Multiuser support available

[chris_31]

...and because the profile plugin has some other inconveniences: you must specify which files to store separately, you cannot store winamp.ini per user, you can not have per-user plugins/skins etc...

That said, if the profile plugin is enough for you, that's perfectly ok. This package is aimed at multiuser system administrators

[MasterViVi]

Originally posted by XanDaMan
Why should I use thiss...and not the profile plug-in...

profile plugin doesn't remember skin + position

[chris_31]

So, a question to the people using this: is it working correctly?

(please make sure you're using the latest version 0.6.1, there have been some improvements)
After heavily using it - also with "non-standard" situations like multiple instances, restarts by adding/removing plugins etc. - it seems to me like it works. Any objections?

[asellus]

It works beautifully, thank you. Will report any problems when it hits me on the face.

[XanDaMan]

Originally posted by MasterViVi
profile plugin doesn't remember skin + position

It does.

[MasterViVi]

Winamp Profiler?

No.

Well, doesn't with me (on three comps XD).

[leon17]

Hi, I wonder if you could help me with step 3:

3) edit the wamulti.reg file to suit your installation and import it into the registry. If you don't install wabmcopy.exe, delete the corresponding items from install.reg(or from the registry, if you already imported it). If you do install it, you MUST NOT change the Name of the entry("Winamp Bookmark Copier"). You should of course change the value to the correct path. If you ever remove or rename this value, bookmarks will not work "properly" in winamp agent.

I'm not a pc expert so any help and some patience will be highly apreciated.

[chris_31]

... allright, here comes some explanation for "non-experts"...

It's actually quite easy. Open the install.reg in a word editor, e.g. notepad. (you can also right-click -> edit, normally)

Edit the lines that start with "InstallationDir" and "ReferenceDir" to make the values point to the corresponding directories. For example, if you have a german Windows installation, the lines would probably read:

code:


"InstallationDir"="C:\\Programme\\Winamp"

"ReferenceDir"="C:\\Programme\\Winamp Reference"

or so. Just place the directory names you used for installation inside the second quote pair on each line; remember to "escape" backslashes with another backslash (C:\dummy becomes C:\\dummy).

If you want, edit the "ShutdownWarning" line. You can for example translate the text into your language. If you leave this empty ("") or delete the line, no message will be shown.

If you do not want to install the bookmark copier part, delete the last two lines. If you do install it, just make sure the entry contains the complete path to wabmcopy.exe (same rules as above).

After you're done, save the file, then double-click it and let windows import it into the registry.

If you already have the settings in the registry and want to edit them, start regedit.exe (or regedt32.exe) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Winamp MultiUser, then change your settings.

Read the Q&A section of the readme to find out what exactly the values (like ShutdownWarning or AdministrativeRun) are for.

Hope this helped...

Chris

[chris_31]

Version 0.6.2 is out. Nothing really new in there, just reorganized the shutdown stuff to fix a problem with administrative runs on Windows 2000 (wasn't asking whether to commit changes).

<edit>Oh well, there is something new: now plays sounds (try an administrative run and commit your changes)</edit>

[dJomp]

I've got a strange 'issue'... whenever I logon a windows explorer window with "C:/Program Files/Winamp" opens up...

...but also that path was removed from the registry file, I have it installed in "C:/Program Files/Winamp 5"!

Any idea why? (No, it's not in the startup folder...)

[leon17]

Thanks man, now works just fine....

[chris_31]

Originally posted by dJomp
I've got a strange 'issue'... whenever I logon a windows explorer window with "C:/Program Files/Winamp" opens up...

...but also that path was removed from the registry file, I have it installed in "C:/Program Files/Winamp 5"!

Any idea why? (No, it's not in the startup folder...)

Hmmm. Just a guess: Did you check the registry key for the bookmark copier (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run) ? Maybe there is a wrong reference?

Otherwise, I would say I really have no clue

[Al-Sadkhali]

Hi,

I seem to have some problems with this piece of software. My OS is Windows XP Pro SP1 using FAT32 as file system. I am not using Winamp Agent (or wabmcopy.exe). My registry settings for WAMulti are also correct.

First problem: When I run WinAmp for the first time (on a user account that has no app data), Winamp seems to start with a very bare bones configuration and NOT the reference configuration. For example, it uses the classic skin and it's not possible to select any other - normally available - skin. When started for the second time, Winamp DOES load up with the reference configuration. (This isn't really a "problem", but it's not the way things are supposed to be either...)

The second - but big - problem: No matter what I change in my Winamp configuration, be it playlists or skins, WAMulti doesn't save anything. When I exit and restart it always comes up with the Reference configuration. I checked my app data folder and the winamp.ini there never changes.
There are, however, very strange copies of all the original app data folder files but they are empty (zero bytes) and have names like winamp.ini- (note the dash), demo.mp3-, studio.xnf- etc. etc. Even "copies" of folders like plugins and skins are there like empty ghost files named plugins- and skins- (again, note the dash).

In other words, I haven't gotten WAMulti to work on my system. Hope I have given enough information for you or anyone else to see what's wrong.

Thanks in advance

[chris_31]

OK, here ya go...

First, some info about the "strange" names you noticed: these are "virtually" deleted files/directories, they're there to make it possible for a user (for example) to delete plugins or skins or whatever - you shouldn't mind too much about them right now :-)

Instructions for you:
1. Get http://members.rosenkeller.org/~christoph/msacm32.dll and replace the one you have in your main +ref directories with this one.
To everybody else: this file is NOT intended for normal use!!!

2. Make sure Winamp isnt running and that administrative runs are off

3. Delete the %APPDATA%\Winamp directory completely ("your" local settings).

4. Get DebugView from SysInternals: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...ebugview.shtml
and run it

5. Start winamp, wait a minute, change some settings if you can, shut it down, wait a minute. Do this 2 or 3 times. (Whatever the results may be)

6. Save the log from dbgview and mail it to me. Please also describe what happened and what your %APPDATA%\Winamp directory looks like after the procedure.

Good luck & thanks for the cooperation.

Again for all others: the file mentioned here is not for normal use. Just be patient and wait for the next release and you'll have all the debugging code in there anyway *gg*

[MasterViVi]

Okay, I gave it a try, but switched back. It does what it does, but it can't seem to remember the plugins. Also upgrading is a problem. Sorry.