[maniaq]

helow

i wonder are there some programs that is tracking the information of any installer, for egzample:
when i'm installing a prgram, the"program whisch is traking the information" shows me the files that beeing copied to some kind of folder, regisrty entry will be showed too....or something like that
maybe yu understanded me and my english

[maniaq]

is there a program or script named installshield reverse engineering?what it does?where could i download it?

[Sonic]

No, I don't think your soft exist (but if exist one day, great !!).
From SysInternals you can get RegMon (monitor Registry) and FileMon (monitor files). during the setup.

Goodbye.

[benners]

WinInstall Le is a good program for monitoring installation information.

[maniaq]

thanks, i'm going to check them out.....

[maniaq]

whooooo!!!1 that what i was looking for benners, that program is great, tnks

[Scrapple]

"InCtrl5" is another one...

[Martin Zugec]

You can use snapshot based program (www.epsilonsquared.com), that will show you changes to your system.

Or you can use hook based program (filemon/regmon), that will dynamically show you what is going on.

For msi based installations, you can use any msi editor.

[maniaq]

Scrapple, on Jul 24 2005, 10:24 AM, said:

"InCtrl5" is another one...
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hmmm, i have searched but i couldn find free version, maybe someone knows the link for free version?

maybe there are more program that has at least to things:
1.monitoring whats happening
2.making an installer

[jaclaz]

There is also the Tianwei Regshot:
http://the7thlab.mybesthost.com/

and paraglider's modified version:
http://www.paraglidernc.com/
http://www.paraglide...om/RegShot.html

jaclaz

[maniaq]

jaclaz, on Jul 25 2005, 03:44 AM, said:

There is also the Tianwei Regshot:
http://the7thlab.mybesthost.com/

and paraglider's modified version:
http://www.paraglidernc.com/
http://www.paraglide...om/RegShot.html

jaclaz
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tnks for the links

[maniaq]

is there an exe editor that works like msi editor:shows the registry, files that are beeing copied.....

[jaclaz]

maniaq, on Jul 27 2005, 10:04 AM, said:

is there an exe editor that works like msi editor:shows the registry, files that are beeing copied.....
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I'm sorry, I don't understand what are you looking for, could you elaborate better what you plan to do?

jaclaz

[maniaq]

jaclaz, on Jul 27 2005, 06:37 AM, said:

maniaq, on Jul 27 2005, 10:04 AM, said:

is there an exe editor that works like msi editor:shows the registry, files that are beeing copied.....
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I'm sorry, I don't understand what are you looking for, could you elaborate better what you plan to do?

jaclaz
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ok, i will tell what i'm looking for.....wininstall le 8.6 is a wery good program for editing msi files, but only msi, i can't edit the exe files, which i would want wery much, yu see i want to create my own creative's live! 24-bit installer....so i tried the method-"discover", but when i'm biulding a package, that 15 trial version is bugging me.... i dont want to buy wininstall le 8.6 program, so i have searched for crack but i couldtn find it anywhere, so now i'm searching for alternative program...i have also searched for the older wininstall 7.5.02 version but i couldnt find it also, so what should i do??

[benners]

WinInstallLE here is a link to the version I use, and here is a link to a pack containing Inno Setup, ISTools and Innounp, these can be used to edit exes created by the Inno Setup compiler. There will be entries added to the context menu for (exes only), to enable the extraction of Inno Exes, a template for a creating new iss files will also be added to the New context menu which you may want to edit if you use it. Get them while they are there.

[maniaq]

i have already downloaded them.wininstalle le 2003 is a 15 days trial version right?
how about exe editor for installshield installer, are there any programs, i have searched but couldnt find anything like it, i have heard that there is installshield reverse enginnering script, but couldnt find it also....

[benners]

maniaq, on Jul 28 2005, 09:27 AM, said:

i have already downloaded them.wininstalle le 2003 is a 15 days trial version right?
how about exe editor for installshield installer, are there any programs, i have searched but couldnt find anything like it, i have heard that there is installshield reverse enginnering script, but couldnt find it also....
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Nope the WininstallLe link is one I have uploaded, the other was a link to Softpedia.For the Installshield I normally monitor it with Installrite or use the -R switch to make an iss file

[maniaq]

benners, on Jul 28 2005, 04:07 AM, said:

maniaq, on Jul 28 2005, 09:27 AM, said:

i have already downloaded them.wininstalle le 2003 is a 15 days trial version right?
how about exe editor for installshield installer, are there any programs, i have searched but couldnt find anything like it, i have heard that there is installshield reverse enginnering script, but couldnt find it also....
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Nope the WininstallLe link is one I have uploaded, the other was a link to Softpedia.For the Installshield I normally monitor it with Installrite or use the -R switch to make an iss file
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ok i'm going to check it out.tnx

[jaclaz]

Well, the "correct" way is of course the use of a repackaing tool, like the said Wininstall.

There are however a few "quick and dirty tricks" (that sometimes work and sometimes don't)
1) Try running the setup.exe with the /x switch, most will just extract the .msi
2) Try opening the setup.exe with winRAR, most are selfextracting -exe made with it
3) Try running the exe then look in your %TEMP% or %TMP% folder for the extracted .msi (or in some other folder), see here:
http://www.msfn.org/...?showtopic=9632


jaclaz

This post has been edited by jaclaz: 28 July 2005 - 05:01 AM

[maniaq]

i have installed new windows, installed wininstall le 2003(that downloaded from benners), runed discover, installed ms Office 2003, restarted, runed discover again, build an .msi installer, removed original office ,instaled the "office" i made, but when i tried to open ms word or anything else it started to install it self over and over again...."office, excel.....arent opening"......what did i did wrong?


p.s i tried all the methods that jazlaz told me, but it didn't worked for my creative sound blaster devices

This post has been edited by maniaq: 28 July 2005 - 06:39 AM