Shortcutinfo is a little utility to quickly display short cut information such as the working directory or if the shortcut is advertised. Simply launch it and drag and drop the shortcut onto program window.
ShortCutInfo.zip Written by
Michael Presutti
File size: 63.409 bytes Last update: 2007-11-10
AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks. It also has a COM interface so instead of a script you can control the external program "live" at runtime of your application or setup. AutoIt was initially designed for PC "roll out" situations to reliably configure thousands of PCs, but also is quite useful for running sub-installs that don't have a silent mode.
See also: InstallScript Sample for using AutoIt
This is a utility to reboot a Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP system
with a delay of 10 seconds. The program should also work on Win95, Win98 and
WinME, but has not been tested. While the Windows NT Resource Kit provides a
shutdown utility, this one shuts the system down a bit more ruthlessly. This
program causes Windows to shut down without sending the WM_QUERYENDSESSION
message. Programs such as MS Word use this message to ask users to save their
work, and may request a stop shutdown. Since the message is not sent, the system
shuts down fairly quickly, and no message boxes should get displayed by any
running applications. You can use this in an automated environment, to force a
reboot. The utility installs a CTRL+C handler, so that you can abort the run. It
also counts down from 9 to 0 one second at a time, to indicate how much time you
have left before the system goes down. It is a console mode program (signed),
with the full source (Visual C++ 7.1) included.
The utility includes one option (-w) with which you can specify a UNC pathname.
When this option is used, the system will wait for a particular file to become
available before attempting a reboot. This option is useful for creating a
test-machine that auto-installs a build of a software; the program just monitors
for setup.exe to be available on the build server before rebooting. The reboot
can then re-image the target computer, reboot into the new image and launch the
installer.
RebootMe.zip Written by
Friedrich Brunzema
File size: 32.297 bytes Last update: 2003-11-12
It is important to test your setup on a clean Windows installation to avoid side effects. You also need a fresh operating system if you want to repackage a legacy setup program. You can either do this by wiping the hard drive of your test machine or by running a clean operating system in a "sand box". With these tools you can easily save and restore your test configuration, thus ensuring reproducible results, and ease the pain if your setup crashed the operating system. It's also great to swap operating system versions to test your setup on multiple platforms.
VMWare creates virtual machines that can run side by side.
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Virtual PC creates virtual machines that can run side by side.
Tools to package and deploy SQL Server databases are available from Red Gate Sofwtare Ltd.
vbMake is an automated build tool that supports selective and incremental builds, analyzes build integrity and component dependencies, is integrated with Visual SourceSafe for configuration management, maintains build histories and synchronizes version numbers etc. A feature limited free version (vbMake Express) is also available.
Here are some tools that create light-weight installation packages.
IExpress is a free tool from Microsoft
IExpress is a utility that lets you create standalone installation packages that can be used to extract files or temporarily extract installation source files and then run the setup command. Note that the extracted files get deleted when the launched process terminates. If your exe spawns another process the files may be removed too early.
Read the article on Calwell.ca for more information about IExpress
INF-Tool is a shareware product created by Inner-Smile.com
Windows (versions 9x and NT4) has a built-in setup mechanism that can be used to
install software without much overhead for setup programs. The installation process is
controlled by an INF file. Such setups support uninstallation and some basic user
interface, but no scripting or other advanced features. They come in handy for simple
installations tasks such as software updates. The INF file format is specified in the
Windows Resource Kit, but the documentation is not very helpful an it's not easy to learn
the INF syntax.
With this tool you set up your project in eight steps through a graphical interface - the
INF file is then created automatically. It also creates single-file installs as EXE, CAB
or ZIP file. The tool can even import existing INF files for convenient analyzing.
Visit Inner-Smile.com to download the evaluation version and get more information
Non-MSI Setup Authoring Tools moved to a separate page.
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