Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager Interface
Configuring Exclusions
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In some cases, you may want to avoid capturing specific data types during repackaging. For example, your
organization may never want to capture shortcuts. You can disable capture of shortcuts during repackage time,
thereby eliminating the need to exclude them later. In Snapshot mode, you may want to limit the analysis to a
certain directory to reduce the time it takes to capture the initial and final snapshot.
Project Exclusions
Each Repackager project can use a project exclusion list which marks files, registry entries, shortcuts, and
.ini
files as excluded in the Repackager project. If your process dictates that you capture everything and only exclude
items in the Repackager Interface, then you should set up commonly captured but unnecessary items from the
project by default. Because all the data from the original capture is intact, if you accidentally exclude necessary
files, you can always reinclude them from the Repackager Interface and quickly rebuild your Windows Installer
package.
OS Snapshot Exclusions
Like pre-capture repackaging exclusions, you can use the Exclusions Editor to configure exclusions to apply
during the capture of OS snapshots. However, to maximize the usefulness of OS snapshots, you should avoid
editing the default snapshot exclusion list (ISSnapshot.ini).
Exclusions and Repackager
Exclusions in Repackager refer to files, registry entries, shortcuts, and
.ini
files that are marked as excluded in the
Repackager Interface by default when you open a Repackager project or if you change your exclusions file. The
captured data is only marked as excluded and not ignored or discarded during capture. You can create an
exclusion file in the Exclusions Editor, and link it to Repackager from the
Exclusions Tab
of the
Project
Properties
dialog box in Repackager.
Exclusions and the OS Snapshot Wizard
When using the Exclusions Editor to configure analysis options for capturing OS snapshots, you are creating an
exclusion list for files, directories,
.ini
files,
.ini
file sections, and registry data. Items in the exclusion list are not
captured during the OS snapshot process, and will not be included in the OS snapshot file which is created.
Launching Exclusions Editor
The Exclusions Editor can be launched either within the Repackager interface or outside of Repackager. You can
edit the default exclusions file,
isrepackager.ini
, using either interface.
However, if you want to create a new, custom exclusions file, you must launch the Exclusions Editor outside of
Repackager.
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Launching Exclusions Editor Outside of Repackager
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Launching Exclusions Editor Within Repackager
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