• LeveL
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Topic: "You have previously installed drivers without rebooting"

When DpsFnshr.exe is running I get this message:

Error
You have previously installed drivers without rebooting. Please reboot and try again

I open Task Manager and the file CT2APXX.exe is running.

It is my "Creative Soundblaster Live! Value" card. The drivers for this are
being installed twice by the look of it because the drivers install no problem.

I used Agent Ransack to search both "Sound A" and "Sound B" for the term
"Creative SB Live! Value" and only found this term appearing in the following
two folders in Sound A. I noticed that in "Sound A" these 2 folders have exactly
the same amount of files and folders:

D\S\CR\1 (371 Files / 81 Folders)
D\S\CR\2 (371 Files / 81 Folders)

But the folder sizes are slightly different: folder 1 is 83.1Mb and folder 2 is 83.4Mb.

So all I am asking is what IS the difference between these 2 folders?

They both seem to have Live! and Audigy driver icon files and look the same to me!

Is it safe to remove folder 2? Will the DpsFnshr still work if I repack the driverpack
without that D\S\CR\2 folder?

Last edited by LeveL (2007-04-13 17:42:18)

  • Helmi
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Re: "You have previously installed drivers without rebooting"

LeveL wrote:

D\S\CR\1 (371 Files / 81 Folders)
D\S\CR\2 (371 Files / 81 Folders)

But the folder sizes are slightly different: folder 1 is 83.1Mb and folder 2 is 83.4Mb.

So all I am asking is what IS the difference between these 2 folders?

http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/devices.php?pag=sa

Is it safe to remove folder 2? Will the DpsFnshr still work if I repack the driverpack
without that D\S\CR\2 folder?

Generally, yes.
You may need to adjust the INI and cut out no longer needed lines referring to ..\CR\# though.
IDK whether it will stall when it cannot find a DIR or continue without any hiccup smile
(NB: You can always give it a try to find out tongue)

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  • LeveL
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Re: "You have previously installed drivers without rebooting"

Thanks dude!

Well, I didn't really want to remove any drivers, so instead, I have
made a simple AutoIt script that runs just before DPsFnshr.exe that
goes like this:

WinWait, Error, You have previously installed drivers without rebooting
WinActivate, Error, You have previously installed drivers without rebooting
Send, {ENTER}

The only thing I could find on Google related to this error "You have previously
installed drivers without rebooting" was to do with Audigy cards on Vista.

I don't think anyone here has ever reported this happening, I guess it must
be because I am using Server 2003.

Can't believe the work that has gone into these driverpacks, plus all the work
it must be listing everything as well... its insane!

  • Jaak
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Re: "You have previously installed drivers without rebooting"

hi Helmi

when a folder is not found (one deleted folder, but had not edited INI for the pack), then the finisher will proceed after logging that this folder was not found.
in other words, it won't abort (the aborts we saw in testing not so long ago were caused by another bug, and solved)

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.
  • Helmi
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Re: "You have previously installed drivers without rebooting"

Alright, Jaak, that's good to know and was somewhat expected by me (it does not make much sense to simply stop there in an unattended installation).

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