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Re-Packaging Apple Quicktime 7.72.80.56 and later versions

Quicktime comes as an EXE file which can be extracted easily with 7Zip. The three MSI I received were AppleApplicationSupport, AppleSoftwareUpdate and Quicktime. The Apple Update MSI can be discarded if you do not want to AutoUpdate your Quicktime. Apple Application Support MSI can be directly installed with /qb! switch. iTunes can be packaged separately and I have created a separate post for its customization: http://msiworld.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/re-packaging-apple-itunes-10617-and.html Quicktime should be modified through Transform as follows: 1) Change the following properties in your MST:  SCHEDULE_ASUW =0   REGSRCH_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS =0  REBOOT=ReallySuppress 2) Install Quicktime on a test machine and do all the customizations you want with preferences. Once all customizations are complete, copy the quicktime.qtp file from "%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Apple Computer\QuickTime\QuickTime.qtp" Add this file to Transform in C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\QuickTi...

How to correctly display icons

The primary key of the ICON table should have the extension as .exe or .ico, else the icon will not display properly. For example if the extension is abc.js then the same javascript icon will be shown in this case. If it is .txt then notepad icon will be displayed. Whatever be there in the [Binary], that does not matter if there is any other extension apart from .exe or .ico

What's New in Windows Installer 5.0

And want to keep a post for the latest version as well: Well detailed in MSDN and here is the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd408114(v=vs.85).aspx

Windows 7 Language Pack Installation and Un-Installation on 32 bit and 64 bit Machines

Recently I had to package Window 7 MUI for around 13 languages, both for 32 bit and 64 bit machines. I could not get any complete documentation for Installing, Un-Installing and making it work with the Deployment tool. I thought to write this article so it reduces the work of people who still have to make Language packs as a package. Windows 7 Language Packs come in a DVD and generally have a cab file called, lp.cab for all the languages in their respective folders. Following are the main command lines to be used while installing and Un-installing the Language Packs: Installation: dism /online /add-package /quiet /norestart /packagepath:lp.cab and Un-Installation: dism /online /remove-package /quiet /norestart /packagepath:lp.cab The lp.cab file can be copied to a temp location by your MSI and then a setup.bat file would be required to run the above command line. I had copied lp.cab, setup.bat,setup.vbs, uninstall.bat and uninstall.vbs to “%windir%\temp\ ” folder. Here are the uses of ...