I plan to sort this properly in about a month when I'm back from holiday. I too don't like the idea of using the installer because the portals can't be relied upon to do important stuff in their installers.
Here's some links I have stored ready to harvest for info:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms995853.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206295.aspx
http://forums.indiegamer.com/showthread.php?t=10111
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=70424
http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1978
I'm pretty sure there was a big Vista thread (or two) here too a while ago (2 months?) but I don't have it bookmarked. If you find it please post a link
Here's some links I have stored ready to harvest for info:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms995853.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206295.aspx
http://forums.indiegamer.com/showthread.php?t=10111
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=70424
http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1978
I'm pretty sure there was a big Vista thread (or two) here too a while ago (2 months?) but I don't have it bookmarked. If you find it please post a link