i386 folder

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My Windows XP Prof is updated to SP3 and I have a slipstreamed CD of the
software.
I checked my C:\i386 folder and non of the files in it is newer than 2007. I
assume that i386 folder files are not updated when you have automatic
updates from Microsoft or when you install a service pack.
My question is how can I delete and than create a new i386 folder from the
winxp SP3 CD. which files folders I copy from the CD to the folder?

 

[Peter Foldes]

You can delete that folder(i386) and to get it back using your WinXP SP3 reformat your computer with it. Simple but effective.



Seriously just leave it be

 

[Tatar]

I do not want to reformat my computer. All I asked was how to update the
i386 folder.
You can delete that folder(i386) and to get it back using your WinXP SP3
reformat your computer with it. Simple but effective.



Seriously just leave it be

 

[Gerry]

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Peter was saying leave it as it is. His first suggestion was not meant
to be taken seriously.

On my computer there are a number of i386 folders. The important folder
is C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386. If you look at the contents you
will that they have been updated nothwithstanding that the date the
folder was created when Windows XP was first installed. The date the
folder was modified should be the date the system was updated to SP3.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Tatar]

Thanks Gerry but as I see it C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder
contains SP3 files. What I wanted to do was to update C:\i386 folder and to
set it as default for windows to look for every time something needs
updating - instead of asking me to put Windows CD into the drive.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Why don't you try to do that in Device Manager, by pretending you want to
Update a Driver, and set the path in there.

 

[Gerry]

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Why would you want to update a folder when it is already up to date? I
do not understand your logic?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[Paul Montgomery]

Thanks Gerry but as I see it C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder
contains SP3 files. What I wanted to do was to update C:\i386 folder and to
set it as default for windows to look for every time something needs
updating - instead of asking me to put Windows CD into the drive.

http://www.petri.co.il/change_default_location_of_the_i386_folder.htm

 

[Bill in Co.]

I think he just wants to set the default path, that's all. So that next
time it will be there as the default, instead of the CD or whatever.

 

[Gerry]

Bill

Since I made my post I have been researching i386 folders and using it
in conjunction with System File Checker. It seems to be much more
complicated than I originally thought. I have over 20 i386 folders on my
c partition.

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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[R. McCarty]

To bypass use of ServicePackFiles, you need to extract the SP3 module.
You then use the Update executable to embed the SP3 code into the i386
folder. You can find examples of the update command syntax in many of
the Slipstreaming documents available on the web. Once updated the path
for SFC ( repopulating DllCache ) will still have the "ServicePackFiles" in
place so making Registry changes is necessary.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Actually, I'm not even sure he should try to set that up as the default
path. Maybe a better one would be \windows\inf. (unless I'm mistaken)
At least that's the default one for driver installations, I think.