[Frank_Sechrist]

I recently downloaded XPCreate and successfully slipstreamed SP-1 and the Hotfixes into the CD. I then created a user-controlled, unattended XP install CD. I have a small application (Rainlendar) that does not require an install, so I placed it in the \$OEM$\$Progs subdirectory.

The program copies to the hard disk and runs fine, but, the Program Files folder is now "read-only" and Rainlendar can not write to its .ini configuration file. Unattended installs from CDs created without XPCreate do not have this problem.

Any ideas? Thanks!!

[GreenMachine]

I have Rainlender as well, and just noticed that if I was not logged on as administrator I had the same problem. I really don't see how XPCREATE effects the NTFS security descriptions, but nothing is impossible. I would think, however, that a member of only the Users group should not have write access to the program files directory. Anybody else having issues with this?

[Frank_Sechrist]

I guess it's not XPCreate, but rather the file attributes. All of the files in Program Files\Rainlendar have the read-only attribute when copied from the $Progs folder on the CD. As a result, Rainlendar is unable to write to its .ini files. And I am logging on as an Administrator.

I added an attrib -r command to my cleanup.cmd file and that solved the problem.

The read-only attribute is a problem. Anyone have any ideas how to handle this correctly?

Thanks!

[gosh]

Sounds like a bug. I don't think Microsoft has ever documented the $Progs folder, so Microsoft might say it's an unsupported way to distribute things. But it wouldn't hurt to bring it to M$ attention.

-gosh

[Powerhouse]

Frank,

Could you post the code you put in your Cleanup.cmd file to fix the Rainlendar problem (the arribe -r command).

Thanks.

[moo]

Yes, it not a problem with XPcreate, but M$ problem.
To fix it I use next code in my clean.cmd

attrib -r "%PROGRAMFILES%\texter /s /d"

-r means to clear attributes (btw + means add, easy ah)
/s process all files into folder and subfolders
/d work with folders

hope it helps
moo