My ongoing problem(s) trying to use SetupBuilder 6.9.2380

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Friedrich,

I have used Install Creator Pro for many years, mainly because I have never been able to effectively use SetupBuilder from the start. However something has recently changed on my dev XP SP3 PC and now Install Creator Pro install files do not run to completion. They run to about 49% completion and then the PC "freezes" and I have to cancel out of the installation to get my PC to work again. Can't figure out why. However, those same Install Creator Pro install files all work just fine on all my other "test" PC's. So I thought I would try using SetupBuilder again.

I have never ever had any success using SetupBuilder in the past (or presently) because something always did not work right in the user interface. Here is what is happening THIS time.

I want to install everything in one directory in the C:\ drive for use on an XP PC. The defaults that are apparently initially set automagically by SetupBuilder, seem to be to scatter the various "types" of files into folders in several places on the computer. I know, I know, it's apparently the "new" way to do things brought about by Microsoft. Therefore I have to change all those settings. I am particularly dis-satisfied because re-setting some of the granular functionality to accomplish what I want to accomplish does not work or is not even available in the "Detail" settings screen. I will attempt to explain what I am talking about.



1.) There is no place to set the "Common Group" to Yes or No.
2.) The "Icon Index" setting
a.) Apparently doesn't "do" anything (doesn't work) during the install.
aa.) The icons do not show for the installed program links in
either the Start menu or the Desktop.
ab.) The icons are available in the properties for the installed
links to select however and then the show properly on the
desktop.
b.) If you click on the lookup icon next to the field the spinbox does
not work in the lookup form screen.
c.) When looking up an icon, the lookup select screen has no .ico
file type setting.
3.) There are:
a.) No lookup buttons (or checkboxes) for the other 3 "details"
on that screen.
b.) You have to remember what the syntax is and key them in "blind"?.

Questions:
1.) What is the "Comment" detail used for???
e.g. What "kind" of comment???

Can/will this stuff be fixed???

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Best Regards,
Earl R Coker
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