Originally Posted by oldskewel

There is a lot of bad, wrong, almost right info out there on the interwebs.
I don't know about those other links you cite, but the one I cited:

https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpo...72&postcount=1

Did it for me, when read carefully and followed exactly. Since it was posted in 2012 and worked for me in 2019, I expect it is still valid. Also, those instructions refer to Win7, and I did it on Win10-64-bit, further suggesting they are rock solid.