How to create ACPHO rescue media with AUR included
This tutorial is intended to help users create Acronis (ACPHO or ATI) WinPE rescue media that includes AUR (Universal Restore).
The method uses the MVP Assistant tool (created by MVP BrunoC) and assumes that the user has already extracted this tool to a local PC folder in order to run this (as Administrator).
In summary, the process is as follows:
- Use the AUR media builder tool and create WinPE media using the WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) option with the media as a .WIM file.
- Using the MVP Assistant tool, select the AUR .WIM file as the Source for a new Project.
Note: You need to Import the AUR.XML file (see below) in the Advanced customisation panel of the MVP Assistant tool in order to tell the tool how to setup a launch button in the media for AUR (otherwise the user would have to do this manually via an Explorer app).
AUR.XML file with entries for all current versions of AUR used by ATI 2021 & ACPHO
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install>
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
Note: The above XML covers the change by Acronis from using UniversalRestore for the AUR folder name to using BackupAndRecovery as the folder name in the latest version of AUR with ACPHO 40338 (and later).
See the further posts below for detailed steps:


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Steve, thanks for putting this out there. Very useful.
As a time saver... if there are no extra drivers or packages to be installed (generally not), then instead of switching to Advanced mode it can be left in E-Z mode and go right to the Build option. When in easy mode, the Build choice will automatically mount the image, install the required packages and queued programs and then unmount the image before creating the media.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation, Steve. But I am stuck here:
Acronis Universal Restore has been downloaded and installed from your installed ACPHO or ATI application.
The AUR box in the TI panel won't work so i can't download it. From your signature I downloaded from this page - https://kb.acronis.com/content/59335 - but it says to turn off the protection setting and that doesn't exist in my version so I am wondering if that is what I should use?
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The link in my signature is to the older MVP Custom PE Builder tool (KB 59335) which is not the tool to be used here. You need to use the MVP Assistant tool.
MVP Assistant - New 2.0 with Rescue Media Builder (New Version 2.3.2)
For the AUR not launching from the TI Tools panel, then as advised in your other topic, uninstall AUR via the normal options (Control Panel > Programs & Features or Settings > Apps), then try the option again.
Alternatively, try a repair install of TI to see if that changes anything but I suspect that you may have a mismatch between the installed versions of TI and UR.
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I did try that version initially but when I installed it there wasn't a restore builder option in it, that I could see. I thought I may have misunderstood your instructions so I tried the older version.
The AUR program isn't listed in the control panel so I couldn't use that option. I thought I would dig out my last install file and see if there was a rebuild in it. But when I looked in that location I saw an AUR install program. I tried that and it did install. I ran it and create a restore disk. Then the fun began. :(
I rebooted to that disk to make sure it would work. But when it got to the last step of displaying the backup files it failed due to not being able to find the USB ports. I figured I did something wrong and rebooted so I could do it again. Unfortunately, it appears to have destroyed all of the drivers since I could not reboot into Windows. I tried many things but ended up doing a restore from yesterday. However, even now, when I reboot I get the message to open the acronis loader even though that disk is not in the drive. Will that ever go away?
I don't know what I should do at this point. I can't afford risking my system again but I need to be able to have an emergency backup. Any thoughts?
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Tilden, if you are working with either Windows 10 or 11, then it is unlikely that you will need AUR as Windows does a much better job of identifying new hardware and finding drivers.
For the Acronis Loader issue, check that you don't have the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager feature installed / enabled. Beyond that, then it may be best to continue any discussion in a different topic rather than this tutorial.
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Hi Steve, thanks for this tutorial... I am using the XML code you presented here for AUR and I am using MVP Assistant 2.7.3 and when installing the AUR it says pending... then "not installed" I look at the log file and it says:
08-23-2023 22:49:49 Info Unnstalling Acronis Universal Restore
But no log indication that it was even installed to start with.
for some reason I am unable to upload the actual log file (the file could not be uploaded), so here is the text
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.3.0) ------------
08-23-2023 22:39:28 Info Project created in folder T:\Rescue Builds\1a AUR-ACPHO-MacroritPRO-All\
08-23-2023 22:39:41 Info WIM Source .wim file: C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps\AUR_WinRE_Wim_File\AcronisWIMMedia.wim
08-23-2023 22:39:41 Info Acquiring .wim file to project ...
08-23-2023 22:39:41 Info Successfuly acquired .wim file to project.
08-23-2023 22:39:44 Info Running in EZ-Mode
08-23-2023 22:39:51 Info Mounting wim...
08-23-2023 22:39:55 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
08-23-2023 22:39:55 Info Installing applications...
08-23-2023 22:39:56 Info Installing Boot Initializer
08-23-2023 22:39:56 Info Installing Icons
08-23-2023 22:39:56 Info Installing SetRes, SetDPI
08-23-2023 22:39:56 Info Installing Power Button
08-23-2023 22:39:56 Info Installing Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338
08-23-2023 22:39:58 Info Unnstalling Acronis Universal Restore
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing Macrorit Partition Expert Pro
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing A56 File Management Utility
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing CrystalDiskInfo HDD/SSD Utility
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing Monitor Settings Button
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing Command Prompt Button
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing Registry Editor Button
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing Task Manager Button
08-23-2023 22:39:59 Info Installing Notepad2 Text Editor
08-23-2023 22:40:00 Info Installing PE Network
08-23-2023 22:40:00 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
08-23-2023 22:40:00 Info Installing HWiNFO Hardware Analyzer
08-23-2023 22:40:00 Info Installing 7-Zip
08-23-2023 22:40:01 Info Installing Explorer++ File Explorer
08-23-2023 22:40:01 Info Installing Notepad++ Text Editor
08-23-2023 22:40:01 Info Installing Sumatra PDF Reader
08-23-2023 22:40:02 Info Installing Driver Viewer
08-23-2023 22:40:02 Info Installing Pale Moon Web Browser
08-23-2023 22:40:03 Info Installing Launch Bar
08-23-2023 22:40:03 Info Unmounting wim...
08-23-2023 22:40:21 Info Preparing media
08-23-2023 22:40:21 Info Installing Unattend.xml
08-23-2023 22:40:21 Info Formatting J: ...
08-23-2023 22:40:33 Info Copying files to J: ...
08-23-2023 22:40:39 Error Failed to copy files to drive J:, The operation was canceled.
08-23-2023 22:46:22 Info Project closed
Thanks for taking a look
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Bob, sorry for the delay in responding to your issue - it has proven a little more difficult to get to the bottom of what is happening!
The 'Info Unnstalling Acronis Universal Restore' looks to be an issue when using E-Z mode which I didn't catch initially as I tend to always use the Advanced mode!
The second issue is a little more complicated as this tutorial was created last year on an earlier version of ACPHO #40173 along with AUR but Acronis in their wisdom have changed the location of where AUR is located in WinPE media for build #40338 which in turns renders my AUR.XML file invalid!
This change now results in the following AUR.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Applications> <App name="AUR" description="Acronis Universal Restore" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="yes"> <Install programfolder="BackupAndRecovery"> <LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" /> </Install> <Uninstall> <DeleteProgramFolder programfolder="BackupAndRecovery" /> </Uninstall> </App> </Applications>
So, the bottom line here is to use Advanced mode along with the new XML file.
Note: you will need to Remove the old entry in the MVP Assistant advanced settings then Import the modified file unless you choose to edit the previous file to replace 'UniversalRestore' with 'BackupAndRecovery' in the path lines.
I will let Bruno know about the issue with E-Z Mode along with the typo for AUR.
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Hi Steve Thanks for the update and insights....
I updated the XML file inside the MVP Assistant program and changed from EZ mode to Advanced and the log shows the same... Uninstall of AUR
I'll take a look and see if the location on my PC is correct for the AUR program, I kinda figured this may be at least part of the problem, of which you updated, but I can't find the path you stated in the updated XML.
> I took a look at my installed files for ACPHO and I have the following directories
C:\Program Files\Acronis\CyberProtect
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\Agent
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\CyberProtectHomeOffice
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\DiskDirector
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\UniversalRestore
I could not find a folder/file labeled
C:\ProgramFiles\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe or anything similar to that
I did find a file in this folder
C:\ProgramData\Acronis
UniversalRestore_version.txt
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MAJOR_VERSION=11
MINOR_VERSION=7
BUILD_NUMBER=40263
I found this folder but don't see any file related to trueimage_starter
C:\ProgramData\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery
So I can't find where Universal Restore is actually installed, and I do have it installed
Ah Ha...! I think I found it!!!
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\UniversalRestore\WinPE
In this folder (WinPE) there are two UNextracted ZIP files
WinPE32.zip
WinPE64.zip
and I extracted the WinPE64.zip and have this
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\UniversalRestore\WinPE\Files
and within that Files folder I have trueimage.exe and trueimage_starter.exe
So I will I'll update the location you provided for the exe as well as the icon exe in the XML and try that out
I'll let you know how it goes but I wonder why the Zip files aren't extracted? are we able to somehow access a zip file and obtain what we need without it being extracted????? Anyway the path would need to be updated to either the zip file or the extracted location.... so not sure what is the best way....
Thanks for the help
Here is the Log file:
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.3.0) ------------
08-25-2023 20:55:49 Info Project created in folder T:\Rescue Builds\1a AUR-ACPHO-MacroritPRO-All\
08-25-2023 20:57:27 Info WIM Source .wim file: C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps\AUR_WinRE_Wim_File\AcronisWIMMedia.wim
08-25-2023 20:57:27 Info Acquiring .wim file to project ...
08-25-2023 20:57:28 Info Successfuly acquired .wim file to project.
08-25-2023 20:57:46 Info Running in EZ-Mode
08-25-2023 20:59:50 Info Running in Advanced Mode
08-25-2023 21:00:37 Info Mounting image file...
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Checking for shell application...
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Installing Boot Initializer
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Installing Icons
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Installing SetRes, SetDPI
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Installing Power Button
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Installing Launch Bar
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Checking for required packages...
08-25-2023 21:00:42 Info Image successfully mounted
08-25-2023 21:05:55 Info Installing selected driver updates...
08-25-2023 21:06:18 Info Adding driver nv_dispig.inf succeeded
08-25-2023 21:06:18 Info Adding driver iigd_dch.inf succeeded
08-25-2023 21:06:18 Info Adding driver dglvrkdod.inf succeeded
08-25-2023 21:06:18 Info Driver updates succeeded
08-25-2023 21:10:42 Info Installing Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338
08-25-2023 21:10:44 Info Unnstalling Acronis Universal Restore
08-25-2023 21:10:45 Info Installing Macrorit Partition Expert Pro
08-25-2023 21:10:45 Info Installing A56 File Management Utility
08-25-2023 21:10:45 Info Installing CrystalDiskInfo HDD/SSD Utility
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing Monitor Settings Button
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing Maintain Acronis Settings
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing Command Prompt Button
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing Registry Editor Button
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing Task Manager Button
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing Notepad2 Text Editor
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing PE Network
08-25-2023 21:10:46 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
08-25-2023 21:10:47 Info Installing HWiNFO Hardware Analyzer
08-25-2023 21:10:47 Info Installing 7-Zip
08-25-2023 21:10:47 Info Installing Explorer++ File Explorer
08-25-2023 21:10:48 Info Installing Notepad++ Text Editor
08-25-2023 21:10:48 Info Installing Sumatra PDF Reader
08-25-2023 21:10:48 Info Installing Driver Viewer
08-25-2023 21:10:48 Info Installing Pale Moon Web Browser
08-25-2023 21:10:50 Info Application installations completed
08-25-2023 21:15:21 Info Unmounting image...
08-25-2023 21:16:19 Info Image successfully unmounted
08-25-2023 21:17:41 Info Preparing media
08-25-2023 21:17:42 Info Installing Unattend.xml
08-25-2023 21:17:42 Info Formatting J: ...
08-25-2023 21:18:23 Info Copying files to J: ...
Also "Pale Moon" browser I probably need to add some network drivers? as I get an unable to connect to internet type of message when trying to run MVP Assistant from the bootable USB drive... I'll have to figure that one out yet, as I have no clue on how to inject that driver needed if that is the case?
Thanks again for all the help
Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
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Hi Steve I updated my XML file to the following of what I thought would be correct from what I wrote earlier and ran the process in Advanced mode.
Here is my XML code, maybe not right syntax or path?:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AUR" description="Acronis Universal Restore" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="yes">
<Install programfolder="UniversalRestore">
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\WinPE\Files\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\WinPE\Files\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder programfolder="UniversalRestore" />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
.......................................
Here is my log file showing still AUR being uninstalled:
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.3.0) ------------
08-25-2023 23:20:12 Info Project created in folder T:\Rescue Builds\1a AUR-ACPHO-MacroritPRO-All\
08-25-2023 23:20:12 Info Running in Advanced Mode
08-25-2023 23:20:50 Info WIM Source .wim file: C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps\AUR_WinRE_Wim_File\AcronisWIMMedia.wim
08-25-2023 23:20:50 Info Acquiring .wim file to project ...
08-25-2023 23:20:51 Info Successfuly acquired .wim file to project.
08-25-2023 23:21:24 Info Mounting image file...
08-25-2023 23:21:28 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
08-25-2023 23:21:28 Info Checking for shell application...
08-25-2023 23:21:28 Info Installing Boot Initializer
08-25-2023 23:21:29 Info Installing Icons
08-25-2023 23:21:29 Info Installing SetRes, SetDPI
08-25-2023 23:21:29 Info Installing Power Button
08-25-2023 23:21:29 Info Installing Launch Bar
08-25-2023 23:21:29 Info Checking for required packages...
08-25-2023 23:21:29 Info Image successfully mounted
08-25-2023 23:23:47 Info Installing selected driver updates...
08-25-2023 23:24:01 Info Adding driver nv_dispig.inf succeeded
08-25-2023 23:24:01 Info Adding driver iigd_dch.inf succeeded
08-25-2023 23:24:01 Info Adding driver dglvrkdod.inf succeeded
08-25-2023 23:24:01 Info Driver updates succeeded
08-25-2023 23:28:52 Info Installing Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338
08-25-2023 23:28:54 Info Unnstalling Acronis Universal Restore
08-25-2023 23:28:55 Info Installing Macrorit Partition Expert Pro
08-25-2023 23:28:55 Info Installing A56 File Management Utility
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing CrystalDiskInfo HDD/SSD Utility
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing Monitor Settings Button
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing Maintain Acronis Settings
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing Command Prompt Button
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing Registry Editor Button
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing Task Manager Button
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing Notepad2 Text Editor
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing PE Network
08-25-2023 23:28:56 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
08-25-2023 23:28:57 Info Installing HWiNFO Hardware Analyzer
08-25-2023 23:28:57 Info Installing 7-Zip
08-25-2023 23:28:57 Info Installing Explorer++ File Explorer
08-25-2023 23:28:57 Info Installing Notepad++ Text Editor
08-25-2023 23:28:58 Info Installing Sumatra PDF Reader
08-25-2023 23:28:58 Info Installing Driver Viewer
08-25-2023 23:28:58 Info Installing Pale Moon Web Browser
08-25-2023 23:29:00 Info Application installations completed
08-25-2023 23:30:56 Info Unmounting image...
Take a look and let me know what or where I went wrong? maybe having to do with the path of where AUR is located?
Thanks
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Bob, sorry but after consulting with Bruno (author / creator of the Assistant tool) I have a better understanding of what has been going awry here!
My current AUR.XML when uninstalling was completely removing the AUR program folder from the WIM hence trying to reinstall the option was not successful!
Bruno suggested the following change to the XML for just adding in the launch bar button (which is essentially all it was doing anyway!).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install programfolder="BackupAndRecovery\AURButton">
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder programfolder="BackupAndRecovery\AURButton" />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
The above change means that any uninstall only removes the button folder not all of AUR, and is working fine when I have tested it.
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.3.0) ------------
08-26-2023 09:49:40 Info Project created in folder C:\MVP\Base\AUR\
08-26-2023 09:49:41 Info Running in Advanced Mode
08-26-2023 09:50:09 Info WIM Source .wim file: C:\MVP\Base\AUR.wim
08-26-2023 09:50:09 Info Acquiring .wim file to project ...
08-26-2023 09:50:10 Info Successfuly acquired .wim file to project.
08-26-2023 09:50:23 Info Mounting image file...
08-26-2023 09:50:48 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
08-26-2023 09:50:48 Info Checking for shell application...
08-26-2023 09:50:48 Info Installing Boot Initializer
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing Icons
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing SetRes, SetDPI
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing Power Button
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing Command Prompt Button
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing Registry Editor Button
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing Task Manager Button
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Installing Launch Bar
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Checking for required packages...
08-26-2023 09:50:49 Info Image successfully mounted
08-26-2023 09:51:13 Info Installing Maintain Acronis Settings
08-26-2023 09:51:14 Info Installing Monitor Settings Button
08-26-2023 09:51:14 Info Installing Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338
08-26-2023 09:51:18 Info Installing 7-Zip
08-26-2023 09:51:18 Info Installing A43 File Management Utility
08-26-2023 09:51:18 Info Installing Explorer++ File Explorer
08-26-2023 09:51:19 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
08-26-2023 09:51:19 Info Installing Notepad++ Text Editor
08-26-2023 09:51:20 Info Installing PE Network
08-26-2023 09:51:20 Info Application installations completed
08-26-2023 09:51:32 Info Installing Acronis Universal Restore Button
08-26-2023 09:51:33 Info Application installations completed
08-26-2023 09:52:09 Info Committing image changes...
08-26-2023 09:52:38 Info Changes successfully committed
08-26-2023 09:53:39 Info Unmounting image...
08-26-2023 09:54:49 Info Image successfully unmounted
08-26-2023 09:54:58 Info Preparing media
08-26-2023 09:55:00 Info Installing Unattend.xml
08-26-2023 09:55:04 Info Successfully created ISO
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Thanks Steve, However I am still getting AUR Unistalled issue
I have tried using both E-Z Mode and Advanced using your new updated XML script (even though the path you provided in your script doesn't exitst on my system) So then I tried it using my own script updating with the path I have on my system both E-Z Mode & Advanced and still can't get AUR to install....
I tried Your Script:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install programfolder="BackupAndRecovery\AURButton">
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder programfolder="BackupAndRecovery\AURButton" />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
.....................................
And mine
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install programfolder="UniversalRestore\AURButton">
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\WinPE\Files\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\WinPE\Files\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder programfolder="UniversalRestore\AURButton" />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
..........................................
Not sure what I'm doing wrong...I'll have to come back to this another day
I'm not sure if I have to use my XML script path or yours?
Thanks again
Bob
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Steve... I just realized that maybe you have some other AUR program installed on your PC and it is named BackupAndRecovery? The one I have installed from Acronis is called Universal Restore.
Maybe this has something to do with it?
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Hey Steve, In closing up my session with all this I made my last USB recovery media and unselected AUR from the program list, I then went and booted up the USB, and now AUR shows up! Hum all so strange. It must be something with using the wim file created through the Acronis AUR program and using that image to allow AUR to show up?
Also I noticed that when I close the AUR program from the booted USB it causes the machine to reboot.
I tried creating this using ADK wim file and selecting AUR and while it said AUR was installed in the Log files it doesn't show up....
Alright I am giving this all a rest
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Bob, not sure what is happening for you here but the way I established the correct path for AUR in the WIM was to boot from it (I used EasyBCD 2.4 to add it to the Windows BCD (boot manager)) then in the AUR > Tools there is an option to open the A43 editor which allowed me to check the file paths.
The folder BackupAndRecovery is a change by Acronis since ACPHO 40339 with AUR and nothing to do with a different application being used. It was UniversalRestore in earlier versions!
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Steve Smith wrote:Bob, not sure what is happening for you here but the way I established the correct path for AUR in the WIM was to boot from it (I used EasyBCD 2.4 to add it to the Windows BCD (boot manager)) then in the AUR > Tools there is an option to open the A43 editor which allowed me to check the file paths.
The folder BackupAndRecovery is a change by Acronis since ACPHO 40339 with AUR and nothing to do with a different application being used. It was UniversalRestore in earlier versions!
bonjour Steve
I was very interested in your exchanges with Bob because I encountered the same problem when I wanted to try version 7.2.3.0 of MVP_ASSISTANT
We were in touch when I embarked on the creation of ACPHO rescue media with AUR included.
I was using version 2.7.0. of MVP_ASSISTANT . I had sent you the results and everything seemed OK.
Since then I installed MVP_ASSISTANT 2.7.3 and I was very impressed with the work you did
Today I was looking for information about installing ACPHO rescue media with AUR included for version 40338 of ACPHO.
You mention the ACPHO version 40339, I am in 27.5.1.40338 (acronis configuration) and I have no directory
BackupAndRecovery on my PC
Is there an alternative?
I have another comment because I installed versions 2.7.0 and 2.7.3 installed respectively on the MVP_ASS_2-7-0-2 and MVP_ASS_2.7.3.0 directories
Unfortunately, I didn't notice immediately that in the -> general parameter part both wizards used the same directory (C:programDataMVP UserApps Assistant)
So I had a mix of apps that didn't help the situation.
Last point for Bruno I think :
The time zone management for the resulting media is almost perfect (-1h)
because daylight saving time is active on the Windows 10 system of the PC.
Would a setting be possible?
Thanks
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Today I was looking for information about installing ACPHO rescue media with AUR included for version 40338 of ACPHO.
You mention the ACPHO version 40339, I am in 27.5.1.40338 (acronis configuration) and I have no directory
BackupAndRecovery on my PC
Is there an alternative?
My typo for ACPHO version 40339 - should have been 40338 !
The version of AUR depends on the method used to obtain it as I understand. If you download from your Acronis account webpage then you will get an old version of AUR that uses the alternative UniversalRestore directory, but if you use the link from within the ACPHO > Tools section, you will get the most recent version of AUR that uses the BackupAndRecovery directory!
See the initial post of this topic where I posted two versions of the AUR.XML with the different directory paths!
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Steve Smith wrote:Today I was looking for information about installing ACPHO rescue media with AUR included for version 40338 of ACPHO.
You mention the ACPHO version 40339, I am in 27.5.1.40338 (acronis configuration) and I have no directory
BackupAndRecovery on my PC
Is there an alternative?My typo for ACPHO version 40339 - should have been 40338 !
The version of AUR depends on the method used to obtain it as I understand. If you download from your Acronis account webpage then you will get an old version of AUR that uses the alternative UniversalRestore directory, but if you use the link from within the ACPHO > Tools section, you will get the most recent version of AUR that uses the BackupAndRecovery directory!
See the initial post of this topic where I posted two versions of the AUR.XML with the different directory paths!
Hello Steve
I am quite sure I downloaded the version using the ACPHO link> tools.
I still followed your request and performed a new extraction
I get a file AUR.Wim exactly of the same size as the previous one.
So according to your AUR.XML file contents ACPHO#40338
I searched '%ProgramFiles%\AcronisBackupAndRecovery\' on my PC and found nothing,
the only directory of '%ProgramFiles\%Acronis' is CyberProtect
I then searched on my PC for an AcronisBackupAndRecovery directory and found this
directory:
C:\ProgramData\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\MMSData\DML
Below is a search screenshot
Ce PC > W10P64 (SYS_ 1-M2)(C:) > ProgramData > Acronis > BackupAndRecovery > MMSData > DML
Followed by files
F4CEEE47-042C-4828-95A0-DE44EC267A28.db3 02/09/2023 22:31 Fichier D83 616Ko
F4CEEE47-042C-4828-95A0-DE44EC267A28.db3-shm 03/09/2023 06:48 Fichier D83-SHM 32Ko
F4CEEE47-042C-4828-95A0-DE44EC267A28.db3-wal 03/09/2023 07:03 Fichier D83-WAL 371Ko
mms_data_path_maker 23/03/2023 08:50 Fichier OKo
I'm sorry but I really don't understand what's going on with this release ACPHO 40338
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I searched '%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\' on my PC and found nothing,
the only directory of '%ProgramFiles\%Acronis' is CyberProtect
I think that the confusion here is that the %ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ path is found within the .WIM file so can only be found when you have booted the rescue media or have mounted the WIM file.
The MVP Assistant rescue media builder offers an option to Explore the mounted WIM.
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Steve Smith wrote:I searched '%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\' on my PC and found nothing,
the only directory of '%ProgramFiles\%Acronis' is CyberProtectI think that the confusion here is that the %ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ path is found within the .WIM file so can only be found when you have booted the rescue media or have mounted the WIM file.
The MVP Assistant rescue media builder offers an option to Explore the mounted WIM.
Thank you Steve, I understand the reason for my failures.
I just opened my last project and edit the image but I can't find
the option to explore the mounted WIM file
Can you give me some details?
Thank you in advance
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You need to open your Project then Mount the Image before the option to Explore will be offered.
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And you must be running the media builder in Advanced Mode to manually mount and explore the image.
Also, before unmounting the image, but sure to close the Explorer windows as the process to unmount an image can fail if anything is accessing it.
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BrunoC wrote:And you must be running the media builder in Advanced Mode to manually mount and explore the image.
Also, before unmounting the image, but sure to close the Explorer windows as the process to unmount an image can fail if anything is accessing it.
Hello Bruno
I just tried the experiment but unfortunately does not work as I wanted
The launch bar does not correspond to what I expected, however I find well (in part)
the necessary elements in the media boot directory
I retrieved the contents of the file.txt associated with the LaunchBar and it seems to me that one has a mixture
with different versions of MVP_ASSISTANT
I can explain this by an error made when I installed version 2.7.3, I reported it to Steve by
A message (on this forum) of 2/09/2023
I attach below the copy of the text displayed in the LaunchBar
LARGE=1
POSITION=2
CENTER=1
ONTOP=1
Power;%ProgramFiles%\MVPRescue\PowerButton; ;%ProgramFiles%\MVPRescue\Icons\Power.ico
Command Prompt;%ComSpec%
Registry Editor;%SystemRoot%\regedit.exe
Task Manager;%SystemRoot%\System32\taskmgr.exe
Monitor Settings;cmd.exe;/k "%ProgramFiles%\MonitorSettings\MonitorSettingsCmd.bat";%ProgramFiles%\MonitorSettings\Monitor2.ico
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\CyberProtectHomeOffice\CyberProtectHomeOffice.exe
AUR;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe; ;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe
AUR;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe; ;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe
PENetwork;%ProgramFiles%\PENetwork\PENetwork.exe
IrfanView;%ProgramFiles%\IrfanView\i_view64.exe
A56;%ProgramFiles%\A56\A56x64\A56.exe
Notepad++;%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe
DriverView;%ProgramFiles%\DriverView\DriverView.exe
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Alemax, I see two buttons defined for AUR. It looks like you have two versions of an AUR app installed. There should only be one.
The app(s) that Steve produced are only to establish a button on the Launch Bar. You should uninstall the one that refers to a folder that does not exist... either ...\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery or ...\Acronis\UniversalRestore.
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Steve, looking at the top post your AUR.XML file contents ACPHO build #40173, it appears that uninstalling will completely delete the ...\Acronis\UniversalRestore folder. Don't you need to add the \AURButton subfolder as you did in the second XML file?
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Steve, upon further consideration, I think you can have just one app XML to handle either case...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install>
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
I have removed the programfolder attributes which will then cause the folder ...\Acronis\AURButton to be created to indicate this app is installed. There is a Launch Bar button for each version, but the LaunchBar app will not place a button if the target is not found so on boot you should only get a button for the actual installed app...or no button if there is not Universal Restore app.
I have not tested this, but I think it should work.
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Bruno, thanks for all your input and shared knowledge. I have updated the two separate XML files in my initial post for this topic, plus with your further combined XML, I think that all the bases should be covered!
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Steve, the point of the combined one is to completely replace the two separate files in the initial post. Do you see a reason to keep two separate ones?
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BrunoC wrote:Steve, the point of the combined one is to completely replace the two separate files in the initial post. Do you see a reason to keep two separate ones?
No, but like yourself I haven't had time to test the new combined XML as yet...
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BrunoC wrote:Steve, the point of the combined one is to completely replace the two separate files in the initial post. Do you see a reason to keep two separate ones?
If I understood correctly, I could install the AUR.XML common to both versions and perform some tests
Am I Right ?
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Yes, you are right - please do test the latest common XML.
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Steve Smith wrote:Yes, you are right - please do test the latest common XML.
I test first with the MVP 2.7.0 MVP_ASSISTANT (it worked before with ACPHO 40173) and now it is working OK with ACPHO 40338
I will not have time to-day to test with MVP_ASSISTANT 2.7.3
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I can confirm that the revised, combined XML works for both ACPHO and ATI 2021 versions of AUR without the need for separate files.
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Alemax, your results indicate MVPAssistant is still using the old AUR.xml file. After you make changes to the xml file for any app., you need to go back to the Settings/Advanced Customization menu and highlight the App. you changed. Then click the Import button and select the xml file. Then click the Save button to tell MVPAssistant to use the new version of the xml file. That should make it work for you with both builds of ACPHO.
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Mustang wrote:Alemax, your results indicate MVPAssistant is still using the old AUR.xml file. After you make changes to the xml file for any app., you need to go back to the Settings/Advanced Customization menu and highlight the App. you changed. Then click the Import button and select the xml file. Then click the Save button to tell MVPAssistant to use the new version of the xml file. That should make it work for you with both builds of ACPHO.
Are you talking about the version with MVP_ASSISTANT 2.7.0 ?
I just checked: the version of AUR.XML seems correct to me and contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Applications>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install>
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
In addition, I started testing with version MVP_ASSISTANT 2.7.3
For the moment it is not operational
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Alemax wrote:In addition, I started testing with version MVP_ASSISTANT 2.7.3
For the moment it is not operational
Can you please explain this... why is version 2.7.3 not operational?
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BrunoC wrote:Alemax wrote:In addition, I started testing with version MVP_ASSISTANT 2.7.3
For the moment it is not operationalCan you please explain this... why is version 2.7.3 not operational?
II got some launchBar.txt quite same problem described in my message of Mon, 09/04/2023 - 11:39
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This is not a problem with 2.7.3. I don't know exactly what your issue is because I don't know what apps you've installed in the build and I don't know what is actually happening that is not operational.
From the Advanced Customization, I think you need to remove some AUR things which are no longer valid. You may still have the older apps in the list.
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BrunoC wrote:This is not a problem with 2.7.3. I don't know exactly what your issue is because I don't know what apps you've installed in the build and I don't know what is actually happening that is not operational.
From the Advanced Customization, I think you need to remove some AUR things which are no longer valid. You may still have the older apps in the list.
Hello Bruno
I'm still trying to figure out what's going on.
I noticed that the mounted image that I am going to explore (Image>Explore) does not contain the expected directories but only
Acronis
AURButton
CyberProtectHomeOffice
When I look at the UserAppList.xml of this version I see that AUR is called this way
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install>
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder />
</Uninstall>
I thought that since AUR has not yet been mounted the AUR installation in AcronisBAckupAndRecovery is failing
I looked at what was happening with version 2.7.0 of MVP_Assistant in the corresponding UserApplist.xml and it seems to me that AUR is installed and mounted before to use the AUR.XML (valid for both cases)
<Applications warning="This file is internally generated and must not be edited directly!">
<Order>
<App name="AURButton" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no" />
<App name="CyberProtectHomeOffice" visible="yes" optional="no" autoinstall="yes" />
<App name="AUR" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no" />
.... etc
</order>
<App name="AUR" description="Acronis Universal Restore" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install programfolder="UniversalRestore">
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder programfolder="UniversalRestore" />
</Uninstall>
</App>
<App name="AURButton" description="Acronis Universal Restore Button" sharedprogramfolder="Acronis" visible="yes" optional="yes" autoinstall="no">
<Install>
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
<LaunchButton name="AUR" command="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe" args=" " iconfile="%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe" iconindex="" />
</Install>
<Uninstall>
<DeleteProgramFolder />
</Uninstall>
</App>
</Applications>
I'm sorry I can't transmit files, it would be much simpler, but it only works very very rarely
regards
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Looks like you didn't use the AcronisUR.wim file as the source for the project.
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Alemax, the UserAppList.xml file is located in the MVP Assistant Data Folder, as defined in the Settings/General tab. This should be the same folder for 2.7.3 as it is for 2.7.0 and you should only be working with one UserAppList.xml file.
The larger 2.7.0 UserAppList.xml contains 2 apps of interest... AURButton and AUR. The one called AUR is defective in that if you delete the app it will actually delete the entire Acronis\UniversalRestore folder from your image. It appears that that is what happened... or Mustang is correct in that the Acronis UR wim was not the source.
The AURButton app is the correct one. All it does is set up a LaunchBar button for Universal Restore.
I think you may best need to start over in getting your configuration correct.
1. Be sure your MVP Assistant Data Folder is correct (Settings/General tab). This keeps all your personal settings and configurations between versions of the program.
2. Be sure your Rescue Media Project Base Folder is correct (Settings/Rescue Media tab). This is where your rescue projects will go.
3. Be sure your Application Storage Location is correct (Settings/Rescue Media/Advanced Customization). This is where your specific apps are located.
4. Delete the UserAppList.xml file from the data folder. It will be recreated as a default.
5. Put the AURButton app back in place...
- Select Settings/Rescue Media/Advanced Customization
- Click the New.... button
- for a short name, type AURButton. This will create and open a model XML file for editing.
- replace the <App> section with what you have shown above for the AURButton app.
- save and close the file.
- click Import... and open the AURButton folder and select the AURButton.xml file.
- click the Save button.
At that point you should have your AUR app listed in the Available applications. If the Visible box is checked, then the AUR Button app will be shown with your rescue media projects.
You will then need to create a new project by first creating a wim from the Acronis Universal Restore tool and then use that wim for your project.
From these settings, the MVP Assistant will neither install nor uninstall the AUR application. It will only install or remove the button to access the application.
Hope this helps.
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BrunoC wrote:
Alemax, the UserAppList.xml file is located in the MVP Assistant Data Folder, as defined in the Settings/General tab. This should be the same folder for 2.7.3 as it is for 2.7.0 and you should only be working with one UserAppList.xml file.
The larger 2.7.0 UserAppList.xml contains 2 apps of interest... AURButton and AUR. The one called AUR is defective in that if you delete the app it will actually delete the entire Acronis\UniversalRestore folder from your image. It appears that that is what happened... or Mustang is correct in that the Acronis UR wim was not the source.
The AURButton app is the correct one. All it does is set up a LaunchBar button for Universal Restore.
I think you may best need to start over in getting your configuration correct.
1. Be sure your MVP Assistant Data Folder is correct (Settings/General tab). This keeps all your personal settings and configurations between versions of the program.
2. Be sure your Rescue Media Project Base Folder is correct (Settings/Rescue Media tab). This is where your rescue projects will go.
3. Be sure your Application Storage Location is correct (Settings/Rescue Media/Advanced Customization). This is where your specific apps are located.
4. Delete the UserAppList.xml file from the data folder. It will be recreated as a default.
5. Put the AURButton app back in place...
- Select Settings/Rescue Media/Advanced Customization
- Click the New.... button
- for a short name, type AURButton. This will create and open a model XML file for editing.
- replace the <App> section with what you have shown above for the AURButton app.
- save and close the file.
- click Import... and open the AURButton folder and select the AURButton.xml file.
- click the Save button.At that point you should have your AUR app listed in the Available applications. If the Visible box is checked, then the AUR Button app will be shown with your rescue media projects.
You will then need to create a new project by first creating a wim from the Acronis Universal Restore tool and then use that wim for your project.
From these settings, the MVP Assistant will neither install nor uninstall the AUR application. It will only install or remove the button to access the application.
Hope this helps.
Bruno,
I explained in a previous message on Mon, 09/04/2023 - 11:39 that when I installed version 2.7.3.0 I I did not see that the 2 versions used the same directory.
I corrected it since the first of september 2023 and they are
2.7.0 in C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps270
2 7 3 in C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps273
I will come back later
regards
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You should be using the same directory for your data. You don't want a new version for each new release of the program.
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BrunoC wrote:You should be using the same directory for your data. You don't want a new version for each new release of the program.
Hello Bruno,
I have followed your recommendations and completely reviewed the organization of the directories MVP_ASSISTANT
I use 'C:ProgramData/MVP Assistant/UserApps' for all versions of MVP_ASSISTANT
Each version of MVP_ASSSISTANT is installed on a basic data disk (BACK_EXT(M:) in a specific directory
MVP_ASS_2-7-0-2
MVP_ASS_2-7-3-0
MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0
A 'Rescue Builds' directory is created in 'Rescue media base folder'
On this disk I created a directory 'Acronis AUR Media'
which has two directories associated with the ACPHO versions
with each its own version of AUR.WIM and AUR.XML
AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40173
AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338
I then created the . WIM with the tools
Acronis universal restore (downloaded and installed from my installed ACPHO)and the output in the directory
concerned above (ACPHO #40338)
Then I did the tests with each of the versions of MVP_ASSISTANT at my disposal.
1/ MVP_ASS_2-7-0-2
I created a project ACPHO_AUR_3, I indicated to the source AUR.WIM
directory "Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338"
I import the source .WIM
Source File: AUR.wim
Type: Wim
Image: Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Index: 1
Build: Windows 10-2004
Bootable: Yes
Installation: WindowsPE
Mounted: No
Updates to the image are pending.
I then mount the source. WIM
**** Rescue media Left pane (after Mount) ****
Project Name: ACPHO_AUR_3
Description: - - Essais pour vérifier langue utilisée
Location: M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-0-2\Rescue builds\ACPHO_AUR_3\
Language: fr-fr
Time Zone: (UTC+01:00) Bruxelles, Copenhague, Madrid, Paris
Wim source: M:\Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338\AUR.wim
Image: Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Index: 1
Build: Windows 10-2004
Bootable: Yes
Installation: WindowsPE
Mount status: Mounted, Read Write
***** Rescue media Right pane (after commit) ****
installed application Boot initialiser
installed application Launch Bar
installed fr language package
etc ..
I then continue with the installation of the applications,
then driver analysis
I check all the drivers offered in update and then via
Drivers menu > apply chosen suggested update
Image menu > Commit changes
I then proceed
Applications > Process Queued Install
Image > Commit Changes
I then proceed
applications > process queued install
image > commit changes
Then image> explore
The Mount window appears but does not include
folder %ProgramFiles%AcronisBackupAndRecovery
I close the window
then image > unmount
then build > ISO
then Project > Close
Then I prepare a USB key on which I install the project's Mvp_Rescue.ISO
I reboot from the USB drive
In conclusion
Although not finding the directory
%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery
The task bar displays the buttons of the applications especially the AUR and IrFanView buttons
The ACPHO window is also displayed
With IrFanView I was able to capture the task bar, the ACPHO window and the AUR window after launch via the AUR button
2/ MVP_ASS_2-7-3-0
I created a project ACPHO_AUR_3, I indicated to the source AUR.WIM
directory "Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338"
I import the source .WIM
Source File: AUR.wim
Type: Wim
Name: Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Index: 1
Edition: WindowsPE
Architecture: AMD64
Bootable: Yes
Build: 10.0.19041.1 (Windows 10-2004)
Service Pack Level: 0
Languages: en-US (Default)
Created: 07/12/2019 08:58:31
Modified: 17/09/2023 10:33:17
***** Rescue media Left pane ****
Wim source: M:\Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338\AUR.wim
Image: Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Build: Windows 10-2004
Languages: en-US (Default)
Created: 07/12/2019 08:58:31
Modified: 16/09/2023 09:44:47
Mount status: Mounted, Read Write
Status: Updates to the image are pending
I unmount image
***** Rescue media Left pane ****
Project Name: ACPHO_AUR_3
Description: - Langue reste en_US
Location: M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-3-0\Rescue builds\ACPHO_AUR_3\
Language: fr-fr
Time Zone: (UTC+01:00) Bruxelles, Copenhague, Madrid, Paris
ADK usage: No
Wim source: M:\Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338\AUR.wim
Image: Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Build: Windows 10-2004
Languages: en-US (Default)
Created: 07/12/2019 08:58:31
Modified: 18/09/2023 16:57:27
Mounted: No
Status: Pending updates require the image to be mounted
I mount the image
I then continue with the installation of the applications,
then driver analysis
I check all the drivers offered in update and then via
Drivers menu > apply chosen suggested update
Image menu > Commit changes
I then proceed
Applications > Process Queued Install
Image > Commit Changes
I then proceed
applications > process queued install
image > commit changes
Then image> explore
The Mount window appears but does not include
folder %ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery
I close the window
then image > unmount
then build > ISO
then Project > Close
Then I prepare a USB key on which I install the project's Mvp_Rescue.ISO
I reboot from the USB drive
In conclusion
The language is still en-US , the winpe keyboard is QWERTY
Although not finding the directory
%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery
the task bar displays the buttons of the applications especially the AUR and IrFanView buttons
The ACPHO window is also displayed
With IrFanView I was able to capture the task bar, the ACPHO window and the AUR window after launch via the AUR button
3/ MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0
Same result as MVP_ASS_2-7-3-0
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Alemax,
1. Please only use one version of MVP Assistant, preferably the latest 2.7.4. The issues you are trying to resolve are related to your data and not the program.
2. Please clarify for me your folder usage, exactly as shown in these settings...
Settings/General: MVP Assistant Data Folder...
Settings/Rescue Media: Rescue Media Project Base Folder
Settings/Rescue Media/Advanced Customization: Application Storage Location
3. Start a new project from scratch and send the log file after you complete the build... Project/Open Log...
The log file tells the details.
A couple other notes on your process...
- It is not necessary to Commit the image at every step. When you unmount the image all changes are automatically committed. If you make a mistake and do not want to commit the changes, check Image/Discard Changes before unmounting.
- Why are you creating an ISO rather than just building directly to a USB drive?
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BrunoC wrote:Alemax,
1. Please only use one version of MVP Assistant, preferably the latest 2.7.4. The issues you are trying to resolve are related to your data and not the program.
2. Please clarify for me your folder usage, exactly as shown in these settings...
Settings/General: MVP Assistant Data Folder..C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps
Settings/Rescue Media: Rescue Media Project Base Folder
M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0\Rescue builds
Settings/Rescue Media/Advanced Customization: Application Storage Location
C:\ProgramData\MVP Assistant\UserApps
3. Start a new project from scratch and send the log file after you complete the build... Project/Open Log...
The log file tells the details.A couple other notes on your process...
- It is not necessary to Commit the image at every step. When you unmount the image all changes are automatically committed. If you make a mistake and do not want to commit the changes, check Image/Discard Changes before unmounting.
I Agree
- Why are you creating an ISO rather than just building directly to a USB drive?
It's easy to create an ISO and copy to USB stick when needed
For this build I use USB
First of all copy of the BuildProject.log
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.4.0) ------------
09-20-2023 14:10:32 Info Project created in folder M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0\Rescue builds\ACPHO_AUR_0\
09-20-2023 14:10:32 Info Running in Advanced Mode
09-20-2023 14:11:05 Info WIM Source .wim file: M:\Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338\AUR.wim
09-20-2023 14:11:05 Info Acquiring .wim file to project ...
09-20-2023 14:11:07 Info Successfuly acquired .wim file to project.
09-20-2023 14:11:44 Info Mounting image file...
09-20-2023 14:11:54 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Checking for shell application...
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Boot Initialization
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Icons
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing SetMon Utility
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Power Button
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Command Prompt Button
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Registry Editor Button
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Task Manager Button
09-20-2023 14:11:55 Info Installing Launch Bar
09-20-2023 14:11:56 Info Checking for required packages...
09-20-2023 14:11:56 Info Image successfully mounted
09-20-2023 14:39:42 Info Project closed
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.4.0) ------------
09-20-2023 14:39:42 Info Configuration loaded from M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0\Rescue builds\ACPHO_AUR_0
09-20-2023 14:39:42 Info Running in Advanced Mode
09-20-2023 14:44:35 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
09-20-2023 14:44:35 Info Installing Monitor Settings Utility Button
09-20-2023 14:44:35 Info Installing Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338
09-20-2023 14:44:40 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
09-20-2023 14:44:41 Info Installing A43 File Management Utility
09-20-2023 14:44:41 Info Installing PE Network
09-20-2023 14:44:41 Info Installing Notepad++ Text Editor
09-20-2023 14:44:43 Info Installing Acronis Universal Restore Button
09-20-2023 14:44:43 Info Application installations completed
09-20-2023 14:47:30 Info Installing selected driver updates...
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver netwtw08.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver rt640x64.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver lfhidhid.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver lfeqdusb.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver lfhideqd.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver unifhid.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver ssudbus.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver smbusamd.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver clvirtualbus01.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver amdafd.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver amdgpio2.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver amdfendr.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver amdpcidev.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver amdxe.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver lfkbdhid.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver amdpsp.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Adding driver lfmouhid.inf succeeded
09-20-2023 14:47:47 Info Driver updates succeeded
09-20-2023 14:50:21 Info Unmounting image...
09-20-2023 14:50:24 Info Setting image language to fr-fr
09-20-2023 14:50:26 Info Setting image time zone to (UTC+01:00) Bruxelles, Copenhague, Madrid, Paris
09-20-2023 14:51:33 Info Image successfully unmounted
09-20-2023 14:52:18 Info Preparing media
09-20-2023 14:52:18 Info Installing Unattend.xml
09-20-2023 14:52:18 Info Preventing media from booting in UEFI mode
09-20-2023 14:52:18 Info Formatting J: ...
09-20-2023 14:52:26 Info Copying files to J: ...
09-20-2023 14:52:52 Info Successfully created boot media on J: MVP_RESCUE
09-20-2023 14:56:36 Info Project closed
After Rescue media Boot
In conclusion
The language is still en-US , the winpe keyboard is QWERTY
Although not finding the directory
%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery
the task bar displays the buttons of the applications especially the AUR and IrFanView buttons
The ACPHO window is also displayed
With IrFanView I was able to capture the task bar, the ACPHO window and the AUR window after launch via the AUR button
The WIM.source : M:\Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338\AUR.wim
used is the same used before (2-7-0-2) which updated the language to fr-fr when mounting the source
I don't understand where is the mistake
A new version ACPHO build september 19 2023 is proposed, do you think it can have an influence ?
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Alemax,
Go to Settings/Rescue Media and select Utilize ADK (packages, etc.) for all builds. This should solve the language issue. My fault... this setting was introduced in version 2.7.3 so from that point on you were not getting the french language pack installed as it comes from the ADK. I am assuming your WinRE is in English and that the AUR builder is using WinRE.
I see you have IrfanView installed twice in the log. That should not happen so it looks like you may have an error in your XML. What does you UserAppList.xml look like?
If you have an AUR button then you have AUR on your rescue media. If you are using the latest Universal Restore Button app, it will create a button for whichever app exists... it could be in \Program Files\Acronis\UniversalRestore, or it could be in \Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery. It will be one or the other but not both.
Finally, you really don't need to install all the selected drivers. In fact, you may not need to install any of them. I suggest building without driver updates and if it works, leave it be. If there is a problem with a device, then you should only add the driver for that device.
Hope this addresses all your issues.
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BrunoC wrote:Alemax,
Go to Settings/Rescue Media and select Utilize ADK (packages, etc.) for all builds. This should solve the language issue. My fault... this setting was introduced in version 2.7.3 so from that point on you were not getting the french language pack installed as it comes from the ADK. I am assuming your WinRE is in English and that the AUR builder is using WinRE.
I see you have IrfanView installed twice in the log. That should not happen so it looks like you may have an error in your XML. What does you UserAppList.xml look like?
If you have an AUR button then you have AUR on your rescue media. If you are using the latest Universal Restore Button app, it will create a button for whichever app exists... it could be in \Program Files\Acronis\UniversalRestore, or it could be in \Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery. It will be one or the other but not both.
Finally, you really don't need to install all the selected drivers. In fact, you may not need to install any of them. I suggest building without driver updates and if it works, leave it be. If there is a problem with a device, then you should only add the driver for that device.
Hope this addresses all your issues.
Below you will find the BuildProject.log file corresponding to all the operations carried out.
To note :
1/ I made a commit after mounting the source image to see from the start the language modification taken into account.
2/ I reviewed and modified IrFanView
3/ I have not installed any additional driversBuildProject.Log
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.4.0) ------------
09-21-2023 06:09:49 Info Project created in folder M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0\Rescue builds\ACPHO_AUR_1\
09-21-2023 06:09:49 Info Running in Advanced Mode
09-21-2023 06:10:52 Info WIM Source .wim file: M:\Acronis AUR Media\AUR.XML file contents ACPHO #40338\AUR.wim
09-21-2023 06:10:52 Info Acquiring .wim file to project ...
09-21-2023 06:10:55 Info Successfuly acquired .wim file to project.
09-21-2023 06:11:18 Info Mounting image file...
09-21-2023 06:11:29 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
09-21-2023 06:11:33 Info Checking for shell application...
09-21-2023 06:11:33 Info Installing Boot Initialization
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing Icons
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing SetMon Utility
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing Power Button
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing Command Prompt Button
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing Registry Editor Button
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing Task Manager Button
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Installing Launch Bar
09-21-2023 06:11:34 Info Checking for required packages...
09-21-2023 06:11:36 Info Installing language package fr-FR...
09-21-2023 06:12:15 Info Installing package WinPE-WMI...
09-21-2023 06:12:23 Info Installing package WinPE-WMI for fr-FR...
09-21-2023 06:12:27 Info Installing package WinPE-Scripting...
09-21-2023 06:12:28 Info Installing package WinPE-Scripting for fr-FR...
09-21-2023 06:12:30 Info Installing package WinPE-EnhancedStorage...
09-21-2023 06:12:31 Info Installing package WinPE-EnhancedStorage for fr-FR...
09-21-2023 06:12:32 Info Installing package WinPE-SecureStartup...
09-21-2023 06:12:34 Info Installing package WinPE-SecureStartup for fr-FR...
09-21-2023 06:12:37 Info Image successfully mounted
09-21-2023 06:14:26 Info Installing Monitor Settings Utility Button
09-21-2023 06:14:27 Info Installing Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338
09-21-2023 06:14:31 Info Installing A43 File Management Utility
09-21-2023 06:14:32 Info Installing PE Network
09-21-2023 06:14:32 Info Installing Acronis Universal Restore Button
09-21-2023 06:14:32 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
09-21-2023 06:14:33 Info Installing Notepad++ Text Editor
09-21-2023 06:14:34 Info Application installations completed
09-21-2023 06:21:04 Info Unmounting image...
09-21-2023 06:21:07 Info Setting image language to fr-fr
09-21-2023 06:21:09 Info Setting image time zone to (UTC+01:00) Bruxelles, Copenhague, Madrid, Paris
09-21-2023 06:22:29 Info Image successfully unmounted
09-21-2023 06:23:49 Info Preparing media
09-21-2023 06:23:49 Info Installing Unattend.xml
09-21-2023 06:23:49 Info Preventing media from booting in UEFI mode
09-21-2023 06:23:49 Info Formatting J: ...
09-21-2023 06:23:56 Info Copying files to J: ...
09-21-2023 06:24:23 Info Successfully created boot media on J: MVP_RESCUE
09-21-2023 06:25:45 Info Project closed
------------ Begin Logging Session (Builder version 2.7.4.0) ------------
09-21-2023 06:37:30 Info Configuration loaded from M:\MVP_ASS_2-7-4-0\Rescue builds\ACPHO_AUR_1
09-21-2023 06:37:30 Info Running in Advanced Mode
09-21-2023 06:45:34 Info Mounting image file...
09-21-2023 06:45:49 Info Scanning image for applications and packages...
09-21-2023 06:45:53 Info Checking for shell application...
09-21-2023 06:45:53 Info Checking for required packages...
09-21-2023 06:45:55 Info Image successfully mounted
09-21-2023 06:46:10 Info Uninstalling IrfanView Graphic Viewer
09-21-2023 06:46:10 Info Application installations completed
09-21-2023 06:48:09 Info Installing IrfanView Graphic Viewer
09-21-2023 06:48:10 Info Application installations completed
09-21-2023 06:49:11 Info Unmounting image...
09-21-2023 06:50:03 Info Image successfully unmounted
09-21-2023 06:51:04 Info Preparing media
09-21-2023 06:51:06 Info Installing Unattend.xml
09-21-2023 06:51:06 Info Preventing media from booting in UEFI mode
09-21-2023 06:51:08 Info Successfully created ISO
09-21-2023 06:51:58 Info Project closed
After Rescue Media Boot
The task bar displays the buttons of the applications especially the AUR and IrFanView buttons
The ACPHO window is also displayed
With IrFanView I was able to capture the task bar, the ACPHO window and the AUR window after launch via the AUR button
Ci après le fichier LaunchBar.txt copié depuis la source Winpe
LARGE=1
POSITION=2
CENTER=1
ONTOP=1
Power;%ProgramFiles%\MVPRescue\PowerButton; ;%ProgramFiles%\MVPRescue\Icons\Power.ico
Command Prompt;%ComSpec%
Registry Editor;%SystemRoot%\regedit.exe
Task Manager;%SystemRoot%\System32\taskmgr.exe
Monitor Settings;cmd.exe;/k "SetMon /?";%ProgramFiles%\SetMon\SetMon.ico
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Build 40338;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\CyberProtectHomeOffice\CyberProtectHomeOffice.exe
A43;%ProgramFiles%\A43\A43.exe
PENetwork;%ProgramFiles%\PENetwork\PENetwork.exe
IrfanView;%ProgramFiles%\IrfanView\i_view64.exe
Notepad++;%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe
AUR;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe; ;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\TrueImage.exe
AUR;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe; ;%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\TrueImage.exe
I will now try to understand why the directory
'%ProgramFiles%AcronisBackupAndRecovery'
is not used or created
Regards
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Alemax, I will repeat what I said in my prior post...
If you have an AUR button then you have AUR on your rescue media. If you are using the latest Universal Restore Button app, it will create a button for whichever app exists... it could be in \Program Files\Acronis\UniversalRestore, or it could be in \Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery. It will be one or the other but not both.
Since you see the button, it means that %ProgramFiles%\Acronis\UniversalRestore\trueimage_starter.exe exists.
Perhaps you are concerned that the LaunchBar.txt file contains a reference to %ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\trueimage_starter.exe. You should not be concerned. The reason there are two buttons defined in the LaunchBar.txt file is because I know that if LaunchBar does not find the file it will not create the button. The idea was to have one common Acronis Universal Restore Button app which could handle either situation.
I hope this puts your mind to rest.
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Thank you, I understood correctly but my question was probably poorly posed.
I migrated to ACPHO essential since June 2023.
I gave up and no longer use any old Acronis version (TI2018).
So I naively thought that the directory
should have been : ProgramFiles/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery.
I'm sorry for my message quoted for Steve's first message, it's stupidly that I do not master the forum interface
I will therefore repeat below your answer
Alemax, I'm not sure if you are OK yet. To quote Steve from the top post of this forum...
Note: The above XML covers the change by Acronis from using UniversalRestore for the AUR folder name to using BackupAndRecovery as the folder name in the latest version of AUR with ACPHO 40338 (and later).
I don't know enough about the versions of AUR, but I see that you have ACPHO version 40338. If you did not reinstall AUR, it may be using an older location. Did you install AUR after installing ACPHO 40338. If so, then I don't know what to tell you.
My answer
I wasn't sure if I installed AUR after ACPHO version 40338, so I create a new AUR (it was the same size as the one used before , and the result was the same .
Regards
Alemax
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