Over.Kill

So I have 2 folders set up: G:\sandbox\WUD\x86 G:\sandbox\WUD\x64 I have been planning on using WUD to slipstream updates into my Win7 All-In-One ISO for my new ISOSTICK! , and repeat for laughs on 8, Vista, and XP since I will occasionally use them as well. WUD seems to enjoy crashing at inopportune times, and if I open it back up, it will make me either manually select updates (I'm guessing green = already exists), or re-download all of them! This means, as the months go on, and a couple of updates are added, I will have to figure out what is/isn't already there. If I'm missing something, please enlighten/tease/harass me as you wish =) otherwise, think about adding this in? > Define function to check if update exists, and compare file sizes to see if they match > check if local file exists where update will be saved > if false, then exit function and perform update > else, check to see if file sizes match > if true, exit function and skip update > else, delete local file and perform update > close function

Here's how I am going to do the setup: Originals: D:\Drivers\BIN\NVIIDA\GT8600\Forceware (X).exe D:\Drivers\BIN\NVIDIA\GT8600\Forceware (V7x64).exe D:\Drivers\BIN\NVIDIA\GT8600\Forceware (V7x86).exe Hard Links: D:\Drivers\XP\NVIDIA\GT8600\Forceware.exe D:\Drivers\Vx64\...\Forceware.exe D:\Drivers\7x64\...\Forceware.exe etc If I update the file at the original path, will the hard link automatically be refreshed or do I have to re-link (IE: does the link point to the original path or to the block of data itself?)

Thanks Glenn, that's what I was looking for. It's been a while since I had to do this and totally forgot what they were called. mklink was what I needed!

I'm looking for a way to create two paths on the file system (NTFS, if you were wondering) that reference the same block of data. Example: D:\Drivers\Windows 7 x64\NVIDIA\Forceware.exe D:\Drivers\Windows Vista x64\NVIDIA\Forceware.exe Both are seen and run as executables, so that they don't effect permissions for network users and the like, but only 130MB is taken up on the drive instead of 260MB. I could probably get away with the following but it will make things longer for the scripts I'm going to write to make everything nice and cohesive D:\Drivers\BIN\NVIDIA\FW266.58.exe D:\Drivers\Windows 7 x64\NVIDIA\ForceWare.lnk --> D:\Drivers\BIN\NVIDIA\FW266.58.exe D:\Drivers\Windows 7 x64\NVIDIA\ForceWare.lnk --> D:\Drivers\BIN\NVIDIA\FW266.58.exe Suggestions? Links? Solutions? Thanks, Overkill

I'm going from XP to 7 tonight when I get my 1100T and Crosshair IV Extreme , this UL is going to save me TONS of time! Thanks! One thing though - I'm not a fan of M$$E but when trying to download the file: "mssefullinstall-amd64fre-en-us-win7.exe" was not found on the remote server. This file will be skipped. same for: "mseinstall-en-us-amd64.exe" I'm sure some people are affected by this.