How can I accomplish merging custom.ini and winapp2.ini with new winapp2ool.exe?

[bege10]

I have a batch script to update winapp2.ini and merge with custom.ini. The old winapp2ool allowed this command: winapp2ool.exe -3 -c -s
This does not work any more with the new winapp2ool. The readme.md still mentions 3 for merge but there is a new command combine in the new version. The description says that it combines ALL ini files from the directory. There are other ini files in that directory - at least winapp2ool.ini - that shall not be included.
How can I accomplish merging only custom.ini and winapp2.ini with the new version of winapp2ool?

[bege10]

OK, I see that I must change the default directories for download and merge commands.
That works in the winapp2ool UI but neither with the command line winapp2ool.exe -3 -c -s nor with winapp2ool.exe combine -c -s .
The readme.md seems not to be updated for the new version.

Am I right that I cannot change the custom.ini file name? After combining the ini files I must rename it to winapp2.ini for the CCleaner program directory. Is that correct?

[MoscaDotTo]

Hello! Sorry about the missing ReadMes. winapp2ool is under considerable flux right now and I created but haven't yet published the Transmute readme.

It's important to note that Merge always added content but now this is a specific mode in Transmute which adds and only adds content and does not perform the conflict resolution that Merge once did.

Separate your entries in custom.ini by the type of change you want to make:

additions: full entries and individual keys defined within entries can both go into the same file, for example, you may wish to define a LangSecRef here for each web browser entry such that they're placed where you'd like in CCleaner

replacements:

if you have entire sections written out that you'd like to replace built-in winapp2.ini sections with, put them in a file together

if you have individual keys within sections you want to replace, define them in their own file separate from the section replacements

removals:

if you have entire sections you'd like to remove, you need only place the [name *] of those sections in their own file

if you have individual keys, you'll have to decide whether to remove them by name or by value, these each go in separate files

for your specific use case of removing the Section keys from, you'll want the key name removals

Sorry without a readme if that's a bit much to take in at once, if you provide me the list of web browsers you're using i will provide you with the correct configuration files and commandline arguments do achieve patching winapp2.ini with the new winapp2ool

once you have created these files, you might find it helpful to check out the Flavorize module within Transmute. it is specifically designed to help apply these sets of changes. if you name them in a way which labels them as below, Flavorize has an autodetect function which will automatically detect their filenames.
custom_additions.ini
custom_key_replacements
custom_name_removals
custom_section_removals
custom_section_replacements
custom_value_removals
note: I used custom here as an example, but you can name it whatever you like as long as you have the words after the _

to avoid order of operations concerns, i would advice applying any changes in the following order:
section removals -> key removals -> section replacements -> key replacements -> additions

section removals: winapp2ool -s -transmute -remove -bysection -2f <section removals file>
key name removals: winapp2ool -s transmute -remove -bykey -byname -2f <key name removals file>
key value removals: winapp2ool -s transmute -remove -bykey -byvalue -2f <key value removals file>
sections replacements: winapp2ool -s transmute -replace -bysection -2f <section replacements file>
key replacements: winapp2ool -s -transmute -replace -bykey -2f <key replacements file>
adding: winapp2ool -s -transmute -add -2f <additions file>

[MoscaDotTo]

As an example:

custom_name_removals.txt
custom_additions.txt

if you save these two files as custom_name_removals.ini and custom_additions.ini and place them in a folder with winapp2ool

a batch script with the following
winapp2ool -s -download winapp2
winapp2ool -s -transmute -remove -byname -2f custom_name_removals.ini
winapp2ool -s -transmute -add -2f custom_additions.ini
winapp2ool -s -debug -c

will: download the latest winapp2.ini
remove the offending Section keys
replace them with CCleaner LangSecRefs (as they used to have)
reformat the file so the replacement keys are in winapp2.ini order

[MoscaDotTo]

You can now find a complete ReadMe for Transmute here