I have created a Switches.rtf that has the switches for 348 different pieces of software in it. I am currently in the process of adding all the switches that I have to uawiki.org , so the 11/1/05 upload will be the last one for awhile, please check out the website as it is currently building up a pretty impressive database of app switches, I am sure that in time & w/ more help it will be even better. I have always wanted to put the switches online but haven't had the time to create the website so uawiki.org allows me that chance so they can easily be updated & changed @ any time, as u will notice there are already several members of msfn already there. I will leave the attachment so that if anyone would still like to download it they can. I am curious to see what everyone thinks about putting the switches online. so do let me know & u can post it right here.

also i want to say Thank You to everybody for all the support & comments, they have been appriceated.

****Update on 6/18/06 @ 8:05am--- i have restarted working on my project, however progress has been slow, i am also making some major changes that i hope to upload @ some point, i am also still updating www.uawiki.org, i am also changing everything from notepad to excel and hope to be done sometime, it is take forever and i am retesting all the switches & links..........

Not to discourage your work, but that's what the autoit and applications switches threads are for. I guess this would be good for newbies.

It doesn't look like a txt file to me, what format is it supposed to be?

Download and open with Wordpad !
It is a good compilation of switches.
Good effort asserted. Will make it easier for others.

I don't have Wordpad, the file extension is .txt for use with a text editor, not a word processor.

Here it is again for those of us using a text editor, or reading directly in their browser.
[EDIT]
Removed
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@Yzöwl
No offence meant, but the better thing to do would be to take down your *REAL* .txt file from the above post. Atleast then, diesel can have a single point of source. Otherwise, when he updates his post, people will still be downloading from YOUR post, and start complaining.


@diesel_98a
Nice effort!
It would be excellent, if as the others said, you could rename the file attached in your post as .RTF so it won't open with Notepad (since its formatted for wordpoad and such editors).

no problem, just a pedantic method of making my point...consider it gone

I actually hoped it would've triggered a response from the author, as it's not just people, without wordpad, but most users of firefox etc. will pick up a txt file in their browser by default, unless they remember to right click on it first.

Now THIS is a great thread!

The collection here is good, complete, comes complete with links to MSFN threads, app switches, and coherent instructions for each app. Keep it up.

Aaron really should either replace his sticky with this or incorporate all the extra info. That seems to be the one thing that most forum sites neglect: consolidation.

There's a thousand posts on lots of topics, but they're ALL RELATED! The biggest timesaver for new users is to NOT have to do a search (and get either "nothing" because their search is too specific, or a hundred hits, usually occurring in the middle of a long string of incremental replies, that keeps them jumping around all over the place). Comprehensive guides that collate lots of information, created by those most experienced with the process, would likely cut down a lot of the duplication we see in the forums.

The MSFN Unattended guides were the most helpful pages to me when I started this whole unattended adventure, but there's not even a link to them from the main forum page! They should be the most accessible, most advertised, and most updated locations (next to the daily news) on the MSFN web site, IMHO.

There is a thread somewhere else, I believe in the Unattended section, where Alanoll is taking on a massive task: complete comprehensive description of the ins and outs of Unattended CD creation. Maybe some brave soul (Aaron?!) could attempt the same thing for this section...

This is not an attempt to hijack this thread, but I know that some admins sometimes take a peek into the threads. I thought they might appreciate some feedback that conveys some constructive analysis of the big picture. I mean, we're all here to try to make life simpler, more efficient, and hassle-free, right?

:

Oh, and P.S.... Yes, there IS a link to the guides on the home page:
Very top, upper left.

I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so that would explain how I missed it - for two months! And yes, I looked and looked.

Rather than interpret this as a lack of attention or perception on MY part, however ( ), I choose rather to make the point that the link is really not visible enough! Ahh...creative reality...nothing else like it!

@beaumar
These consolidated threads that you speak of.... Why not make them yourself, and I make it a sticky?

Most of the time we do keep trying to collect all the info in one place, but there just isn't enough time. Its easy to say, that we SHOULD do this and SHOULD do that, which will improve the experience for newcomers... But remember, we have jobs and real life to attend to, as well. If you'd like to contribute, then that's really nice.

i actually meant it to be in the rtf format, that was my fault, i didn't notice the .txt part until u had said something, so thanks but it has been fixed, so no problem there.



it can be pretty much be for anybody, i sometimes get tired of looking in the forumns for different switches, only to have to go back & look again, just wanting to save time on my part & maybe some others as well.

sorry bout the late responses, just been busy working on this project, the amount of hrs i have put in, have been tremendous.......

ok, now here is where i could some help, i done some searching & haven't been able to find very much, this is either due to invalid links or just not finding what i need. i have a list of programs that i need more install info & examples of. i am trying to do this w/out using autoit.


Cover XP - need to know if there is a way to install other than using autoit

Customizer XP - does this one need extracted, what is the homepage, where can one download it from, any examples of install

Defrag Pro - does this one need extracted, what is the homepage, where can one download it from, any examples of install

Image Optimizer Pro - does anybody have a custom .msi that can be download, other install ideas

Outlook Backup - does this one need extracted, what is the homepage, where can one download it from, any examples of install

VCR Pro - does this one need extracted, what is the homepage, where can one download it from, any examples of install

WinACE - does anybody have a custom .msi that can be download, other install ideas

Window Washer - does anybody have a custom .msi that can be download, other install ideas

***Updated
Zip Scan - found a download, doesn't need to be installed
Izarc - updated in Switches v1.45 & beyond
Res Hacker - create a silent install using ur favorite zip program

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Diesel,
great works.

If you continue to update it, ii will be even easier to use, if you include a history of the additions made to the file, in the first post.

One will not have to scan the whole file to see if there is an interesting update for him.

As said, great compiling work.

Here are some switches......sorry if they are re-posts

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\WMP10\mp10setup.exe /Q

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\Kazaa\klitekpp241e.exe /SP /VERYSILENT /NOREBOOT

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\Winamp\Winamp5.0.8.msi /QB-!

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\anydvd\SetupAnyDVD.exe /S /NCRC

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\DVDSanta\dvdSanta3.45.exe /SP /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\DVDshrink\dvdshrink317setup.exe /SP /VERYSILENT /NOREBOOT

start /wait %systendrive%\Install\Application\XoftSpy\XoftSpy408Installer.exe /S

would the -! be a switch to now have it start on install?

No, The -! is to allow a progress bar.......


Desiel, I see that, in your RTF File, you have asked for comfirmation of the Win Media Player 10 switches you have listed.......as you can see from my earlier post I use the /Q switch and it installs silently - with no trouble at all.

yeah i was actually thinking about doing that after doing the update. and i have started to keep track to what i am adding right now.

thanks for the additions, i will even go back and edit my post asking for help, to remove any switches that i now have.



is the systemrestore used during install, i don't think so but just asking.
is the kliteppk just the kazaa lite version?

I have system restore turned off by default in my DVD ......but I have installed it on other machines via the command line with a /Q switch only and no problems - completely silent and the system restore was on, in those systems.

Yes, It is the Kazaa Lite Version....

Hopefully, the Kazaa thing is figured out now, if anybody has anything different let me know, thanks.

The next time you start using a verison number, please remember the following:
[Major number].[Minor number] thus meaning:
Switches 1.05
Switches 1.10
Switches 1.15
Switches 1.20
Switches 1.22
Switches 1.25
Switches 1.30
etc.etc.
if u are going to a number greater then 99 for the Minor number, then please before you reach it, start using the following:
Switches 1.75
Switches 1.080
Switches 1.085
Switches 1.090
Switches 1.095
Switches 1.100
This is to keep everyone from getting confused.

I like this, good work

Nice work, thanks!

sorry bout that i meant to have it a v1.05, sorry for the confusion, just a typo is all just like the one here:



should be 1.075, but no problem there

Hello,

Seem that your pskill switchs are wrong (version 1.20). The switchs are not the same than taskkill. Where Taskkill use /F /IM, pskill use -t. You need to replace it in various places.

In the same time, could be a good idea to join regtweaks for applications not to start automaticly or disable checking and so on. As an example CloneCD



Regards

i finally found it, but the -! is to not allow the cancel button to be pressed. sorry about the long time to reply, just took me a long to find where i saw it before.

would any of the moderators be interested in making this thread a sticky?
was just wondering......let me know or just do it......thanks.....

Hi, all ! )

This is my first post here, but I read this forum since 6 months. I used your switch collection, but you made mistake in IrfanView part, coze there should be /silent command not /SILENT !
I spend almost 2 hours to solved that problem - "What a hell is going wrong, then unattended mode didn't work !? " Ufff... - but now, everything is ok' ( without the same problem with Foobar Special Edition 0.83 )
Then just note it...

See you all ,

janbar.)

i'll get that one corrected, in the next update, never even noticed, thanks for mentioning that, on the foobar one i will have to check it out, i think i had installed it using the /S............

Great work - thanks

illust

thanks for sending me those switches, i will get the rest of them added in the next version, just too much software & not enough time...........


thanks to everybody for the support & downloads, if u want to add a switch just email me.........

have fun yall.........

about the kazaa lite thingy... goto My Webpage and click on the link next to klite27b4, i posted some thread asking some suporting devs for switches, think it's in the tips and tricks section. if some admin wanna edit this post and add a direct link would be better

btw: it's for K-Lite 2.7 beta 4
and copernic is /S, thx

gues i'm not that lazy... here u go k-lite27b4n switches

i will add the link to it for the time being, unless somebody whats to do special post for it, thats great addition, thanks................

Awesome file thanks.

How about a link to the first page of this thread at the top of the file so it's easy to check for updates. I've added one to my file

i was just going to add a link to the file, i have actually done it already, will be in the next version that i upload.........sorry bout the late reply.....been spending too much time @ the hospital doing some visiting.............

Hi People,

Cool .. This saves me a bunch of time, Really Great job!!! Thx People...

Seeya..

Thanks, glad u like it...........

I have a crap connection... i've always had problems downloading attachments from here (it's me not you.... satellite internet sucks)

anyways I was hoping someone could copy n' paste for me the slimserver silent switch... i've not seen that keyword anywhere else on this forum besides this thread...

thx

here it is, must be very bad (the connection), the attachment is under 120k....

Great news, i have finally got all of the links updated, will be adding some more software w/in the next few days.................

well finally got up to 300 pieces of software.............

sorry for the long delay, but i have updated what work i have done so far, also i have welcomed a new addition to the family, so that is were most of my time has been, thanks..............

Congrats

and thanks again for the work done.

Regards

ok the newest version has been uploaded, sorry bout the long wait.........still go have lots more to add so keep cking back.............

I like the list, it is very useful. However, there is no entry for SmartFTP.
I am struggling to find a switch for it at the moment, the installer claims to be a Nullsoft installer, but using /S doesnt work and neither does treating it like an .MSI with /qn.

When I do find a switch I shall post back here and you could add it in when you get a chance.

Many thanx, keep up the good work!

i'll look into as well, thanks........

I've just discovered that SmartFTP can be downloaded with two different types of installers. MSI based .exe and a NSIS based .exe. I have been using the MSI based .exe with basically no success. I am currentely running a test on the NSIS based .exe with a /S switch. In about 2 mins I will know the results of this test and will tack them onto the end of this post.

Also as a plus side the NSIS .exe is about 1mb smaller than the MSI .exe!

I think that it worked as it has gone past the install in RunOnceEx and not thrown an install screen at me. So there is something to add to your list. As for the MSI .exe, it's going in the recycle bin now.

EDIT: Now on desktop for 1st time and it worked, no problem. It installs two desktop shortcut, should anyone care. These are now being added to my cleanup.cmd for removal.

verry nice work

i got a nice idea for this what do you think of it if someone makes a website with all this stuff in it (in a database ofcause) i have the knowledge to do it and i might have the time for it:D it depends on how much work it is lol..

please let me know if you like the idea or not .
btw.. it didn`t really help me because i used all kinds of other links here and on other forums but it`s really handy to have.

o and i miss firefox...

@markg85

I beleive that they are working on doing that for the MSFN guide

they are, it is just a time consuming project to say the least, i thought about putting this on a website but i am going to wait until that guide is done to see how much is included, cause not all the software can be included, just way to much to add & maintain, after only 5 months i had to go back & recheck all the links & that took days upon days to do......but until then we can only do what we can............might check w/ Alanoll to see how far they are into working on it though, they might need some help w/ it maybe........

A very in depth & precise list ya have there Diesel certainly a credit to you.