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[pscEx]

I uploaded a new version of multiPE project, without increasing the version number 36.

The only change: Naming of "WimLib" changed to "jWIM"

Peter

[Hektik]

Hey there Peter,

I am new to MultiPE and Winbuilder. I have been working with it recently and I seem to be having the same issue that piggos was having at first.

My machine is Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit. I am using an extracted Windows 7 Professional x86 ISO that I downloaded from MSDN.
I do have the latest version winbuilder 083 and MultiPE36.

I've opened the program as administrator and downloaded all the new scripts as was suggested. Then Select my source and press play.

I get the first general error about it being Windows 7 and restart it and it runs smooth.

After that, I go to create image>create USB flash drive and scan for drives and select the drive letter.

I then go to PEFactory>PEFactory and select No Target Creation, but the target result and other comboboxes disappear.

So I instead choose single boot and then select the Target Result to Create USB and click Process.

Everytime I get the Information Message "You choosed building UDF, but no UDF is defined".

Ive tried it several different times, starting from scratch each time to be sure, and Ive read this entire thread over.
I appreciate any help you can give me, and let me know if you need anymore information. Thanks A Lot!

Hektik

Edited by Hektik, 23 May 2012 - 04:54 AM.

[TheHive]

Imdisk is only needed when you want to have a RAM Boot Image.

Factory settings is "No Image". Therefore you do not need ImDisk.

Peter

Ok! Thanks!

[pscEx]

Everytime I get the Information Message "You choosed building UDF, but no UDF is defined".

I know that issue, but I think that I have fixed it.
Can you use the WinBuilder download center to check the files with the "certificate" or "md5" option?.

I'm going to try to reproduce your procedere.

Peter

[pscEx]

I am new to MultiPE and Winbuilder. I have been working with it recently and I seem to be having the same issue that piggos was having at first.

My machine is Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit. I am using an extracted Windows 7 Professional x86 ISO that I downloaded from MSDN.
I do have the latest version winbuilder 083 and MultiPE36.

I could reprocuce your issue.

I installed Vista x64 into a fresh formatted partition.
(I do not have Win7 x64 and would never install Win7 on one of my systems)
There was no WAIK. I used WimCaptEx.

I got the issue like you described.
There was a bug in host OS detecting which now (hopefully) is fixed.

I uploaded version 37 which contains this fix.
Simultaneously I changed the name of the reboot.pro WIM tool to (hopefully final) "reWIM".

@Hektik: Many thanks for your qualified report.

Peter

[pscEx]

I uploaded version 38.

• Fixed (?) still existing bug in UFD creation which caused generation of ghost %pScrollBox1%

Peter

[pscEx]

Version 39 is uploaded.

• Changed attachment handling to use zipped files

When you update by using WinBuilder's download center, you can delete the complete %BaseDir%ProjectsmultiPE_Enc folder. It is not longer used.

The project is tested as "Working" in 64 bit Vista host.

More information you can get here: http://reboot.pro/16...620#entry155620

Peter

[pscEx]

Sorry, 3 hours ago I uploaded an older compile.
I updated with the actual one w/o changing the version number.

Peter

[pscEx]

Version 40 uploaded.

• Modified attachment handling to make it usable for any other project having the %API% variable as path to a (Common_)API

Peter

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[pscEx]

Version 41 is online!

• SplitBinEx work around a logical bug in "Common"_API, which reads WinBuilder internal undocumented / unpublished data about encoded files hardcoded, rather than to use WinBuilder functions.

Peter

[TheHive]

Test build built and booted.

[esgaroth]

Hello Peter, I have downloaded multiPE41 and have been unsuccessful so far building a project. I am building a windows 7 x86 source and running windows 7 x64 host. After running for a few seconds I get an error that windows cannot find wiminfo.exe. I can extract the wiminfo.exe file from the .7z file and put it in the tools directory but the project only runs until the next file that needs to be extracted, (WimExtracXml.exe). So it seems that the project is not extracting files correctly. I am also running a fairly fresh install of windows.
I also followed the first steps you have listed here: http://multipe.exec-...iPE/StartUp.htm.
There are no errors in the log regarding extraction of files. Only errors about not being able to detect the source type since wiminfo.exe cannot be found.

[pscEx]

Thanks, esgaroth, for your report.

The issue is new for me, and i'm going to reproduce (tomorrow, now it is evening local time).
It needs some time to install W7 x64 host locally and test your "unsuccess".

BTW: Do you use an original "Billy the Door" CD or is it "lightened"?

Peter

[esgaroth]

Its an iso downloaded from our action pack subscription. Unmodified from microsoft.

[pscEx]

Sorry, with my SplitBinEx experiments I corrupded the script.project variables of the Vista and Win7 track.
I'm going to upload version 42.
Peter

[pscEx]

Version 42 is uploaded.

• By SplitBinEx experiments the structure of the Win7 and Vista track have been corrupted. That is fixed now.

That hopefully fixes the issue reported by esgaroth

Peter

[esgaroth]

Thanks Peter, it is now building successfully.
Also I would like to ask, is the win8 track buildable? It runs for a while but then gets an error that WimExtractXml.exe can't run because the file api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll was not found. I cannot find that file in either of the two folders created in the storedwims folder. The file is in the source boot.wim image on the disc.
Here is the log file indicating several files that failed to copy because they don't exist in the storedwim folder.
http://dl.dropbox.co...327232/log.html

[pscEx]

The Win8 track was just a quick test whether the multiPE functionality allows adding of a PEx (PE4, PE5, ...).
To test I used the basic scripts of the Win7 track.

The test worked. A target was built just by defining a Win8.

Currently I do not intend to bring the Win8 track to a working PE.

I'll think about that when Win8 is released.

But interested members are invited to make their own version. I'll include every reasonable solution in the multiPE project.

Peter

[esgaroth]

Ok, I will experiment on my own a bit then. Which script is responsible for extracting the wim contents to the storedwim folder?

[pscEx]

Ok, I will experiment on my own a bit then. Which script is responsible for extracting the wim contents to the storedwim folder?

I appreciate!
Script is Core > 1 - Core Basics > WimToolsEx.
Standard is that the project uses the "fastest" (auto) way. But you can change to your own choice.

Peter

[niche99]

Hi Peter,

Downloaded fresh MultiPE and updated it. Runing on Win 7 Sp1 (x64) with a Win XP SP2 (x86) source.

Selected AutoIt support and got this:

FileCopy - Failed to copy [%BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3.exe] to: [%BaseDir%TargetmultiPE_XPI386System32AutoIt3.exe]: The system cannot find the file specified.

I have attached a log.

EDIT: %BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3_x86.exe is present. Your script is looking for %BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3.exe?

Regards,
niche99

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[pscEx]

Hi Peter,

Downloaded fresh MultiPE and updated it. Runing on Win 7 Sp1 (x64) with a Win XP SP2 (x86) source.

Selected AutoIt support and got this:

FileCopy - Failed to copy [%BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3.exe] to: [%BaseDir%TargetmultiPE_XPI386System32AutoIt3.exe]: The system cannot find the file specified.

I have attached a log.

EDIT: %BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3_x86.exe is present. Your script is looking for %BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3.exe?

Regards,
niche99

My fault in upload, sorry!

For a quick fix, rename %BaseDir%ProjectsToolsnativeExx86AutoIt3_x86.exe to AutoIt3.exe

The issue will be fixed in the next upload.

Peter

[esgaroth]

Hey Peter, regarding the windows 8 track, I followed the scripts to find that the actual wim capturing is done by wimcaptex.exe. Unfortunately I can't see exactly what this exe is doing but it looks like it is not copying needed files to the storedwim folder.
Would you mind sharing the source code for this file?
What are the requirements for running wimcaptex? I tried running it outside the project using "wimcaptex.exe -A:A -W:F:sourcesboot.wim -I:2 -D:CMultiPE42WorkbenchStoredWimsWn84B2en0628400 -P -T:C:MultiPE42TempmultiPE_Win8" at the comand line but it gives me error 10: error applying image.

[pscEx]

I do not want to share the code public. But I can send you a copy of the current code. Send me an email telling your private email.

WimCaptEx needs wimgapi.dll in it's directory. It is not taken from system32, because the used wimgapi.dll may have a different version than the installed one. In the multiPE project, wimgapi.dll is copied by the %BaseDir%ProjectsmultiPECore1 - Core Basics3-ManageWims.script.

To explore the abilities of WimCaptEx, make a build of a Vista or Win7 track (please avoid source CD Win7 SP1, it needs soooo long time).
Before build, in the project tree > Core > 1 - Core Basics > WimToolsEx, set Open *.WIM and Create *.WIM to WimCaptEx.
Then watch the build time and inspect the log.

Peter

[pscEx]

Version 43 is uploaded.
What's New in Version 43

• Finished BootTasks.Script, which handles some action at boot time, like screen resolution, keyboard layout.
  
• Added LocalisationEx.script: adding optionally host's keyboard layout, international settings, and / or time zone to build.

Peter