1 Topic by mr_jrt

(1 replies, posted in DriverPack Sound)

I've been having issues with my new XP disc freezing at the infamous 34 minutes to go. I tracked this down using the logs to the sound driver installation. The apparently (It never behaved like this for me) normal windows fix is for it to log problem drivers and when you restart it skips them - thing is, it always froze before logging the problem, so it would never progress.

I got the install to complete by bringing up a command prompt and removing the directory before it started installing drivers, the directory being (IIRC) c:\d\s\e, containing the ESS Maestro drivers.

The machine I'm installing on is an old Toshiba Portege 7200 laptop with docking station. All driverpacks are current as of Jan 31st.

...interestingly, I expected to have to install the sound manually afterwards, but it seems to be installed already.

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2 Reply by mr_jrt

(4 replies, posted in Software)

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 big_smile.
and then deletes it beliving it is it's own folder. That is not a native windows folder wink

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 wink

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3 Reply by mr_jrt

(4 replies, posted in Software)

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.

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4 Topic by mr_jrt

(4 replies, posted in Software)

...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.

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