I don't intend to mess with the duplicates that MS add themselves; they might be in I386 for a purpose. What I'm going to try to achieve with HFSLIP:

- updated binaries should be in DRIVER.CAB (as is the case now)
- updated binaries for driver files that co-exist in I386 should be updated (as is the case now)
- updated binaries for driver files that only existed in DRIVER.CAB previously should NOT be added into I386 (this behavior would be new)
- binaries for driver files that didn't exist at all should only be added into DRIVER.CAB unless they are required in I386 (this behavior would be new)

The above is for merging options A/B/C. With the other merging options, the cab file to deal with is SPX.CAB.

Tux - You can do delete these extras with a RIN file in HFCLEANUP. Read up on the hfexpert page to see how to do it. You'll need to do a driver merge option to take advantage of the reduction. Hint on the file creation...

1394bus.sy
1394vdbg.sy
abp480n5.sy
acpi.sy
acpiec.sy
etc

Tomcat76, I think those added files may be needed for recovery console or things like that so I'm with you on not removing them by default. But who really knows what is their use ?

tommyp, I had not yet checked HFCLEANUP and it seems really powerful. Thanks.