In case anyone is interested, you can run the following command on the Niveus movie library msi that can be downloaded from their site:

\windows\system32\msiexec /a <full path to the msi file> /qb TARGETDIR=<some dir you want all the files to be dumped into>

This will provide 4 files:

NiveusMovieLibrary.dll (the actual media center app)
LibraryConfig.exe (a .net app allowing you to add/remove monitored directories)
NiveusMovieLibrary.png (an image)
NiveusMovieLibrary.xml (this appears to be related to the install of the .dll file)

So, I'm not a big wix person so the xml file may be related to that, or it might be related to registry entries or something.  Anyway, if the dll file is manually registered into media center (can't recall the method to do this) then you should be able to install this app and bypass the Niveus Media Center machine check that the installer tries to do.

This is an information post only, I'm not suggesting anyone actually do any of these steps.

translucent:

if the dll file is manually registered into media center (can't recall the method to do this)

%SystemRoot%\ehome\registermceapp.exe /allusers NiveusMovieLibrary.xml

Couldn't seem to get the above command to work. I kept getting a pop up box saying something about the options.

Is there any software that can extract it from the MSI?

Thanks,

Geno

Yeah you can google around for "extract from msi" there are quite a number of apps online that can do this, if you search around a bit you can find a free .net app that will do it for you (most of what you'll find is sample code to do it)

Also, the exact command I used was:

C:\>\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /a NiveusMovieLibrary_Build26.msi /qb TARGETDIR=c:\extracted

 

got it to extract but can't get the dll registered

 

translucent:

Yeah you can google around for "extract from msi" there are quite a number of apps online that can do this, if you search around a bit you can find a free .net app that will do it for you (most of what you'll find is sample code to do it)

Also, the exact command I used was:

C:\>\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /a NiveusMovieLibrary_Build26.msi /qb TARGETDIR=c:\extracted

 

Here are the registry entires needed, Hive #2

 

SOFTWARE\Niveus Media\Movie Library InstallLocation [INSTALLLOCATION] OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} Title Movie Library OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} Category Niveus\Movie Library OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} OnStartMenu True OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} TimeStamp #214505904 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} *  OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{AA040069-55E7-47be-87F9-FAA4A05386E9} TimeStamp #214505904 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{AA040069-55E7-47be-87F9-FAA4A05386E9} *  OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{91870c6e-795b-47be-9c8c-5ce20df121db} TimeStamp #214505905 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{91870c6e-795b-47be-9c8c-5ce20df121db} *  OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{86F9E53C-C019-483a-8238-C0FCC17C4CE0} TimeStamp #214505906 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{86F9E53C-C019-483a-8238-C0FCC17C4CE0} *  OtherStuff

I'll try and set these up via reg add.

 

-D

dravor:

translucent:

Yeah you can google around for "extract from msi" there are quite a number of apps online that can do this, if you search around a bit you can find a free .net app that will do it for you (most of what you'll find is sample code to do it)

Also, the exact command I used was:

C:\>\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /a NiveusMovieLibrary_Build26.msi /qb TARGETDIR=c:\extracted

 

Here are the registry entires needed, Hive #2

 

SOFTWARE\Niveus Media\Movie Library InstallLocation [INSTALLLOCATION] OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} Title Movie Library OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} Category Niveus\Movie Library OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} OnStartMenu True OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} TimeStamp #214505904 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff} *  OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{AA040069-55E7-47be-87F9-FAA4A05386E9} TimeStamp #214505904 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{AA040069-55E7-47be-87F9-FAA4A05386E9} *  OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{91870c6e-795b-47be-9c8c-5ce20df121db} TimeStamp #214505905 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{91870c6e-795b-47be-9c8c-5ce20df121db} *  OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{86F9E53C-C019-483a-8238-C0FCC17C4CE0} TimeStamp #214505906 OtherStuff
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{86F9E53C-C019-483a-8238-C0FCC17C4CE0} *  OtherStuff

I'll try and set these up via reg add.

 

-D

 

I'm not sure on the data types but here ya go:

 

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Niveus Media\Movie Library" /v InstallLocation /d "c:\extracted\Niveus Media\Movie Library"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff}"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff}" /v Title /d "Movie Library"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff}" /v Category /d "Niveus\Movie Library"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff}" /v OnStarMenu /d "True"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\Applications\{62f05a4c-c7a0-41ff-b1b7-26c4b8d739ff}" /v Timestamp /t REG_DWORD /d "214505904"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{AA040069-55E7-47be-87F9-FAA4A05386E9}" 
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{AA040069-55E7-47be-87F9-FAA4A05386E9}" /v Timestamp /t REG_DWORD /d "214505904"
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{91870c6e-795b-47be-9c8c-5ce20df121db}" 
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{91870c6e-795b-47be-9c8c-5ce20df121db}" /v Timestamp /t REG_DWORD /v "214505904" 
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{86F9E53C-C019-483a-8238-C0FCC17C4CE0}" 
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Niveus\Movie Library\{86F9E53C-C019-483a-8238-C0FCC17C4CE0}" /v

Timestamp /t REG_DWORD /d "214505904"

Any way you can dumb it down just a bit for us non-code writers

PLUCKYHD:

got it to extract but can't get the dll registered

 

It needs to run from an administrative command prompt (Right-Click "Run as Administrator").  If you run it without the /allusers switch then it only installs for the current user and won't require admin rights.

mikinho:

PLUCKYHD:

got it to extract but can't get the dll registered

 

It needs to run from an administrative command prompt (Right-Click "Run as Administrator").  If you run it without the /allusers switch then it only installs for the current user and won't require admin rights.

 

Does it actually run for you?  I've added the reg entries, and still  can't get it to start up.

 

 

PM...

A guide that us novices could use would be handy

MSBob:

PM...

 

Oh how I love this place.

 

Anyone have luck with remote shares?  My Win2k3 box is sharing my DVD's with guest account having read access over the shares.  So far it's only seeing things which are local.

 

-D

Bob i take it you got it all installed fine?, could you share with us the steps or even just send a pm, cheers mate

I second that