Topic: Drivers Pack Unpacker & Installer by Warm Snow
Hi all.
I wrote some small program - Drivers Pack Unpacker & Installer.
It can unpack & install DriverPacks - they can be downloaded from this site.
It means that - you download the driver pack & put it to the dp folder in application directory.
From that point program will take care about unzipping & installing needed drivers.
The Program is fully portable. You can use it from CD,DVD,Flash cards , external drives etc. Starting 2 version utility can unpack&install only needed drivers (by HWID).
New beta
ver. 3.9.4.7 beta
#02-11-2008#
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* fixed error with saving app's log (romeo91)
* fixed error with language changing to default(English) after app restart(SamLab,JinKazama)
* Italian.lng file modified (JinKazama)
* all language files were modified
* fixed errors with translation
* Some GUI changes
* some minor & small fixes
Download Links
Full package or Only changed files on My website
Full package or Only changed files on driverpacks.net
While reporting bugs please attach DP_WSED_Error.log, which could be founded in app's temporary directory, by default %windir%dp_wsed\.
New feature adding history
Save Driver Info to XML files
Unattended installation
Relative paths
Search the HWID by Google.
All you need is copy driverpacks to dp folder in the application directory.
Changes historyhere
Version Info
Drivers Pack Unpacker & Installer by Warm Snow (Теплый Снег) Edition- 15-02-2008 - Baku - Azerbaijan
Driver Packs taken from - http://www.driverpacks.net/
7-zip.chm,7z.exe,7z.dll - Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Igor Pavlov (ver.4.57)
DPINST.exe - © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.(ver.2.01)
devcon.exe - © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.(ver.5.2.3718.0)
DPInstaller_WSED.exe - by Zaur Baghirov aka WarmSnow (Теплый Снег)(ver.2.0.6.3 beta2 stable)
WarmSnowWorkshop - http://wsnow.net/
Tested with this Driver Packs
Main Pack
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1. DriverPack Chipset 7.10.1- http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … .php?pag=c
2. DriverPack CPU 7.04.1 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … php?pag=cp
3. DriverPack Graphics A 7.10 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … php?pag=ga
4. DriverPack Graphics C 7.12 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … php?pag=gb
5. DriverPack Graphics C - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … php?pag=gc
6. DriverPack LAN 7.12.1 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … .php?pag=l
7. DriverPack MassStorage 8.01 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … .php?pag=m
8. DriverPack Sound A 7.12 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … php?pag=sa
9. DriverPack Sound B 7.12 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … php?pag=sb
10. DriverPack WLAN 7.12 - http://www.driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ … .php?pag=w
Other packs
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1. DriverPack Broadband : 7.04.16
2. DriverPack Input (aka HID) : 7.09.23
3. DriverPack Modem : 7.11.20
4. DriverPack Monitor : 7.11.1
5. DriverPack Touch Screen : 7.08
6. Canon Inkjet DriverPack : 6.11.05
7. Canon LaserJet DriverPack : 6.10.20
8. HP Printers DriverPack : 7.11.26
9. DriverPack Scanner : 6.08.31
10. DriverPack TV : 7.09
11. DriverPack USB : 6.08.31
12. DriverPack Virtual (aka VMware) : 7.08
13. DriverPack WebCam : 7.02.18
14. DriverPack SmartCard Readers : 8.01.12
15. DriverPack Misc
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=587
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Mini FAQ:
1. - Where does the "DP" folder go: c:\ or c:\windows. Do all your files have to be copied to c: drive etc.?
- "DP" folder is in application directory
2. - Are we to assume this is to be used after a system was installed without DriverPacks slipstreamed?
- you can use it on any x86_32 (64 not yet tested) system.
3. - If so, does your program automatically install drivers for "unknown devices" in device manager?
- Yes. The main principle is "Black Box" system - you don`t know which driver to install (update) & press the button to unpack & install :)
After it finished - you can see what was done in the programs log-section.
4. - The Main driverpacks cab compressed take up 500MB instead of the 1.5GB they consume when extracted, does your program also cab them?
- Right now tested packs consist of 25 driver packs - 533 mb in 7zip . (~3 gb - decompressed size) No, it does not cab them.
5. - and that the packs must be in 'Your' programs subfolder?
- Only Driver Packs from http://www.driverpacks.net/ are tested. Full tested packs list is above.
6. - it would seem that your program simply extracts the driverpacks and launches the MS program. 700K seems huge for that?
- Yes it`s make that simple work. But my target was to have one GUI interface for all unpackers & installers + detailed log. And Also i need to have choice - which driver to install. One more thing is to save space. Anyway. You can use any other driver installation method. You are free in choice :)
Usefull links
1 - Driver Package Installer (DPInst)
2 - The DevCon command-line utility functions as an alternative to Device Manager
3 - language codes
4 - DevCon Examples
5 - System-Supplied Device Setup Classes (eng)
6 - Device Driver Installation (eng)
7 - Troubleshooting Device Installation with the SetupAPI Log File(eng)
Last edited by WsnoW (2009-01-27 07:35:18)