Many times we edit system files like Shell32.dll, Explorer.exe, msgina.dll, ntoskrnl.exe, logonui.exe, etc to change the look-n-feel of Windows. But sometimes we want to include our edited files in Windows Setup, so that whenever we make a fresh installation of Windows, we don’t loose our changed files and we don’t need to make those changes again.
Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to include your own edited files in Windows Setup:
1. Download following .Zip file and extract it:
2. You’ll get “modifype.exe” file after extracting the .zip file.
3. Now copy this “modifype.exe” file to the same folder where you have your edited files which you want to include in Windows setup. Lets suppose you have copied all edited files in “D:\Setup” folder, so copy “modifype.exe” file to “D:\Setup” folder.
4. Open Command Prompt and navigate to the same folder where your files are stored, which is “D:\Setup” in our example.
5. Now provide following command:
modifype file_name.extension -c
Replace “file_name.extension” with the name of the file which you want to include in setup. e.g.
modifype shell32.dll -c
modifype explorer.exe -c
modifype msgina.dll -c
6. It’ll fix the checksum of the file and Windows will accept the file without any problem at installation time.
7. Now the last step. We have to compress the file using “makecab” command. As you can see all files in Windows Setup folder “I386” are in compressed format like shell32.dl_, explorer.ex_, msgina.dl_, etc. So provide following command to compress the file:
makecab file_name.extension
Replace “file_name.extension” with the name of the file which you want to include in setup. e.g.
makecab shell32.dll
makecab explorer.exe
makecab msgina.dll
8. Thats it. You’ll get a compressed file, which you can safely copy to “I386” folder of your Windows setup.
NOTE: If you want to extract any existing file from the Setup, you can use “expand” command.
expand -r file_name.extension
Replace “file_name.extension” with the name of the file which you want to extract. e.g.
expand -r shell32.dl_
expand -r explorer.ex_
expand -r msgina.dl_
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Ronak Agrawal said:
Hey Vish Guru…
thnks………
Now,
After including the customized files..How can i include the following……. in the windows xp installation cd………..
1. Vista Cursors.
2. Vista Icons
3. Vista Drvie Status
4. Vista Sounds
5. Removing ShutDown button TEXT
6. Vista Themes
7. Boot Screen
8. Logon Screen
9. Modified Notepad….
10. Vista explorer
11. Adding Some regisrty tweaks given by u…
12. Deleting Few Files/Folders.
Thnks …
Ronak Agrawal
Ronak Agrawal said:
Hey vish baiya…..
I forgot to say i know……I can do the task by nlite…………but i dont want to use nlite..coz there might be some bugs……..
And how to add few files in system32 folder in the installation Cd
VG said:
I can just say, edit files which you want and use the above mentioned method to include them in Setup.
Reg. to adding your own new files / programs in Setup which are not present in CD, I don’t have much idea and it’ll be really very complicated. So better to use nLite.
Ronak Agrawal said:
thnks vish bro…….
I will use the software ………..
thnks agian…..
sumesh said:
GREAT BHAI
1000101001010001010010001111010001000010100101000 said:
hi vishal
pls tell me that how to add these files in the xp cd because i dont know that wow to add files in the image of setup disk pls discribe in brife
1000101001010001010010001111010001000010100101000 said:
hi vishal
pls tell me that how to add these files in the xp cd because i dont know that wow to add files in the image of setup disk pls discribe in brife
VG said:
^^ You can copy the CD in your system and then follow this tutorial to add your edited files. Then use nLite to create Bootable Setup CD.
You can also use ISO software like UltraISo, etc to add files to an ISO image.
hend said:
Hi vishal
pls tell me that how to edit setup.exe (autorun)in xp cd ?
VG said:
^^ You can’t but there are some paid software to create a new exe for XP setup. I can’t recall the name but will let you know if I come across it.
salman said: