adding components after a build

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I am wondering if there is a fairly standard practice used to add
components that are not used in the initial build and FBA process that
need to be added later.

My example is for wordpad text converters. I noticed wordpad cannot
open Word documents in my XPE build. I do not have wordpad text
converters in my build and have a suspicion this is the problem. Maybe
it is a security feature.

Even if my example is not going to resolve this problem I am still
interested in how generally you can determine all the files and reg
settings the built in component like wordpad text converters would have
added.
 
stbuhk said:
I am wondering if there is a fairly standard practice used to add
components that are not used in the initial build and FBA process that
need to be added later.

My example is for wordpad text converters. I noticed wordpad cannot
open Word documents in my XPE build. I do not have wordpad text
converters in my build and have a suspicion this is the problem.
Maybe it is a security feature.

Even if my example is not going to resolve this problem I am still
interested in how generally you can determine all the files and reg
settings the built in component like wordpad text converters would
have added.

The generic answer is "no". Adding some components is very easy (some are
not complex and have no dependencies), adding others is not. In either
case, you'd have to hand craft the solution. So, is it "possible"? Yes in
many cases. You question was about "a fairly standard practice" - the
answer is definitely no.
 
thanks for the info. I noticed I do have wordpad text converters but
it is updated and references the security update in the name. Perhaps
the security update does not allow word docs to be opened? this is
not a big deal but i am curious why i have so few choices for different
file types compared to a standard win Xp install.
 
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