Guest additions .inf files need [ClassInstall32] section => Fixed in SVN

[Brian J. Murrell]

Per ticket #1923 the .inf files that the Guest Additions installs need to have a "[ClassPath32]" section in them or the installer will fail to install them, complaining of a missing section in the .INF file.

I added this section, empty to the .inf files in c:\program files\sun\xvm bla bla\*.inf and then searched for new hardware and pointed the hardware wizard at the above dir and they finally, after many months of banging my head against the wall, installed.

Can you please ensure future Guest Additions have this change?

Thanx, b.

[pentagonik]

Hi Brian,

thanks for the fix! We will integrate it in the next upcoming version.

[Brian J. Murrell]

Just out of curiosity, any idea why this is needed in my installation only? It would seem that nobody else has had this need so far.

If you are interested in rolling up a new windows guest additions .iso for me to test, just to be sure the fix is sufficient prior to the next release, I'd be happy to test it for you.

[pentagonik]

It could be some internal behavior of Windows which needs the [ClassInstall32] (not [ClassPath32]!) section. Normally this section only is needed when an unknown device-class driver is installed (otherwise, a standard class installer gets called).