Remove inf-wizard from the formal release
mcuee opened this issue · 9 comments
As mentioned in the wiki, "The installer from libusb-win32 does not either under Windows 7/10, please use the GUI installer from libusbK or Zadig". So I think it is better to just remove the inf-wizard GUI from the release.
BTW, the filter installer wizard GUI works fine so please keep it.
I know older Windows versions are not supported, but if I want to do some testing on them (where also latest Zadig cannot be used), can I just grab the inf-wizard from e.g. 1.2.6 and use it with the new libusb-win32 release files?
I do not mind removing it, if it serves no purpose any more.
- Why does it not work? Is it because it does not test sign the result?
I do not mind removing it, if it serves no purpose any more.
- Why does it not work? Is it because it does not test sign the result?
Correct.
libusbk inf-wizard uses dpscat which then use libwdi. dpscat mainly does the following. BTW dpscat is generic and it can be used for generic driver packages (no need to be a USB driver).
https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/FAQ#What_are_these_USBVID_PID_MI__Autogenerated_certificates_that_libwdi_installs_in_the_Trusted_certificate_stores
I think there is no point to reinvent the wheel as Zadig and libusbk inf wizard provide enough options for the users. Some people like Zadig and some people like libusbk inf wizard.
Zadig/libwdi: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi
dpscat and libusbk-inf-wizard:
https://github.com/mcuee/libusbk/tree/master/libusbK/src/dpscat
https://github.com/mcuee/libusbk/tree/master/libusbK/src/inf-wizard2
I know older Windows versions are not supported, but if I want to do some testing on them (where also latest Zadig cannot be used), can I just grab the inf-wizard from e.g. 1.2.6 and use it with the new libusb-win32 release files?
libusb-win32 1.2.7.2 inf-wizard should work under Windows XP.
Zadig 2.2 and prior versions support Windows XP. You can rebuild Zadig 2.2 from libwdi source codes with newer signed version of libusb0,sys (eg: libusb0.sys 1.2.7.2)
I am not so sure if anyone still wantss to use Windows 2k. You will be stuck with libusb0.sys 1.2.6.0 in that case. ANd just in case, for Windows 98SE/ME, then you are stuck with libusb0.sys 0.1.12.2.
I think there is no point to reinvent the wheel as Zadig and libusbk inf wizard provide enough options for the users. Some people like Zadig and some people like libusbk inf wizard.
Agree, i am fond of every library having its own purpose. Lets purge this from libusb-win32 as it makes our life easier!
It has been nuked.
What about libwdi and "install-filter" and "install-filter-gui". Should we nuke them too?
libwdi is out of date and maintained elsewhere: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi by Pete Batard
Looks good. I will close this.