MSMG ToolKit

Thanks for the info.
You could kindly tell me the link where I can
understand how the INF method works to control before the creation of the user or the one used in the .NET FX 4.7 Pack for Windows 7.
Thank you very much

 

Hello all,
Trying to convert a Windows 8.1 Core Single Language IR3 x64 iso to Pro with no media center using Toolkit version 8.8 and it always converts to the mediacenter version.
Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible?
Thanks, budzos

 

Just a note : some .reg files found on net that are used for tweaking live systems don't always translate well to offline registry editing in wim image. Mainly because wim reg entries appear to originate from different locations in hives and then get copied/set from there. I've become aware of this when i used WinToolkit on Win7, it made changes that stuck but i manually couldn't get it to work. Now same things repeat. It is a matter of tracking down changes, so i'll try that.

 

@MSMG

Thx for your excellent work!!

 

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I also removed a bunch of stuff. Should I first remove what I need removed in version 8.8, Then reopen in 9.3 and convert it?
Thanks for the kind reply MSMG. I have been using Windows 7 forever but need 8.1 for nvme support.
budzos

 

Thanks again MSMG, I will give that a shot.
budzos

 

Bahh i knew it i messed up ! I was running from IDE with working directory holding ps1 and reg files, not from command prompt (with usually workdir set to current user). It was working directory that may have messed things up.
One other thing i didn't check for is result of $path = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($file) it had a backslash. If file resides in root dir, it will have a backslash, but if that is some subdirectory it will not.
This is relevant as the final filename is built with "\converted_" string inserted.

 

@MSMG i copied the PS code and modified it to ensure input arguments are properly defined at command line

Code:

# test if first argument is defined / given at command line
if ($args[0] -eq $null)
    {
        # can be replaced with Exit 1 to denote failure if used in batch cmd
        throw [System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException]::new("Source directory not defined !")
    }

# test if first argument is a directory and exists
if ((Test-Path -Path $args[0].ToString() -PathType Container) -eq $false)
    {
    throw [System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException]::new("First argument is not a directory !")
    }

# test if second argument is defined / given at command line
if ($args[1] -eq $null)
    {
        throw [System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException]::new("Target directory not defined !")
    }

# test if second argument is a directory and exists
if ((Test-Path -Path $args[1].ToString() -PathType Container) -eq $false)
    {
        throw [System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException]::new("Second argument is not a directory !")
    }

# using ToString() for arguments ensures that if supplied directory name is all numbers it won't fail (it won't think its a number but a string)
# Combine() ensures that if directory path does not have backslash \ at end it will work anyway
$sourcedir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($args[0].ToString(),".\") + "\*"
$targetdir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($args[1].ToString(),".\")

$input_values = Get-ChildItem -Path $sourcedir -Include *.reg

 #moved out of loop, no need to re-define it on each iteration :)
 [hashtable]$equivalents = @{
    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE";
    "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE";
    "[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Classes";
    "[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Classes";
    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SYSTEM";
    "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SYSTEM";
    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_NTUSER";
    "[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_NTUSER";
    "[HKEY_USERS\.Default" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_DEFAULT";
    "[-HKEY_USERS\.Default" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_DEFAULT"}

foreach ($file in $input_values)
{
    #regex ensures that all commented lines are ignored
    [System.Collections.ArrayList]$content = Get-content -Path $file | Where { $_ -notmatch "^(\s+)?;|^\s*$" }
    [string]$output = ""
    [string]$newline = ""

    foreach($line in $content)
    {
        # regex ensures to catch all lines with angle brackets (they contain registry keys)
        if ($line -match "^\[.*\]$")
        {
            #search and replace keys to toolkit-compatible format
            foreach($key in $equivalents.Keys)
            {
                if ($line.Contains($key))
                {
                    $newline = $line.Replace($key, $equivalents[$key])
                    break
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            $newline = $line
        }
        $output += $newline + "`r`n"
    }
    # $file is of type System.IO.FileSystemInfo so it is simple as referencing its 'Name' property to get actual file name
    Set-Content -Path ($targetdir + $file.Name) -Value $output
}

Note the comments as they provide info on what is added and why.

 

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OMG!!! finally.

 

I haven't been reading this thread for a long time since I use other software for this task but what happened with the GUI version? It was supposed to be released long time ago.