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warrior1109

Sep 26 2005, 10:13 AM

To silent install true image 9 extract the .msi (right click on the install button on splash screen and choose extract) and use a batch file;

CODE

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Acronis True Image 9
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait msiexec.exe /i AcronisTrueImage.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /norestart /qb-!

Be sure the batch file is in the same directory as the .msi, and call it in your usual way.

drscouse

Sep 27 2005, 04:55 AM

Great help.. cheers

After testing, this may not work very well on an unattended install, as it may force the pc to restart. May want to use the following witches:

QUOTE

cmdow @ /HID

start /wait msiexec.exe /i AcronisTrueImage.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /quiet /passive /norestart

(OOPS missed the \norestart switch in previous post.. DOH!!)

or directly from RunOnceEx:

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REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "Acronis True Image" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 01 /D "\"%CDROM%\Software\AcronisTrueImage\AcronisTrueImage.msi \" ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /quiet /passive /norestart" /f

warrior1109

Sep 27 2005, 08:03 AM

QUOTE (drscouse @ Sep 27 2005, 11:55 AM)

or directly from RunOnceEx:

QUOTE

I tried it from the RunOnceEx but could not get it to work, so now my RunOnceEx calls the batch file.

urie

Sep 27 2005, 08:33 AM

QUOTE (warrior1109 @ Sep 27 2005, 02:03 PM)

QUOTE (drscouse @ Sep 27 2005, 11:55 AM)

or directly from RunOnceEx:

QUOTE

I tried it from the RunOnceEx but could not get it to work, so now my RunOnceEx calls the batch file.

Shouldn't it be

CODE

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "Acronis True Image" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 01 /D "\"%CDROM%\Software\AcronisTrueImage\AcronisTrueImage.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /quiet /passive /norestart" /f

drscouse

Sep 27 2005, 02:21 PM

QUOTE

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 01 /D "\"%CDROM%\Software\AcronisTrueImage\AcronisTrueImage.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /quiet /passive /norestart" /f

You are missing a ", there are only 3 in the above instruction...

If you notice this entry:

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REG ADD %KEY%\017 /VE /D "Nero Burning Rom" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\017 /V 01 /D "\"%CDROM%\Software\Nero\Nero.exe\" /silent /sn=SERIAL /write_sn /no_ui /noreboot" /f

There are 4 ", and there is a " after the filename.... and the final one after the switches before the /f..

This is working fine for me, so Ive ditched the batch file

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REG ADD %KEY%\022 /V 01 /D "\"%CDROM%\Software\TrueImage\TrueImage.msi\" ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /quiet /passive /norestart" /f

Taken directly from my working script...

urie

Mar 1 2006, 07:17 AM

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Could someone please tell me what files are needed for silent install,
is it just AcronisTrueImage.msi, instmsia.exe, instmsiw.exe, icudt32l.dat,

Thanks

redfive19

Mar 1 2006, 08:13 AM

Whenever I run this MSI with these switches, I get an error message

Here is my autoit line:

CODE

RunWait("msiexec /i AcronisTrueImage.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /quiet /passive /norestart")

but I tried this in a batch file as well and I still get this error. Any ideas?

thuun derboy

Mar 1 2006, 05:20 PM

make a network image and 7zip that sucker!
nothing special about this one.
PIDKEY=yadda-yadda-yadda

edit:
are you using autoit code in a regular batch?
don't you want 'start /wait...'

ajua

Mar 1 2006, 11:16 PM

why did you use ADDLOCAL switch? what is that for?
for disk director suite i just grab the msi extracted by the setup (in userprofile temp folder) and use this swtiches to run it: PIDKey=x-x-x-x /qn /no restart

and all works fine for me.

redfive19

Mar 2 2006, 07:24 AM

@elajua
I was just going by what was in the posts. I looked it up on the Acronis site and got the true switch which as you say, has *no* ADDLOCAL

@thuun derboy
Of course I didn't use autoit code on a batch file!! I was saying I tried the above commands with a start /wait in a batch file and it didn't work. I rarely use batch files since learning Autoit. I just wanted to see if it was Autoit's fault.

-redfive

MHz

Mar 2 2006, 07:53 AM

QUOTE (redfive19 @ Mar 2 2006, 12:13 AM)

Whenever I run this MSI with these switches, I get an error message

Here is my autoit line:

CODE

RunWait("msiexec /i AcronisTrueImage.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL PIDKEY=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /quiet /passive /norestart")

but I tried this in a batch file as well and I still get this error. Any ideas?

Tell msiexec where your file is. Supply a path to the file.

If you use Start /Wait in a DOS batch file, then you deserve to be thrown into a snake pit for constructing a noobie command.

redfive19

Mar 2 2006, 08:52 AM

hehe, that's why I don't use batch files anymore. I can do everything in autoit and more! Anyway, this worked after I took out the ADDLOCAL=ALL without providing the full path to the MSI.

MHz>all

-redfive

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