Took me a bit to figure this out but here is how to make Limewire install silently.

1. Run the setup that you can download from www.limewire.com untill you come to the part where it downloads the msi from the internet. After the msi download is complete, cancel the install.

2. Go to C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations and into the limewire folder where 0x0409.ini and LimeWire.msi are and copy the setup.exe from step one into this folder.

3. As this is an InstallShield installer, run the exe file with the switch /R (I believe it is caps sensitive) and complete the install with the options that you want. Your answers will be saved in the setup.iss file in C:\Windows. After the install is complete, copy setup.iss from your window folder into the folder also.

4. Using WinRAR or equivilent, make an SFX with 3 files: the msi, the exe, and the iss. Tell it to run setup.exe /s after the extraction.

5. Test out your new exe! Copy it onto your XP CD, it does not need any switches to run, as it will run silently with all the answers saved in the iss file.

Nice, except the damnable "Start LimeWire on System Startup" continues to appear. I think the boys and girls at LimeWire simply messed up the package, looks like a job for AutoIt.

@blinkdt
There is a way to use an the msi limewire creates to silently install this. It requires editing the MSI though.

Roger that, per other threads on this subject. But poop on that, it's easy enough with AutoIt as there is only one dialogue box to contend with.

That's true. I like AutoIt anyway.