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Silent Install of Access 2010 Runtime

Bottom Line: I need to be able to install the Access 2010 Runtime completely "silently" - no user input at all. Can this be done?

I have a similar question in progress right now, but it deals with the built-in package wizard/solution. I am anticipating that there will not be a solution to the real problem. So, I am thinking of a Plan B.

Plan B involves two steps. The first step is to push out only the Runtime to our users at night. I would be using a program we have called LanDesk to push out the Runtime. LanDesk lets us do administrative installs of applications across our agency. The problem with LanDesk is that it will not work if any user input is required.

I tried to use the /q and /quiet switches for the AccessRuntime.exe file. This worked partially. The /q switch removed the EULA screen from the install, but there is still a popup screen at the end which requires user-input. This screen at the end means that we can't push out the runtime to our users at night.

I researched this question on this site and others have asked similar questions. Sadly, the question was never really answered. I thought I would try again.

Does anyone definitively know if a truly silent install is possible? (It used to be possible in 2003 and earlier.) Or are we completely out of luck? (and it is time to start looking for a new programing environment!)

Thanks for your assistance.

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serialband: Thanks for the reply.

I actually tried this already (and again just now). It did not work. A Help screen popped up and the install did not happen.

However, I wonder if we are thinking about two different things. I wonder if you are talking about doing this config file for the package installation as opposed to just running/installing the AccessRuntime.exe file like I am trying to do here?

Just to be clear, here is what I tried:
1) I created a config.xml file with content similar to above (which I got from another site):

2) I created a .bat file with the following code:

\\MyPath\AccessRuntime.exe /config config.xml

Then I ran the .bat file. When I ran the .bat file, the PC thinks about it for a while an then pops up a help screen. I click OK to the Help screen and then nothing else happens.

If your answer is that the above solution is to be applied to the install package created by MS Access, do you know if there is a way to run just the AccessRuntime.exe file silently without using the MS Access package product?

(Note: I have another post on this site that explains the problem I ran into when I use the MS package to do the install. The first time, the install happens OK (except that it isn't silent). But the second time, the Runtime runs into problems. I wonder if I use the config approach if that would eliminate the problems with subsequent installs. If so, I'll post that it worked on the other question.)

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I should mention that a co-worker helped me figure this out.

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Strange, I thought I described that and it was in the the link I posted.

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serialband: My apologies. I don't see that step in your post and I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't really see the link. If anything, I assumed that the link was repeating what you included in your post. Now I'm sorry I didn't see the link and take a look. Thanks a bunch for your assistance!

serialband

No problems. Parts of my message must not have been typed out that day which I thought was strange. I must have been called away halfway through submitting it.