Transferring Winamp 5.572 Info to Another PC
I needed to copy the Winamp settings from my wife's laptop to her desktop
system. Both systems are running Windows 7. I found the bookmarks in
C:\Users\acctname\AppData\Roaming\Winamp
. I also needed to copy her list of online services, since I had
added the
Live365 Internet
Radio to the list of services - see
Adding Live365 to
WinAmp's Online Services List, so I copied the contents of the
C:\Users\acctname\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml
directory, including subdirectories from one system to the other.
Acctname represents the account name under which she logs on.
Note: you need to display hidden files and folders to see the
directory - see
Show hidden files for instructions on how to do this under Windows 7,
if you don't know how to do so.
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Winamp Media Player Silent Installation
I wanted to do a silent install on Winamp. When I went to the
Winamp website, I found that the latest
version available for download was
5.572. The file available for download was
winamp5572_full_emusic-7plus_en-us.exe. Winamp, which was
developed by
Nullsoft, was acquired by AOL,
which is bundling
eMusic, which I didn't
want. At
WinampWithoutEMusic, I learned that you can download versions of
Winamp without the eMusic add-on by removing the
emusic-7plus_ portion of the file name. By using
winamp5572_full_en-us.exe, I was able to get the same version without
the eMusic add-on. There's similar information at
Super Bowl XL, Download Winamp without Emusic.
After downloading it, I examined it with
FileAlyzer
. I saw "Nullsoft Install System v2.45.1" within the file. Winamp is
installed with the Nullsoft
Scriptable Install System (NSIS), which is to be expected given that Winamp
was developed by Nullsoft.
For a default installation, Winamp will be installed in
C:\Program Files\Winamp and Winamp Toolbar will be installed in
C:\Program Files\Winamp Toolbar.
A "silent" install can be peformed by using a /S option. Note:
it has to be a capital "S", e.g. winamp5572_full_en-us.exe /S.
If you use the silent install option, the Winamp Toolbar will be installed by
default within Internet Explorer and Firefox. During the installation any open
instances of the browsers will be closed automatically. When you reopen the
browsers you will see the Winamp toolbar within the browsers.
The Winamp and Winamp Toolbar uninstall strings in the
Windows registry
for a default installation
are at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
are shown below:
| Name | UninstallString |
|---|
| Winamp | "C:\Program Files\Winamp\UninstWA.exe" |
| Winamp Toolbar | "C:\Program Files\Winamp Toolbar\uninstall.exe" |
A silent uninstall can be performed for Winamp with
"C:\Program Files\Winamp\UninstWA.exe". A silent uninstall can be
performed for the toolbar with
"C:\Program Files\Winamp Toolbar\uninstall.exe" /S. Use a capital
"S" for the silent option. Note: a silent uninstall of the Winamp toolbar will
close any open browser windows.
One can specify the installation directory with
/D=installdirectory
I could specify winamp5572_full_en-us.exe /D=C:\Program
Files\Audio and Video\Winamp at the command line and the GUI installation
method would show the directory I picked. I had to put the C:
there for that to occur, though. For a silent install, I could use the
following to specify the location:
winamp5572_full_en-us.exe /S /D=C:\Program Files\Audio and Video\Winamp\
Again, I needed to have the
C:\ at the beginning of the directory location. Also, don't use
quotes even if the directory path has spaces in it and the /D
option has to be the last option on the line.
Unfortunately, the toolbar is still installed and goes into its default location
of C:\Program Files\Winamp Toolbar. But I remove it with
"C:\Program Files\Winamp Toolbar\uninstall.exe" /S. Unfortunately,
that only removes the toolbar from Internet Explorer and I have to manually
remove it from Firefox.
References:
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WinampWithoutEMusic
Last modified: February 13, 2010
Jurand Nogiec
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Super Bowl XL, Download Winamp without Emusic
Date: February 6, 2006
INeedAttention.com
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Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Winamp Media Player 5.56 Installation
Date: November 24, 2009
MoonPoint Support
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