[wpkg-users] Windows Live Messenger

[Hugo Monteiro]

Jean-Jacques Moulis wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:26:13 +0100 Hugo Monteiro <hugo.monteiro at fct.unl.pt> wrote:
>
> HM> The procedure starts to install the components, but stops at the 
> HM> installation of dw20shared.msi, which apparently is the Microsoft 
> HM> Application Error Reporting Tool.
>
> HM> Can someone shed some light over this?
>
> You don't need it!
> remove it from your package definition!
>
>
> Only those are required, I install them as separate packages
> (Not all of them are updated for new releases)
>
> <install cmd='msiexec /i "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\crt.msi" /q' />
> <install cmd='msiexec /i "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\SegoeFont.msi" /q' />
> <install cmd='msiexec /i "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\wllogin.msi" /q' />
> <install cmd='msiexec /i "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\Contacts.msi" /q' />
> <install cmd='msiexec /i "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\Messenger.msi" /q' />
>
>
> regards!
>
>
>
>   

Hello Jacques,


First of all, thank you for your sugestion. A little while after i sent 
my message i saw the following article in one of Microsofts Knowledge 
Base pages:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943595

That info refers to an earlier version of Windows Live, but then i 
started wondering if they would take all that trouble to implement that 
type of setup, just to unsupport it in a short period of time. Just to 
test, i tried the same approach using the on-line installer 
wlsetup-custom.exe and guess what? It worked!

So my messenger.xml file is now looking like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<packages>

<package
   id="messenger"
   name="Windows Live Messenger"
   revision="00008"
   reboot="false"
   priority="10">

   <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Windows Live 
Messenger" />

   <install cmd='RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection 
%windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove' />
   <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\messenger\wlsetup-custom.exe" /silent 
/configfile: "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\config.txt"' />

   <upgrade cmd='RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection 
%windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove' />
   <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\messenger\wlsetup-custom.exe" /silent 
/configfile: "%SOFTWARE%\messenger\config.txt"' />

   <remove cmd='RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection 
%windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove' />

</package>

</packages>


My config.txt file content the single line:
p=A26D7C8B-875D-48E2-BED1-7168268D022A*0&s=0&h=0&c=0&m=EN-US&t=0


Of course this will only work if your workstations can connect to the 
internet to retrieve the real installer.

I'm Cc'in to the list because this information can valuable to others.

Best regards,

Hugo Monteiro.

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