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Re: DPFinisher deleting temporary folder

null@example.com (mr_jrt) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:42:22 +0000

OverFlow wrote:

I'll have to check the code and see .. and it's late here and i won't do it now...
but it may be that the finisher does create a folder called Tmp .
and then deletes it beliving it is it's own folder. That is not a native windows folder

Cheers. IIRC, I found a bug report stating the tmp folder was left behind and the fix was to just always delete it.

Anyway, I've replaced the call to dpfinisher.exe with a batch script that renames my folder before starting dpfinisher and renames it back afterwards

Re: DPFinisher deleting temporary folder

null@example.com (OverFlow) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:33:04 +0000

I'll have to check the code and see .. and it's late here and i won't do it now...
but it may be that the finisher does create a folder called Tmp .
and then deletes it beliving it is it's own folder. That is not a native windows folder

Re: DPFinisher deleting temporary folder

null@example.com (mr_jrt) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:29:26 +0000

It's definitely DPFinisher that's deleting my %SystemDrive%\Tmp folder - I confirmed in the DPFinisher log. What's this CCleaner?

...my process was clean ISO -> slipstream sp3 -> nlite -> add svcpack customisations -> customise infs -> driverpacks.

Re: DPFinisher deleting temporary folder

null@example.com (mr_smartepants) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:37:02 +0000

AFAIK, the DriverPacks Finisher only deletes the %systemdrive%\D\ folder. So as long you don't put anything in the \D\ folder you should be fine.
Are you sure your not integrating CCleaner for autoscan? It deletes the temp dir by default. (just a thought)

DPFinisher deleting temporary folder

null@example.com (mr_jrt) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:34:35 +0000

...is there any particular reason DPFinisher does this?

I've just spent a very, very long time working out why my custom temp folder with it's custom desktop.ini was being removed during setup. I can understand tidying up, but culling the whole folder is somewhat excessive. I'd go so far as to suggest you shouldn't be deleting any folders you didn't create!

I tried setting the folder as system, read only and hidden...but it still gets deleted.