AutoInstall Program (w/ Silent cab install)

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Updated with AutoInstall3: Fixed some .reg import issues: Escaped strings now import properly; semi-working workaround for binary values >1k.

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Originally Posted by saumaun

I think you quoted the wrong person... That didn't refer to my question

Hi, sorry, what I meant was that: just like when you manually click on a cab and can edit setup options afterwards, AutoInstall lets you do the same thing.

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Originally Posted by buckyswider

Quite a N00b question, I'm sure......

I'm looking to implement this to ease the pain of ROM updates (as I'm sure most of us are). Have just started to explore the windoze registry...

To apply our own customizations, can we just export the applicable parts of the registry into a .reg file, then put these into autoinstall after the .cab install of the particular app??

For way of an example, let's take slingbox. The registry contains the 'finder' id of my slingbox, as well as passwords and things like that- pain in the butt to re-key it after upgrades. Could I export this segment from the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sling Media\SlingPlayer]

and just use autoinstall on this .reg file to re-populate my settings?? Or is that just asking for trouble??

That's just one example....of course there's many many many others....

Thanks!

I don't use SlingPlayer, so I can't say for sure, but the method you described works for many programs. You'd have to try it out and see if it works in your particular case, though.... or maybe find out from someone else who's tried it with SlingPlayer.

Edit: Make sure you use the new version of AutoInstall (3 or newer) too, because the older version had problems importing certain strings.