File Details |
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| File Size | 0.8 MB |
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| License | Freeware |
| Operating System | Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP |
| Date Added | July 15, 2005 |
| Total Downloads | 2,435 |
| Publisher | Wraith |
| Homepage | XPlode |
Publisher's Description
XPlode is a tool for use in setting up a windows installation exactly how you want to. When linked with a windows installation, it can preinstall all your programs tweak registry settings and add user accounts, without the user to do them manually.
Latest Reviews
Tokar reviewed v4.3.50711.1385 on Jul 19, 2005
The reason that the admin/developer removed the download is because he is a dumb*ss.
He markets the program like its n-Lite and he makes it completely difficult for any new user to pick up.
Before this current version, the EXE was terribly difficult and stupid.
Its an EXE that extracts a bunch of files. The EXE cannot be read by WinRAR or WinZIP or any similar program.
So you are forced to run it. When run you are presented with a window with the EULA in it. Old versions of this software had the CONTINUE butotn grayed out.
99% of the people in this world do not read the EULA. They are used to either a big ACCEPT button, or they know that installers wait to see that you have scrolled the entire EULA before making the CONTINUE button or the checkbox to say you accept the EULA accessible.
The developer of this program put a hidden link in the EULA which one had to click to un-gray the CONTINUE button. The new computer user would literally spend 10 minutes trying to find the way to access the CONTINUE button.
I myself got so fed up i searched google. I came across the official forum and some user has nicely posted an image showing where one had to click.
I read the EULA 10 times and I never once saw that link. People on the forum had reported reading the EULA 50 times...i dont doubt it.
The developer should know better than to put the access-link in such a stupid place.
Id say that 99% of the complaints from newbies were about this stupid EULA thing. The other 1%, if fortunate enough to get past the extraction stage, were about the program itself.
Fortunately, in the most recent release seen here, the developer removed that stupid hidden EULA link and you can click the continue button right away.
The next thing the developer was stupid in doing was putting the information about the program in a PDF document casually called docs.pdf. Not README.txt, or README.pdf, or DOCUMENTATION.pdf, or something like that....just docs.pdf. A lot of people complain about that to this day and yet docs.pdf is still being used.
The next thing that was stupid is that he makes this EXE file in the extracted files and it does nothing. People complain about this. That is because the EXE is meant to do nothing. One is supposed to run the .cmd file in the folder. On first run it gives an error that xplode.xml is missing. The user is supposed to provide an XML file with the name xplode.xml for this program to work. You have to rename one of the provided ones and modify that one to your hearts desire, assuming you know how to modify it.
Since I dont know how to code XML and dont have the time to read his 30 page docs.pdf, and im sure none of the rest of you do either, newbs such as me are left out to dry since there is no easy wizard-guided tutorial, or step-by-step process, like n-Lite gives you.
The best part of it all is that the developer, Wraith is his name, gets so fed up with newbs posting such questions and complaints on the forums that he just closes any topic with such.
The worst part is that when someone replies in the thread with help, he deletes their message then closes the thread.
If he didnt want all these complaints he would make the program a little more new-user friendly.
Since he thinks the world is as brilliant (sarcasm) as he is, he gets all these complaints.
Oh, and by the way, this is a program that lets you make your Windows XP installation be unattended. It installs Windows, unattended, then pops up this transparent progress meter in the bottom right (while in the installed Windows environment) showing the progress of installing the integrated programs and registry entries (integrated into the XML file of course).
n-Lite does the same thing this program does with a better interface and with a comprehensible step-by-step process which would appeal to any newbie.
What is funny is that the SoftPedia people, who are very particular about scanning each program for viruses/spyware/adware and taking very clear screenshots ( http://www.softpedia.com...hancements/XPlode.shtml ) just didnt have the time to fool with this program to take their own homegrown screenshots. They just took the one that Wraith shows on his site and watermarked it with the SoftPedia logo.
Im not angry at SoftPedia for doing that. Im actually pleased they did that. It just shows that even people as skilled as the SoftPedia crew just dont have the kind of time this dope WRAITH expects everyone to have.
JeRrYFaR reviewed v4.3.50711.1385 on Jul 15, 2005
I had no problems getting to the dload, but I'm not sure about this one.. will hold off until I read reviews..
k10n9 reviewed v4.3.50711.1385 on Jul 15, 2005
Not freeware, evaluation that is.
daze reviewed v4.1.50226.868 on Apr 21, 2005
why is this on fileforum if the tempermental author doesn't allow downloads?
blidstone reviewed v4.1.50226.868 on Apr 21, 2005
It's hard to try out a program that is not available. The author's site has this notice:
"Download has been removed due to consistent complaining from people unable to follow instructions."
Only corporate and academic users will be able to download.
Tokar reviewed v4.3.50711.1385 on Jul 19, 2005
The reason that the admin/developer removed the download is because he is a dumb*ss.
He markets the program like its n-Lite and he makes it completely difficult for any new user to pick up.
Before this current version, the EXE was terribly difficult and stupid.
Its an EXE that extracts a bunch of files. The EXE cannot be read by WinRAR or WinZIP or any similar program.
So you are forced to run it. When run you are presented with a window with the EULA in it. Old versions of this software had the CONTINUE butotn grayed out.
99% of the people in this world do not read the EULA. They are used to either a big ACCEPT button, or they know that installers wait to see that you have scrolled the entire EULA before making the CONTINUE button or the checkbox to say you accept the EULA accessible.
The developer of this program put a hidden link in the EULA which one had to click to un-gray the CONTINUE button. The new computer user would literally spend 10 minutes trying to find the way to access the CONTINUE button.
I myself got so fed up i searched google. I came across the official forum and some user has nicely posted an image showing where one had to click.
I read the EULA 10 times and I never once saw that link. People on the forum had reported reading the EULA 50 times...i dont doubt it.
The developer should know better than to put the access-link in such a stupid place.
Id say that 99% of the complaints from newbies were about this stupid EULA thing. The other 1%, if fortunate enough to get past the extraction stage, were about the program itself.
Fortunately, in the most recent release seen here, the developer removed that stupid hidden EULA link and you can click the continue button right away.
The next thing the developer was stupid in doing was putting the information about the program in a PDF document casually called docs.pdf. Not README.txt, or README.pdf, or DOCUMENTATION.pdf, or something like that....just docs.pdf. A lot of people complain about that to this day and yet docs.pdf is still being used.
The next thing that was stupid is that he makes this EXE file in the extracted files and it does nothing. People complain about this. That is because the EXE is meant to do nothing. One is supposed to run the .cmd file in the folder. On first run it gives an error that xplode.xml is missing. The user is supposed to provide an XML file with the name xplode.xml for this program to work. You have to rename one of the provided ones and modify that one to your hearts desire, assuming you know how to modify it.
Since I dont know how to code XML and dont have the time to read his 30 page docs.pdf, and im sure none of the rest of you do either, newbs such as me are left out to dry since there is no easy wizard-guided tutorial, or step-by-step process, like n-Lite gives you.
The best part of it all is that the developer, Wraith is his name, gets so fed up with newbs posting such questions and complaints on the forums that he just closes any topic with such.
The worst part is that when someone replies in the thread with help, he deletes their message then closes the thread.
If he didnt want all these complaints he would make the program a little more new-user friendly.
Since he thinks the world is as brilliant (sarcasm) as he is, he gets all these complaints.
Oh, and by the way, this is a program that lets you make your Windows XP installation be unattended. It installs Windows, unattended, then pops up this transparent progress meter in the bottom right (while in the installed Windows environment) showing the progress of installing the integrated programs and registry entries (integrated into the XML file of course).
n-Lite does the same thing this program does with a better interface and with a comprehensible step-by-step process which would appeal to any newbie.
What is funny is that the SoftPedia people, who are very particular about scanning each program for viruses/spyware/adware and taking very clear screenshots ( http://www.softpedia.com...hancements/XPlode.shtml ) just didnt have the time to fool with this program to take their own homegrown screenshots. They just took the one that Wraith shows on his site and watermarked it with the SoftPedia logo.
Im not angry at SoftPedia for doing that. Im actually pleased they did that. It just shows that even people as skilled as the SoftPedia crew just dont have the kind of time this dope WRAITH expects everyone to have.
JeRrYFaR reviewed v4.3.50711.1385 on Jul 15, 2005
I had no problems getting to the dload, but I'm not sure about this one.. will hold off until I read reviews..
k10n9 reviewed v4.3.50711.1385 on Jul 15, 2005
Not freeware, evaluation that is.
daze reviewed v4.1.50226.868 on Apr 21, 2005
why is this on fileforum if the tempermental author doesn't allow downloads?
blidstone reviewed v4.1.50226.868 on Apr 21, 2005
It's hard to try out a program that is not available. The author's site has this notice:
"Download has been removed due to consistent complaining from people unable to follow instructions."
Only corporate and academic users will be able to download.