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WPKG FAQ

If you think you have an answer to an important question regarding WPKG, please place it here.

Is there a GUI for WPKG?

Not at the moment. But we plan to build a http backend. Check this page for details.

I modified WPKG a bit and added a feature. Can I contribute it?

Sure! Don't hesitate to inform us - if you want to contribute to development of WPKG, join the mailing list and let us know!

Do you have any examples of how to setup installing/uninstalling of programs using WPKG?

There are basic examples in the WPKG package if you download it.

You will find working examples in the Silent Installers category (you may need to modify paths to match your setup of course).

I'm getting "Unable to load specified XML document from \\server\wpkg\packages.xml" error. But packages.xml is there!

If you already checked that this file is really there, check this file for errors / typos. A common error could be missing quotation-marks ( " ), or if they are in a wrong place, or if there are two of them in a place only one is needed, or...

Try running WPKG with a /debug flag:

cscript \\server\wpkg\wpkg.js /synchronize /debug

And it will tell you where you made an error/typo.

I'm getting a Scripting host error "Automation server can't create object" and then WPKG exits

One cause for this is missing the MSXML2.domdocument.3.0 object. This will occur on a fresh install of Windows 2000 with IE5. Installing IE6 will install the required component.

Installing new MDAC Components (MDAC_TYP.exe, at least 2.8 SP1) will do the job too.

I'm getting an error "Event log file is full", and then WPKG exits

When you run WPKG as Administrator, it gives you an error, and doesn't run:

C:\>cscript \\server\wpkg\wpkg.js /synchronize /quiet /nonotify

\\server\wpkg\wpkg.js(2276, 5) (null): Event log file is full.

Users of German version of Windows will get "Die Ereignisprotokolldatei ist voll".

As the error say, your Event log is full. Either clean it, or don't log what WPKG does to the Event Log.

WPKG logs to the Event Log when /quiet flag is used. So, don't use this flag, and start WPKG like below:

cscript \\server\wpkg\wpkg.js /synchronize /quiet /nonotify >nul