can anyone do windows messenger?

alsiladka · Post by **alsiladka** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:51 am

guys can anyone update windows messenger to 5.1 thru cd only?

war59312 · Post by **war59312** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:23 pm

What do you mean?

I simply use start /wait %systemdrive%\install\messenger.msi /quiet /norestart .

Siginet · Post by **Siginet** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:59 pm

I think there is allready a switchless addon made of messanger.

alsiladka · Post by **alsiladka** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:28 am

i do not want to instal it after the install..... i wanted to have the latest version slipstreamed in the setup lik highmat......... the oe which installs wit sp2 is 4.7 so cant anyone make a addon to update it to 5.1 witout instaaling later.

dale5605 · Post by **dale5605** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:41 am

Basically he wants a program addon for windows messenger.

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:13 am

I am going to attempt this but I have to iron out some problems I found with the Ryan/Booogy's WMP10 and my WMC2 pack first

but this is the very next one on my list.

@Siginet...what is the order of things...if I make an integrated addon...will it be over written by the update pack?

I mean will it be over-written with 4.7. 3001?

Siginet · Post by **Siginet** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:55 am

No the addons overwrite the updatepack.

alsiladka · Post by **alsiladka** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:21 am

so anyone has the brains?

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:47 am

@Sig
So how would I go about adding files to the WM cab file?
Just extract the files to the folder "mmssetup" and let the integrator do the rest?

Post by **RyanVM** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:26 am

Because Windows Messenger adds a slew of new stuff that wasn't in 4.7. I've looked into adding it before, but it'll require some INF hacking as well. Plus, it includes wisptis.exe, which some people for some regard as evil.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:07 am

RyanVM wrote:Because Windows Messenger adds a slew of new stuff that wasn't in 4.7. I've looked into adding it before, but it'll require some INF hacking as well. Plus, it includes wisptis.exe, which some people for some regard as evil.

it is evil, its soooooooooooo evil u dont know how evil it is. but then again thats why i use mess.be for removal, and msgplus for enhancements of messenger.

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:49 am

Umm actually Office 2003 installs it too

Kelsenellenelvian · Post by **Kelsenellenelvian** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:51 am

*&$*(&)#%&#)#(*&%(*& wisptis.exe *)(&)$#&)*&@#)&$ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr stupid.

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:59 am

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:47 am

Ok, Siginet & RyanVM...my test pack did not work...just a matter of copying files to confirm that step.
I looked at the version of MSMGS.EXE post integration and it was the 3001 from ryan's pack

I took a look at __integrate.cmd.

It seems that the reason it is such a task to integrate a later version of Windows Messenger is because the __integrate.cmd only asks for msmsgs.exe

Would it be possible for the next release of the pack to call the new files to replace old WM files by using a separate directory and calling all files in that dir by star-dot-star?

For instance anything in rvmtemp\extracted\mmssetup would overwrite/add files in i386\mmssetup and the command.

There also appears to a lot of places where star-dot-star would be helpful...this current method seems pretty finite.

Post by **RyanVM** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:11 pm

* and *.* do the same thing (but surely you tested that before commenting, right?)

And __integrate.cmd is being phased out. We've got better ways to do it coming down the road.

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:11 am

I was thinking of star-dot-star as more of a GENRE then being literal about it

Post by **RyanVM** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:36 am

I'm not quite sure I get what you mean by genre. * is a wildcard and the ".*" on the end is redundant.

orcoxp · Post by **orcoxp** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:55 pm

Sorry what I meant was pretty much "any way of creating any type of variable or wild card"