Windows environment variables needed for xMaxima and wxMaxima

Some years ago I used Veritas WinINSTALL LE (which i believe comes with the Windows 
adminpak) to create msi files for deploying them by group policies to clients in a Windows 
domain. Perhaps you know it. I had to install once on a test computer and WinINSTALL 
creates the msi file. This worked easily with Maxima but not with all other software, so I 
dropped this method. Today I use installation scripts but using some image creating 
software would be definitely better. 

So it seems that I can't help. I don't know if these things are written down somewhere. To 
figure it out I would install Maxima on a fresh Windows a search for "maxima" in the 
registry. Hope someone knows a less intensive method.

Volker

Am 14 Jan 2009 um 2:30 hat maxima at mgenovese.otherinbox.com geschrieben:

> Hi Volker,
> I'm deploying to multiple workstations as an image, and I'd rather not go through the whole install 
> process each time.Rather, I want to drop in the directory structure + files, and setup the env 
> vars + any registry settings that way. However, unless I'm missing it, I don't see documentation 
> about what is changed in the Windows environment and registry.
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi Matt,
> what is the reason that you don't want to use the installer to install Maxima? The installer
> works perfectly. Since version 5.9.0 I install and uninstall without any problems on Windows
> 2k and XP. Also a parallel installation of different Maxima versions is possible.
> Volker van Nek
> Am 13 Jan 2009 um 15:57 hat maxima at mgenovese.otherinbox.com geschrieben:
> >
> > Just requesting again for some help with the Windows env vars required to run XMaxima /
> > wxMaxima. Thanks much,
> > Matt
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------
> > I installed Maxima 5.17.0 (but have tried 5.17.1 too), and am trying to figure out exactly what 
> the
> > Windows installer does to the Windows XP registry, and environment. Just a list of additions 
> and
> > changes would be perfect. I don't see it documented, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right
> > place.
> >
> > I have unsuccessfully tried to duplicate the environment so the installer wouldn't be required. 
> As
> > I have tried to recreate the environment (without the installer's help), I ran into an issue where I
> > started XMaxima, and upon killing it, another XMaxima pops up again. Even using the 
> Windows
> > task manager, I can't seem to ever kill the process without another one popping up. Only way 
> is
> > to reboot.
> >
> > Any help appreciated. Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
> > Austin, TX
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