Open in Windows Explorer doesn't work on Windows 2008

If you are running SharePoint on Windows 2008 and want to open a document library in Windows Explorer it probably won't work by default. The option is there but it doesn't do anything. To make this work you'll need to add the Desktop Experience feature to the server. You can do this by going into Server Manager, Features, Add Feature and choose the Desktop Experience feature.

Unattended uninstall of Expression Blend 3

I've had some big problems running MS Expression Blend 3 in my dev VM and wanted to uninstall but the uninstall doesn't render properly (missing buttons) etc. so I needed to do an unattended uninstall to get rid of it. I did some searching and found the proper syntax and thought I'd share.

Change to the folder that contains the xsetup.exe file, on my system it is c:\program files\microsoft expression\Blend 3.

Then execute the following command where the source is the DVD (or location) that you initially installed from. In my case this was the E:\Setup folder on the DVD ISO image I used. The -x does the uninstall, -q runs in quiet mode (unattended). Before you issue the command, I suggest going to your temp folder (%temp%) and clearing out everything. When xsetup runs it will create a log file that will show you what happened on the uninstall and if you've entered the correct path etc. if the uninstall doesn't work properly.

xsetup -manifest:BlendManifest.cab -source:E:\Setup -x -q