question about using qchain.exe

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Adam Sandler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm following Q296861 to install bunch of hotfixes. At the end of the
> script I have a line %PATHTOFIXES%\qchain.exe. I'm just wondering, I
> don't see any confirmation that qchain actually ran. In anyone's
> experience, does qchain give feedback through either the command window
> or a popup box? Or is no news good news?
>
> Thanks!
>

qchain will flash up a cmd.exe window for about a 1/4th of a second,
depending on the speed of the box you're running it on. It's pretty
easy to miss it on a fast machine, but it should be there. Also, don't
take this as gospel, but if you're installing Q-patches with the -z -m
flags on WindowsXP I don't think you need to run qchain when you're
done. Just a reboot works as well.

HTH