[TOOL/HOW-TO/SUPPORT]Acronis TIB File Shell & Win10PESE Integration

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Not sure from what build the used files are. I'm able to open files from 2017 version and from predessessors (should be 2013 or 2015).

 

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Updated the tool to v1.00.10 with files from AcronisBackupAdvanced_11.7_50064_en-US Install. Tested on Win 10 and 8.1, just switched on main PC, all runs well.

 

FYI: Just created a password protected TIB with Acronis TI 2017 from Win10PESE and tested to open it with the latest version.

Result: SUCCESS

Spoiler

 

FYI.2: Created TIB with password in ATI 2014 and could successfully open it. Then tried with AES encrypted and that fails (shows empty folder).

 

Same here ... so much for my intention . Just checking how an BackupAdvanced install handles AES encrypted files natively.

Files just protected by password work nicely here.

 

This is good to know; even Acronis BackupAdvanced itself failed to open pasword and AES encrypted TIB from ATI 2014 .

 

Conclusion: AES encrypted TIBs are a PITA

Installed BackupAdvanced is 11.7_50064. First tested with ATI 2014 AES128 TIB and either accessing via Explorer or mounting via BackupAdvaced failed. Then tested with ATI 2017 AES128 TIB and Explorer access is glitchy (gives access but starts search loop) only mounting via BA worked.

 

Interestingly Acronis TI 2017 Install is able to open password and AES128 encrypted TIBs via Explorer .

Unfortunately i still fail to recreate it's Settings using the referenced files. Most reg entries are identic, but it's not using tishell_svr64.dll, so the CLSID entries differ slightly.

Would be nice if someone figures out the differences.

 

PROTOCOL: TIB Shell with Acronis TrueImage files

Prerequisites:

Checking Acronis TrueImage 2017 Install in a VM showed a similiar Registry structure for the TIB (and TIA with ATI) Shell. Only the last CLSID entries differ. Where BackupAdvanced references tishell_svr64.dll in CLSID {C539A15C-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}, TrueImage uses tishell64.dll via CLSID {C539A15D-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}. Additionally no icu**38.dll referenced in ATI.

ATI reg keys (original file pathes):

Code:

::===============================================================================================================
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents" /v "resource.dll" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\Infrastructure\resource.dll" /f
::===============================================================================================================
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tib" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "tibfile" /f
::===============================================================================================================
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "Acronis True Image backup" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\CLSID" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\DefaultIcon" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\tishell.dll,-4" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "explorer /idlist,%%I,%%L" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open\ddeexec" /v "NoActivateHandler" /t REG_SZ /d "" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open\ddeexec" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "[ViewFolder(\"%%l\", %%I, %%S)]" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open\ddeexec\application" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "Folders" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open\ddeexec\ifexec" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "[]" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\tibfile\Shell\open\ddeexec\topic" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "AppProperties" /f
::===============================================================================================================
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15A-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\InProcServer32" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\tishell64.dll" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15A-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\InProcServer32" /v "ThreadingModel" /t REG_SZ /d "Apartment" /f
::===============================================================================================================
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "Acronis Secure Zone" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\DefaultIcon" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\tishell.dll,-4" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\Implemented Categories\{00021490-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\InProcServer32" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\tishell64.dll" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\InProcServer32" /v "ThreadingModel" /t REG_SZ /d "Apartment" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15B-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\ShellFolder" /v "Attributes" /t REG_DWORD /d "2684354560" /f
::===============================================================================================================
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15D-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\InProcServer32" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\tishell64.dll" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C539A15D-3AF9-4c92-B771-50CB78F5C751}\InProcServer32" /v "ThreadingModel" /t REG_SZ /d "Apartment" /f
::===============================================================================================================

TEST RESULT: Negative

Referenced files in ATI:

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents]
"ipc_client.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\ipc_client.dll"
"account_server_client.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\account_server_client.dll"
"mms_text_bundle.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\mms_text_bundle.dll"
"dml_sqlite_addon.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\dml_sqlite_addon.dll"
"dml.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\dml.dll"
"ipc_server.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\ipc_server.dll"
"security_core.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\security_core.dll"
"service_commands_addon.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\service_commands_addon.dll"
"core_workers_shared_context.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\core_workers_shared_context.dll"
"sync_connectivity_agent_addon.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\sync_connectivity_agent_addon.dll"
"async_service.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\async_service.dll"
"access_manager.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\access_manager.dll"
"por.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\por.dll"
"settings.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\settings.dll"
"zmq_infra.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\zmq_infra.dll"
"resource.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\resource.dll"
"remote_facade.dll"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Acronis\\Infrastructure\\remote_facade.dll"

 

--fixed a missing CLSID key in uninstaller

Therefor: Update to v1.00.16

 

It should do.

 

If you share the files it spares me the need to search for them ... then it'd be possible to upgrade the hook ....