Can anyone recommend good Install script tracking or software migration programs

[Tiger-Heli]

This is related to my problems with After Dark 3.2 in this thread, but I thought a more specific question might get more interest.

Basically I have two problems, but I think the same solution would work in each case.

Problem 1 is that AD 3.2 will install on Win98 but not on WinXP.

Problem 2 is that some of the setup files for some of the AD modules will install once or twice and then will say that the files are corrupt, even though they actually aren't (a re-download of the files from the same site as the one that originally worked still fails).

I am thinking that if I can monitor what the setup file is doing when it installs correctly under Win98 (including changes to existing files, files installed in the main Windows directrory, and changes to the registry), I could make the same changes manually to get around the WinXP problems.

Alternately, if there was a program that could migrate the installation (check all the registry entries and files required and extract them), then I could move the working files to the non-working system (ideally, this should be able to handle migrating from Win98 to WinXP . . .

Any ideas???

[crackersixx]

Only Afterdark 4.0 modules will run under Windows 2000 and Win XP due to a compatability issues with calling 16bit DLLs.

This information only applies to version 4.0 of the Afterdark series. Other versions of Afterdark will not install on Windows XP.


From your CD locate the ADE folder.

Copy all of this folder to your harddisk

Locate and edit the setup.inf file in the new folder

Locate the section of the file that looks like the following:

FileCount=8
File1=Win,N,Y,N,Y,N,L:Install,12592,4.0.0.0,5,folder.afi,1,3,AD2.afi,,
File2=Win,N,Y,N,Y,N,L:Install,13536,4.0.0.0,6,folder.afi,1,3,Disney.afi,,
File3=Win,N,Y,N,Y,N,L:Install,12560,4.0.0.0,7,folder.afi,1,3,MAD.afi,,
File4=Win,N,Y,N,Y,N,L:Install,12400,4.0.0.0,8,folder.afi,1,3,Marvel.afi,,
File5=Win,N,Y,N,Y,N,L:Install,12976,4.0.0.0,9,folder.afi,1,3,StarTrek.afi,,
The file count might vary typically the value is 7 or 8. Change the FileCount to be one less.

e.g. For my example above

FileCount=7
      
Run the setup.exe from the ADE folder.
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If you dont have 4.0, you wont be able to run it, even if you get an install to work properly.

[Bloinkxp]

Tiger-Heli,
Get regmon and filemon fom sysinternals.  These little guys will tell you exactly what your system is doing file-wise or reg-wise.
I use these for troubleshooting applications on Citrix Servers (thin-client servers).
They will show the file that is running/what it is doing/where it is looking/and if it is successful.  They do take a bit of getting use to since they show everything your system is doing.  It will take a bit of filtering to find what you are looking for.  It helps to know the names of the process (msiexec for installs/explorer for shell related stuff)

Good luck,
David

[Tiger-Heli]

Crackersixx,

I saw that on the web too.  That is very old info.  It may have been true with early versions of WinXP.  I have AD 3.2 running on WinXP SP2 (used a kludge, but it worked) and it even runs AD 2.0 modules with no problems (it runs as a TSR, not a Screensaver, tho).

BloinkXP, thanks, that's the type of thing I was looking for!!!!

[Tiger-Heli]

Tiger-Heli,
Get regmon and filemon fom sysinternals.