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kelaniz

That would be pretty awesome if you find a fix! I gotta give you credit for even trying. :) There's a thread where the bug is briefly mentioned @ MSFN, and I think someone said it's due to Windows' method of deciding which handler or CLSID gets priority when multiple items 'fight' over a command. I ...

kelaniz

Ah. Nevermind. I don't even remotely begin to get 7z SFX usage. The last thing I read said the 7zs.sfx in the addon contains whatever switches, paths, values etc. were to be passed on. To extract it from the addon required hex editing the EXE and exporting a specific section. Bypassing all that work...

kelaniz

OK, that's what I thought, so that's what I'll keep doin'

Seriously, good job on that INF. I'm losing hair from debugging a MUCH simpler one. This one prolly would've killed me.

kelaniz

This is an A+ addon, and thanks for updating it!. I do have a minor request for the next update. I usually remove a few packs that I know I won't ever use, or just don't like: Gant 1,2, XZ-B-ONE, XZ-B-ONE Light and the pink, purple, orange, red Highspins. All those bright colors :) Your simple, logi...

kelaniz

Kels: If the oemkeys.ini and oemsetup.ini method isn't used in this installer, I don't think the corresponding EXEs oemsetup.exe and oemkeys.exe are needed. It only saves half a meg or so, though. :) Also, could you please post a link to your sfx for this installer? I want to try to convert my IT5.5...

kelaniz

I've got a working WPI addon I made for Intellitype 5.5, but it should work with the integrator. I haven't worked with IT 6.1. However, I understand they're supposed to work the same. There's an oemsetup.exe which reads a few parameters out of an oemsetup.ini file, and an OEMkeys.exe that reads favo...

kelaniz

You could do that, but IMO Zune's jet-black on white and lack of complementary colors is way too monochromatic for me. I'm picky about my styles. :) I recently went through a pile of 1255 VSes I'd collected and kept 20 of 'em. Some had a minor problem, but most looked like absolute crap. A few looke...

kelaniz

ton80: Thanks very much for the update. Fast, too! This will be very helpful. I'll give it a test run tonight.

kelaniz

Usually someone would say "Did you search for one?" But in this case, on the main Update Pack Addons page, ~15 posts below this thread is a post that says [Tool] Reg 2 Inf Converter. Really hard to miss, even if you're not looking for it.

Reg 2 Inf Converter

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kelaniz

ton80: I realize you said previously you aren't touching the INF on this, but when this is updated next, would you consider adding a DefaultInstall section? You'd only be copying everything in the existing [Nirsoft] section, so that doesn't alter any of Aserone's original content, per se. It just ma...

kelaniz

Hmmmm let me think, cleaner start menu, no Black (cries) other than that I dunno. I miss the black too. If it makes you feel better, I'm working on a combo theme of LE5 and that VistaLuna Basic. When finished, it should have the best of both. Most importantly, black is back. :) I'll share it when i...

kelaniz

What happened to the legal issues?

kelaniz

Show off! I like the follow-up "SEE, YA MORON??!" post, tho. Nice touch. :P Actually, that was the first thing I tried. I do the same thing on three other addons, and they work fine. On this and the Nirsoft Tools addon, It doesn't work for me. No idea why. That's why I want to know a better way that...

kelaniz

Thanks for the links, ENU. :) I have scoured Rick's, Kels, and other addons with no luck. The problem is, I haven't found a single addon that adds a shortcut to %16406%\Subdir ( %AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Foo ) They're all %AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\ or a subdir. It makes sense. What go...

kelaniz

Other than the items listed in Kels' post, what's different/changed/new in LE 5.1 compared to the LE 5.0.3 and 5.0.5 addons on this site?

kelaniz

ok try rephrase some of the good tips instead of loosing them completely like: for the ( msiserver) service : "safe to disable after you have completed installation of your applications, mainly Office and such" maybe this will make some descriptions appear (same) as long, but some of these addition...

kelaniz

Oh, cool.

I'll make another pass through to clean up MY personal commentary

I'll post a copy tomorrow and send you the link for review.

Just makes more sense to me to limit description length to what can actually be displayed

Kel

kelaniz

Me too. But the DeviantArt page says it can't be distributed with any modifications. You'd probably need to get the creator's permission. Not sure if an addon constitutes a modification or not. BTW, dumpydooby posted a Luna Element 5.0.5 addon and Siginet has a LE 5.0.3 Addon Are either of those wha...

kelaniz

I hate to complain, but if you thought the MS descriptions were long, these are novels. More importantly, they're all much longer than the 349 max characters services.msc will display in the Description field. Don't get me wrong, as currently written, they're a great resource for a web page, but the...

kelaniz

I checked the winrar website and I have the latest version 3.62 which I have tested against the older version and I still get the same problem. Have you tried any of the 3.70 betas? If the problem's in WinRAR itself, I wouldn't expect a pre-3.62 version to fix it, as most changes leading up to 3.62...

kelaniz

i saw those two, the one at http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2837 says its buggy I said it had a bug. I should have said it is unexpected behavior. It doesn't mean it's not usable. You just lose the ability to use the Explore and Explore All Users items in the Start menu. For me, that's ...

kelaniz

Interesting program concept. I'm gonna have to try that. I can think of a few places it'd be handy. Still, most disabled items are that way for a good reason! :) Does Enabler cause any problems or strange behavior in Windows or the app it's overriding when it forces items like that? I'd imagine that...

kelaniz

What complete version of WinRAR are you using? It's been updated recently (several times, actually). Those updates address a number of bugs and issues, including a few that seem to describe what you're experiencing.

kelaniz

K. thought so. Thanks for the info.

Anyway, It's served its purpose quite well for me on 10+ builds.

kelaniz

5eraph: Possibly a stupid question, but will Ryan's next pack obsolete this addon?

kelaniz

ENU: I actually made a SFX for Firefox that installs a dummy profile with a few common addons, including a configured FEBE. It also installs the blank profile I'll actually use. I start Firefox with dummy profile, use FEBE to restore my backup to the real profile and restart. Voila! 30-second profil...

kelaniz

Updated Oh and also remember the new notepad was released a few days ago and untill then did not require msvcr70.dll... Thanks for the update Kel. I just love apps that require files, but don't/can't include them in the distro. I completely missed where it said that, just saw the error. :) Kel2

kelaniz

VMware Wkstation 5.x on XP installs four services. Five if you install both NAT and DHCP. At least one of those is set to automatic, and probably more. OK, back on topic now.

kelaniz

Sign me up with a vote for Siginet's idea. It looks a little odd at first, but two distinct filename parts is the best info-size-readability combo I've seen so far. biatche: I usually integrate like this: UpdatePack, nLite Tweaks, Addons in one batch. I do copy my I386 each step, so if something scr...

kelaniz

Post Validation. Sweet! 5eraph: Nice job finding that obscure discussion from 2006. 5 searches for an exact-match term and I found nothing. It's funny, I ran phpbb on a 75,000 user forum for over 4 years, and even after practically rewriting it to customize it for my board, I could never again get s...

kelaniz

I haven't seen this discussed anywhere, so I'll ask... Has there been any discussion on having addon creators name and version addons in a standardized way? If not, does anyone agree it would be incredibly helpful? I ask this because, since there's so much addon talent here, I'm now using 110 addons...

kelaniz

I've been installing v2.5 of this addon along with 120 other addons with zero problems until yesterday's build, In that one, I updated v2.5 to v2.6.1. Now I'm getting an error about a missing Msvcr70.dll when running Notepad2 (Not Kel's notepad replacer addon.) I see msvcr71.dll is in the pack. Was ...

kelaniz

Rick: Next time this is updated, you might wanna put a note by your DL link that CPU-Z doesn't (usually) work on a VM. Since people tend to grab addons, have a problem, then complain without actually reading the thread, that mention might save you a few notification emails.

Kel

kelaniz

Cool. Thanks for the bonus Ricktips.:) I guess I don't really understand why the above two-step second copy is required. Did you mean this method is required if I *don't* manually create the links? If I manually create the links and put them in the .CAB, why can't they be copied to 16406,Sysinternal...

kelaniz

My mistake. I thought those descriptions were copied from the descriptions on Nirsoft.net, and thus weren't an original part of the INF. Don't worry, I won't post it anywhere. I don't want to give even the impression of stealing someone else's work, especially someone who's not here to voice an opin...

kelaniz

Yep, nestled right above that 7-Zip menu. Nothing beats a graphic to simplify an explanation. :) I figured it'd end up being something like that. I'm guessing that's thanks to some serious lack of imagination by MS during planning the INF specs? Copyfiles looks even more fun than ProfileItems. If I ...

kelaniz

Rick: Figured the periods were a problem. For some reason, that actually works in other addons. :) Thanks for the link to that PDF. I'd been using a web version of that, but this is much handier. When you mentioned I don't need the periods for Start-> All Programs shortcuts. I'm not really sure what...

kelaniz

I really love Nir tools, and this addon. My one minor complaint is the shortcut descriptions. Some are redundant, convoluted, have weird grammar, typos, odd English usage, and others are just really long. Example: Original: InfoTip = "Allows you to automatically download an image file in every few s...

kelaniz

I have another question I thought I knew the answer to, but obviously don't.. :) What do you need to change in SYSINTER.INF to get the Sysinternals Start Menu folder and shortcuts to be created in Start Menu\Sysinternals Instead of: Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Sysinternals (Or Start Menu\Program...

kelaniz

newsposter wrote:3.4.TWO??

Ack, sorry about that. I meant to say 3.4 two days ago

odyn: Love the addon. It even has a pretty good second use as instructional material. That massive CMD file is a great all-in-one resource for the variety of stuff you can do in a batch file.

Kel

kelaniz

Thanks for the superfast update. Kel. Works fine for me.

Kel#2

kelaniz

That's weird. I created an addon with 3.4 2 days ago and didn't get any errors and, even including Autologon.

Kel

kelaniz

4.1 fixes a few pretty annoying bugs. Looking forward to an update when ya can get to it, Kels.

Kel#2

kelaniz

I made the Notepad2 2.0.15 addon that's NOT a notepad replacer if anyone wants it, I'll post it. It's kinda the same thinking as Kels who has a notepad++ regular addon and a notepad replacer addon. I use the notepad++ notepad replacer as my main editor, but like Notepad2, especially since it doesn't...

kelaniz

That's the same bug as that I mentioned in the previous post. No idea why it does that, but, for me, having that Create New Folder button is better than the other option (the CopyMove .dll) without the bug.

kelaniz

Skitty hasn't posted since Jan 22 2006. Somehow I don't think s/he'll be updating this anytime soon. If anyone wants, I can repack the old installer with the new 2.0.15 for this addon, since I need a copy myself. I don't want to mess with the other notepad2 replacer addon, though. That's beyond me, ...

kelaniz

Does anyone know if there's a known-working way to copy updated definitions over before setup and have NOD apply them, to save a big download and provide more-instant protection? The defs that come in the installer are, obviously, pretty old. I've been copying the Program files\eset\updfiles folder ...

kelaniz

Thanks for the addon and the reply, Lan-Man. Nice arrow, too. I definitely didn't miss it. :) Just so everyone knows (in case they don't) the Copy/Move regtweak has a few bugs, the worst of which is, if you right click on a folder in your Start Menu and choose any of the Explore/Open or Explore All ...

kelaniz

Cool, if it's a VPC thing, that's good news. I've yet to try a real install, as this mega-build is designed to basically restore my box exactly to today's configuration. That changes daily, so I'm never finished ;) Assuming my drivers install cleanly, I'm hoping I'll have Zacam's luck. I guess if al...

kelaniz

Treesize Pro 4's switches are /SILENT /PASSWORD=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx xxxx = The password the installer asks for, that you get when registering. I've found silent addons for Dir2File and Unlocker here on RyanVM.net Also, if you can't find what you need at MSFN, Appdeploy.com has a decent switches data...

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