Opening an INF File (XP)... by Kim Henkel

Opening an INF File (XP) [Tip]

By: Kim Henkel Riverview, FL
Date: Sep 24,2002 at 01:59
In Response to: Opening an INF File (John Gruener)

> For Win2000/XP it is:

> %SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %1

> These commands work fine when issued from the Registry, however, as I said, I am
> unable to get either one to work in either environment from the command line. In
> Win9x it just returns without a message. In Win2K it gives a small dialog box
> that says, "Error - Installation failed".

Under XP Pro, I added an F9 menu entry "Install from .INF" with the above script.
Running it on ZTREE.INF did indeed install the menu extensions.
Hmm.

Kim

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