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Creating an installer to help me install multiple programs silently

Asked by: ferryl

Hello is it possible to create a installer that can install (.exe, not source) multiple programs silently without having the user to attend to it at all?

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2008-09-04 at 02:33:19ID23701939
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Answers

 

by: merowingerPosted on 2008-09-04 at 02:50:56ID: 22385531

Hi ferryl,
a few more information about your plans would be great...
Do you think about a folder containing some executables which shell be installed silent on all computers (or one) without user input?

Writing the method to do this should not be the problem, but when a installation is not created to get installed silently, i see no option without repackaging!



best regards
merowinger

 

by: MikeSelPosted on 2008-10-12 at 04:17:40ID: 22697008

You could package the applications you want to install into the projects resource file, then at run time unpack them into a temporary location and execute them. Depending on what it is you packing\unpacking you may be able to use the /S or /Silent parameters. If not, why not have a go at doing what the install program does manually. It should all be possible..

Heres an example

http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60ent/samp10/1/win98/en-us/resfile.exe

SUMMARY
RESFILE.EXE is a sample project that shows how to store any file type in a resource file and retrieve the file for use at run-time.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194409

 

by: musickmannPosted on 2009-02-11 at 08:19:47ID: 23612929

Something along this line..
I have 5 or 6 programs that I need to install on over 50 laptops. Each program needs to be started, then click next a couple times to execute the installation, then click finish to end the installation and then the next installation started.
I seem to remember some script program that would do this with the ability to wait until the installation program requested the next input...but I can't remember what program this is or if there is a different way to accomplis this.

 

by: musickmannPosted on 2009-02-11 at 09:45:45ID: 23613874

I found the program I was talking about.
I haven't used it myself yet, but plan to in the next couple of days to setup the laptops:
http://www.autoitscript.com/

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