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    [Addon] KB940157 Windows Search 4.0 enu XP Sp3

    in WPI, nLite and RVM Addons

    Posted · Edited by Uncle_Gadget

    Unfortunately thats not the version INF I need, I really need a newer incarnation of that INF that installed via sysoc...this one shows up in add/remove windows components and is uninstallable

    This dsksrch.inf was available only in my updatepack but recently I merged it with my updatepack INF and its so BIG I dont have the time to go in and weed out the dsksrch.inf stuff

    Too bad. It's the only one I have. Also, I'm almost certain that it's the latest version you uploaded. The .7z date on my system is the same date the changelog on this thread shows. However, it was the nLite version. Would the RVMi version do the trick?

    Anyway, I'm no longer using this addon, myself. Apparently I'm still subscribed to the thread and got the notification that someone had posted.

    Edit: I'm certain it's the same. I just checked the MD5 and it matches the nLite version.

    [SVCpack]Addons Microsoft VC & VB Runtimes 2013-02

    in SVCPACK Addons

    Posted · Edited by Uncle_Gadget

    This happens when you install (or integrate) an app that includes his own (older) VC8.

    In that case the last installed is detected by Microsoft Update as not secured.

    You can integrate such app before the VC++ Addon and MU will be satisfied.

    After first boot you can eventually remove the older VC version without any problem.

    Thanks for the response. I was aware of the 'old apps issue' and was certain that

    was not the problem, since I pay close attention to this issue on all apps that I install.

    The issue resolved itself, although I don't really know how. In addition to the runtime

    prompt, MU was also prompting me for the latest update for Silverlight. I happen to use

    a modded version of User_Hidden's Silverlight update and once I installed the Silverlight

    update, the prompting for the runtime compltely disappeared. Strange, but the issue is

    resolved. Thanks, again, for your work! :thumbsup_anim:

    Edit: @Ricktendo - This was also on Windows 7 (64-bit)

    [Script] IntelliPoint/Type Pro v8.20.468

    in SVCPACK Addons

    Posted

    Updated

    Rick, Thanks again for all your work. I noticed on this installer that you can no longer simply run

    the .msi to install. That's why you had to add the 'INSTALLGUID={8979881A-8E43-467f-B387-E37B914A0E53}'

    to the command line.

    My question is... How were you able to discover this command line secret? I have a few other programs

    that I think this method may work for but I'm uncertain where to begin.

    [HELP] Shortcut creation problem

    in INF Discussion

    Posted

    If you dont specify a IconPath and IconIndex (IconIndex is optional, only if you dont use the very first icon) the shortcut does not work, check out my DP BASE addon, I install it on Windows 7 and it works fine

    More here

    I actually had tried this method with no success. I then

    discovered why it wasn't working - the folder has to exist

    PRIOR to the creation of the shortcut or it won't work in

    Windows 7. Once that was completed all worked as expected.

    Thanks, again, Rick for your assistance!

    [Switchless] Kels Win7 x64 UberPacK v2.8

    in Switchless installers

    Posted

    Thanks for the 'major update'. In taking a look at the inf file, I noticed something that I thought was possibly an oversight in the registry entry for Unlocker.

    The last 4 lines of the [unlocker.reg] scetion are as follows in your addon:

    HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Unlocker.exe",,0x0,"%16422%\Unlocker\Unlocker.exe"
    HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved","{DDE4BEEB-DDE6-48fd-8EB5-035C09923F83}",0x0,"UnlockerShellExtension"
    HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Unlocker.exe",,0x0,"%16422%\Unlocker\Unlocker.exe"
    HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved","{DDE4BEEB-DDE6-48fd-8EB5-035C09923F83}",0,"UnlockerShellExtension"

    Since lines 2 and 4 are essentially the same entries, is it possible that the last line above (line 4) should instead be shown as?:

    HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved","{DDE4BEEB-DDE6-48fd-8EB5-035C09923F83}",0,"UnlockerShellExtension"

    Thanks, again, for the update!

    [HELP] Shortcut creation problem

    in INF Discussion

    Posted

    You gotta love it! After days of searching for a solution and

    trying everything I could think of, I discovered a solution less

    than 10 minutes after leaving the question above.

    The code snippet below provides the answer for those that may be

    interested. Apparently the 'space' problem is only present in

    the file name field. By moving the file name to the directory

    section and placing double quotes for the file name, the system

    is 'fooled' into a solution.

    Thanks again, everyone, for the inspiration provided in this forum.

    [W7MasterCP.AddShortcut]
    Name            =Master Control Panel,0x00000008,11
    CmdLine         =16422,%InstallDir%\%MCPL%,""
    SubDir          =%SysUtilDir%
    WorkingDir      =16422,%InstallDir%
    InfoTip         =%MasterCP_Tip%

    [W7MasterCP.DelShortcut]
    Name            =Master Control Panel,0x0000000A,11
    SubDir          =%SysUtilDir%

    [Strings]
    InstallDir      ="ControlPanel Extender"
    SysUtilDir      ="System Utilities"
    MCPL            ="Master Control Panel.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"
    MasterCP_Tip    ="Provides access to 100's of Windows settings and functions all in one place."

    [HELP] Shortcut creation problem

    in INF Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Uncle_Gadget

    First of all a BIG thanks to this forum for the great information provided on helping

    me to learn the inf creation process. A special thanks to Ricktendo64 for his gift

    of sharing that knowledge.

    I am having one problem I have not been able to find a solution for - the problem of

    creating a shortcut for a file name or folder that contains spaces. I realize that

    there are 2 obvious workarounds (using the 8.3 file name or renaming the file),

    however neither of those options will work for me in all cases. For one, many people

    are turning off 8.3 file name creation (it's one of the recommended tweaks for SSD

    drives) and renaming the file often leads to other problems.

    I have tried using string replacement and playing with the quotation marks but none

    seems to work, especially the example below. Any help or suggestions would be

    greatly appreciated.

    [W7MasterCP.AddShortcut]
    Name		=Master Control Panel,0x00000008,11
    CmdLine		=16422,%InstallDir%,%MCPL%
    SubDir		=%SysUtilDir%
    WorkingDir	=16422,%InstallDir%
    InfoTip		=%MasterCP_Tip%

    [W7MasterCP.DelShortcut]
    Name		=Master Control Panel,0x0000000A,11
    SubDir		=%SysUtilDir%

    [Strings]
    InstallDir	="ControlPanel Extender"
    SysUtilDir	="System Utilities"
    MCPL		="Master Control Panel.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"
    MasterCP_Tip    ="Provides access to 100's of Windows settings and functions all in one place."

    [Switchless] Kels Win7 x64 UberPacK v2.8

    in Switchless installers

    Posted

    After installation I tested Then SendTo command "Reg2Inf" and

    received the following error:

    The system cannot find the path specified.

    I then edited line 18 of Reg2InfHandler.cmd (located in

    C:\Windows\System32\SendTo) and changed it from:

    %windir%\SysWOW64\reg2inf.exe "%WORKFILE%" "%OUTFILE%" /repvars

    to:

    %windir%\system32\reg2inf.exe "%WORKFILE%" "%OUTFILE%" /repvars

    and it seemed to work fine. I still don't quite get all the

    idiosyncrasies of working with these dirs in 64-bit OS's but I

    thought I'd pass this along FWIW.

    [Switchless] Kels Win7 x64 UberPacK v2.8

    in Switchless installers

    Posted

    Kels,

    As a suggestion, you may want to consider adding the statement:

    CheckAdminRights = 1

    to the [DefaultInstall] section of the inf. I believe this will

    prevent executing the installer without Admin rights, which I found

    will cause problems.

    This also leads me to ask if anyone has found a good INF

    reference that includes the latest 64-bit OS updates to

    understand the differences in writing INF installers for

    Windows 7 64-bit versus 32-bit OS's?

    Along with this, is there a way to flag an executable

    (.exe, .cmd, .vbs, etc) during the INF install process to

    prompt for Administrator privileges before execution?

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