AutoPatcher 5.6 answer file

[aaronpriest]

I have a quick question regarding the answer files: I can't seem to get 5.6 to check only the uninstalled modules, if I use an answer file it always checks modules whether they are blue or not. 5.1's answer file was a different structure in notepad I've noticed, where there was a + or - and a hierarchy, such as Recommended Updates. 5.6's structure seems to just list every module checked with no hierarchy or +/-. Is there a way to use an answer file in 5.6 but have it NOT check the already installed updates in blue?

Thanks for the help!

Aaron

[akaladis Veteran]

i think answer files are applied before the item is detected as installed so blue items should not be checked when an answer files is loaded... ill have to double check...

[aaronpriest]

i think answer files are applied before the item is detected as installed so blue items should not be checked when an answer files is loaded... ill have to double check...

I must be doing something funky then. I'm having the same problem with 2003 and WinXP 5.6, whether I run them from a network share with a batch file or from a local drive with no script. Everything in the answer file gets checked whether it's blue or not. I'll keep tinkering...

[akaladis Veteran]

nah, my bad... answer files were applied regardless of install-state.

here's a fixed .exe which solves 3 bugs:

- fixed ctrl + i

- blue items are now not selected, even if mentioned by an answer file

- fixed duplicate word in titlebar, when rti files includes the word "AutoPatcher"

autopatcher5.6.73.zip

[aaronpriest]

Thanks Raptor, that did the trick! You guys have done a herculean effort getting 5.6 out the door and I'm quite impressed that you could find so many things to improve over 5.1. My favorite new feature is the maximize button as simple as that sounds. Haha! I'll be a donating member when my next paycheck arrives! :D

[Trezona]

nah, my bad... answer files were applied regardless of install-state.

here's a fixed .exe which solves 3 bugs:

- fixed ctrl + i

- blue items are now not selected, even if mentioned by an answer file

- fixed duplicate word in titlebar, when rti files includes the word "AutoPatcher"

Has this updated .exe been updated to the main May core relese yet?

(Just need to know)

[akaladis Veteran]

^ no, it was updated a little after the may releases

[jfree81762]

I was gonna post this same issue this weekend when I had more time to explain it like aaronpriest did. Thank you for spelling it out much better than I could. New EXE fixes that prob fine!

[Netpro_LA]

Why would the answer file not load checked blue items,

what is the significance of the blue items,

what if I need to load them via answer file?

Thanks

Tommy

nah, my bad... answer files were applied regardless of install-state.

here's a fixed .exe which solves 3 bugs:

- fixed ctrl + i

- blue items are now not selected, even if mentioned by an answer file

- fixed duplicate word in titlebar, when rti files includes the word "AutoPatcher"

[+theblazingangel MVC]

blue items are ones that are detected as already installed

[vibes]

this may 2007 version of autopatcher is not picking up the default answerfile that i specify .. plus its not also detecting all the windows updates at all !!! for example ... i didn't had windows's recent updates installed , so when i ran it in un-attended mode then only 14 updates were installed !!!! and when i checked manually ... NO such problem was there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! still FEB 2007 edition rocked for me ...... lets hope i'm not able to see the command line arguments properly ???

autopatcher.exe /noeula /unattend /nobackup /defaults:defaults.aaf

anyone can help me ????

[gandolas]

^ Check here.

And don't post the exact same question in two threads.

[vibes]

^ Check here.

And don't post the exact same question in two threads.

Welll even I am educated at least so much to find out about the switches !!!!!!! ..

What I was trying to say was that ... when I run the Autopatcher for May 2007 in un-attended mode then it doesn't detects all windows updates required!!!!...... and secondly it doesn't picks the answer file either !! ..

u just gave me the link of the autopatcher command line switches theory !!!!!! I know that all !!!! I need practical analysis of the problem rather than its theoretical links !

hey actually i noticed some changes in autopatcher command liners ... lets hope this works ..

thanks !

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

Welll even I am educated at least so much to find out about the switches !!!!!!! ..

What I was trying to say was that ... when I run the Autopatcher for May 2007 in un-attended mode then it doesn't detects all windows updates required!!!!...... and secondly it doesn't picks the answer file either !! ..

u just gave me the link of the autopatcher command line switches theory !!!!!! I know that all !!!! I need practical analysis of the problem rather than its theoretical links !

hey actually i noticed some changes in autopatcher command liners ... lets hope this works ..

thanks !

/defaults no longer exists. Use /answerfile instead

[gandolas]

^^ If you read there, you would see, as M2Ys4U pointed, that /defaults no longer exists. And if you don't know the theory, you can use it.

[darthyoda6]

nah, my bad... answer files were applied regardless of install-state.

here's a fixed .exe which solves 3 bugs:

- blue items are now not selected, even if mentioned by an answer file

Is it possible to have the load all even if installed as an option somehow. Reason I ask is every time there is a new update of the program and we want to updated are answer list, we have to start all over every month. With the .72 version, it makes it easier to add to the list.