at least for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidespike Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Does this only work on Microsoft .msi's or all .msi's?Greatt tip and very good tutorial GreenMachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Thanks, SideSpike.IExpress just repackages and calls designated programs: it does not matter whether it is MS or not, .MSI or other. If you can do a silent install from a command line (not all .MSI installers allow this), you can do it like this. The main advantage is that you may call more than one command (installation command and post installation command), and that you may include the switches in the package, so the package can be called without any switches. And again, there are other programs that do the same (WinZip, WinRAR, etc.), but this one is free, installed with XP, and fairly easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomic7431 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 this tutorial is down, anywhere else i can find out how to do this??edit now up and running again lolahh thanx GreenMachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Tried running 'iexpress' at the Start->Run dialog and it popped onscreen! And this was in Windows 2000 Pro!I'll check other PC's at work to be sure, but it seems it's not an XP-exclusive program! yipee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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