Nero 7.2.0.3 is out and there is good new and bad news.

The good news is that the old (7.8.0.2) AutoIt script still works to silently install this and more importantly the problem of Nero not being listed as a handler in 'Auto Play', is resolved.

The bad news is that the script is no longer succesfull in picking the components you want installed. Basically, regardless of the components you chose for installation in the script, the whole of the Nero package gets installed.

I guess we need a new script for this.

How come there is no interest for a new AutoIt script for this release, or is it that everyone is happy just using the old version of Nero?

No, everyone is using hp38guser's Nero Lite Installer or built an own installer.

I disagree with you Dynaletik - a good number of people do use Autoit Nero 7x script for installation...

I hope Boardbabe can write a new script for 7.2.0.3, the script for 7.0.8.2 is really impressive

That's the reason, why it was a joke. I also think, that the script is impressive, but until it is updated, I made an installer for me, that only installs my needed components and integrates the key.

Is anyone working on an AutoIt Script for this? I wish I knew how to do it I would write one myself. But I guess we can only appeal to Broadbabe to do rewrite her old script to make it work for v7.2.0.3

bummers, still no response on this script? Anyone willing to share their own autoit script that works for 7.2.0.3? I cannot seem to figure out why the script stopped working, been playing with it for a few hours. Odd.

Dennis

It's not the script that stopped working, the Nero installer stopped accepting MSI Properties, the /qn and /norestart still work but the properties do not (except for the SERIALNUM_USERVAL), not even when manually entered at the cmd-line.

and there seem to be 3 extra properties, CB27B709E, CDA5EA0D9 and CF99127CF but no description can be found for these properties.

great installer NOT!

bump

Ok,

lots of people asking for it, and I have resisted switching to Nero7 because I didn't like the 'extras', and didn't like the 'lite' version.

I have borrowed some of the code from an earlier Auto-It script (downloaded it a while ago, so don't remember whose it was - to whomever, respect is due), and done my own automation.

PLEAE NOTE - this is the first script I have published, I write scripts for myself, and this is BY FAR the neatest script I have done (this is the first to use regions to tidy things up!) so if it is not up to 'standard' I apologise - also because of this i fully expect to have things that don't work for some people - useful feedback will be taken & i will do what I can to update the script as best I can.

Now, on to the script itself:

The Script starts with some options for Auto-It , I set the Mouse Click to be relevant to the Application Window and the Title to match any substring (for people not installing the ultra version).

Then there are User Options, enter your Serial number here, the filename for the installer, and choose which components you want installed by putting a y, Y, n or N. Choose the Shortcut Options, and the 'Advanced' options (this code was lifted directly from another script). There is also a value for DelayTime - I use this to make the script run smoother by putting delays here & there - also because although it is unattended it doesn't mean i don't want to see what is happening!

The Initial Install section goes through the start-up screens, clicking the only available options, Note that there is a delay imposed on the First screen, as it seem s to refresh itself several times before allowing you to click next. I have set the delay to 3 seconds (3000) which should be suitable for most, but it can be changed.

Now for the Interesting bit, Customising the Install options; I have used MouseClick to change the options, and have had to 'page down' repeatedly for the bottom half of the list. i have tested this a few times, but i expect people to have problems with it - mouseclick is not my favoured way of doing these things, but in this case it seems to work best.

The next section completes the installation, selects the Shortcut Options, and chooses not to reboot.

the final section adds the extra customisation which again was copied directly from another script.

That's it, if it works be happy, if it doesn't, try to figure out why and let me know (if you can help make it better it helps everyone!)

Hi salawinder,

ThanKs a lot for the script, unfortunately, I've just tested it on VMWare, and everything seems to go well up until

This is when it starts to hang! (I waited for 10 minutes...), which is perhaps what you were expecting.

If I click [next], it continues unattended up until the end, i.e. until the dialogue boxes end, and then it hangs again: the installation of the other software on my list is halted (and here I also waited for 10 minutes), which means I ended up having to abort the process.

I'm calling it (i.e. the compiled sript) from my RunOnceEX.cmd, with the following command:



where Nero7.exe = the compiled script, but I don't think there's a problem here, otherwise it wouldn't even have started.


Finally, I didn't change anything in the script, except for adding my serial number, and from what I could see, that seems to have worked fine.

Did anyone else have the same problem?

Please help!

change line 231toand it should work.

I replaced the linesto
At the product selection section, because the scrolling in the list didn't seem to work.
And changed the sortorder (maybe this is just for the dutch installer). Tools is named Extra and placed before NeroImageDrive

The click for Nero ImageDrive should be a bit higer because there are only 2 options available.

I also added the option to add name and companyname, if these values are empty they are left default.
And added an option to hide the unpacking screen.
I can post the edited script if requested. But I think it's better to let salawinder keep the script, and do the changes

Ohw and almost forgot:
thanks for the script salawinder, this will keep me (and others) going!

Sangi,

As Glowy has pointed out the error I made was leaving a reference to 'Ultra Edition' in one of the commands. I have amended this and have attached a new script below. Also note I have not tested this in VMWare, or VirtualPC, i have used a spare computer. I know this shouldn't make a difference, but I have heard of some issues like this.


Glowy,

Thanks for the assistance - I originally had all commands pointing to "Nero 7 Ultra Edition - Installation Wizard", but realised it would not work for all users, so thought I had changed them all, but missed one!

I toyed with the idea of using Send (" {PGDN 2} "), also, bot figured I was already using the MouseClick command I may as well stick with it (and that worked better than I had expected. I think possibly there may be differences in the layout for the Dutch version (as well as the order of the components) which might make the PGDN a better option, so have amended my script accordingly.

Note that the installer I have used is a rip with English language only, so it might be best to add some code to select the language for non-English versions. I would have thought that the window properties would not match with non-English versions, did you have any trouble with that? - perhaps you could create a Dutch version of the script which incorporates the different order of the components and the coordinates for the MouseClick?

I have no problem with anyone altering/borrowing/outright stealing the code, as long as it helps the community! (where would we be without plagiarism, Bill(zebub) wouldn't have a job for starters!)

First of all salawinder and Glowy: thanks so much for the help, I wish I could be of some use, but since I don't yet know how to write scripts, I guess I have to limit myself to testing! And that I did...

salawinder

I've tested your new script in my VMWare, and although this time it did not hang at the Custom Setup dialogue box, it still hangs after the dialogue boxes close down, i.e. it won't install!

Glowy,

You said:



Would your script work for Nero-7.2.0.3b_eng_no_yt.exe, i.e. the English only version? I'm particularly interested in the hide the unpacking screen bit: does it mean we wouldn't get to see the dialogue boxes on the screen?

You also said:



Well, since I haven't been lucky with the new salawinder script, at least not yet, I would be very happy to try yours! Could you post it?

Sangi,

out of interest, when you say after the dialogue boxes, do you mean that it does not come up with the reboot warning, or is it before there?

I ask because on 1 test I ran it did not need to reboot.

Glowy, if you can assist i don't mid at all, if you want to post the code you did for the name and companyname and hiding the unpacking screen ( I prefer to see this, as I say it may be unattended, but I like to see what is going on! )

Thanks

salawinder

What I mean is that it hangs after the last dialogue box, the one which says [Finnish]. It seems to close down, or at least there are no more dialogue boxes, but my RunOnceEx hangs, that is, it does not move to the next application, and seen as it does so for all the others, I suspect that Nero is simply not closing down. My RunOnce works for the other applications so again, I suspect this is NOT the problem.

I hope it's not me that is getting it all wrong, but I did exactly what I told you in my first post. I'm also using VMWare, which you said you haven't as yet tested, but here again, it works fine for my other applications, so I find it unlikely.

Thanks for your consideration!

Sanjay, its sad that this version (seems) to not support MSI properties.
Else you could use an MSI tracking freeware app, and create a *.MST file (which contains all customizations), which could then be applied to the installer as:

Sangi,

Ok, if it hangs after the Finish button is 'pressed', then the reason the code stops is that it is looking for a smaller dialogue box which prompts the user to restart.

I have amended my code so that it waits for 5 seconds for that window to appear and then continues if the window does not appear. give it a go and see if it helps. If this doesn't do it let me know which components you are installing and which options you use in the user section.

Thanks.

@prathapml
I am just hoping that someone here will come up with a workable AutoIt script otherwise I am simply going to continue using an older version of Nero.

That would be the best - to stay with Nero 6.6

salawinder,

YES, it works now!!!


Thanks a million: Tomorrow I will test it on the more general computer installation (as opposed to VMWare) and I'll let you know how that works.

Oh, and I added my plugin serials to my regtweaks and that worked fine too!

I would like to suggest that you add this great script to the AutoIt Scripts sticky!


Sanjay,

This is much better than fiddling about with MSI files: quicker and smaller. And, yes, if you care to edit the script you CAN customise your settings. But it gets better, Nero Scout is NOT installed, which is great (for me and many others I suspect!)

Nero Scout for me was the biggest deal breaker in Nero 7 and ofcourse next in line being the stupid Nero Showtime and it taking over all media file associations. I shall try this script out and based on your response I guess I have my solution for Nero 7.

I just tried the script with slight additions to the 'registry tweaks section'. Everything seemed to go well except that the stupid 'NERO SCOUT' still gets installed. There is a shortcut for Nero Scout in the 'Start/Programs/Nero 7 Premium' folder and also Nero Scout installs itself in the taskbar. Then to rub it in and make matters worse it does not even install correctly. When I click on the Nero Scout shortcut in the Start Menu or try to open 'Options' from the Nero Scout present in the taskbar I get an error stating: "Initialization error: Please Install Nero again."

The other thing I don't understand about this script is why the need for it to show all the 'clicks' etc. The earlier script by 'BoardBabe' which worked perfectly for Nero 7.0.8.2, ran the install completely silently and without any mouse clicks etc, how come this script cannot do the same. Also why is this script so much longer than the script by 'BoardBabe'

Couldn't you try yourself to improve the script? hey.

Cheers

MC.

This is because the .DLL file is unregitered at the tweaks section.


The script made by BoardBabe used the public properties of the MSI wich 7.2.0.3 doesn't seem to accept anymore, that made it possible to make it completely silent (and shorter).
Now we have to simulate an install to make it automated instead of silent.
There are a few screens that can be hidden (in the new script this is an option)

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And if you don't want to use the script, you can also open up the installer with WinRar and edit the Redist\Config\conf.txt file, and repack it, changing the comment to:


and run it with the /qn switch
But still there's the Nero Scout problem
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@salawinder
I'm going to make a final test run and then post my version.
BTW the hiding of the screens is done like the script made by BoardBabe (copy/paste )

Owkay here are the scipts, I also edited the script from salawinder to make it the same.
So both scripts are the latest posted bij salawinder with added features.

in the english version there is a part commented out (lines 269-174) this is to hide the installation screen, I don't know the text displayed in that english box.

now to find a (probably) regtweak to remove the neroscout from the systray.
And remove the Icon. Wich is only a FileDelete ("path to .lnk") statement I guess, so since that's not to hard I'm going to see if I can find a way to remove that nero scout from the systray.

Scripts removed, they are replaced

Well that was easy... just add an extra line
Changing and testing script now.

Edit: that worked! after the reboot the toolbar is gone. Now to get that icon out of the way, not so simple as I was thinking in the first place. The menufolder is named different with each version of nero (enterprise, Ultra, etc.)
Ideas anyone?

Script workin reasonable here, one small thing tho QL shortcut not appearing when selected in script.

Cheers
MC.

I had not mean't my post as a criticism, rather it was simply to understand the reason why. But I can see now how it could seem as a criticism, so I would like to appologize to 'salavinder' & 'glowy' and also would like to thank them for their efforts.


Where exactly should this line be added in the script?


The following is from the old script by BoardBabe, maybe it has a clue:

Glowy,

Thanks for your help on this, I'm clearly not as fast as you at testing and updating. Your help is appreciated.
I had noticed that the 'Scout' toolbar was there & was looking for a way to get rid of it, so thanks for getting rid of that. For some reason on my test PC the Icon in My Computer is not there - perhaps another reboot ?


Sanjay, your comments are not taken as a critisism, when I looked at BoardBabes script it looked perfect, and it seems the guys at Nero almost purposely (I'm not paranoid, I can prove it!!) stopped the installer from working that way, so now the only way to automate the install (unless someone else finds an alternative) is by getting the computer to 'click' the buttons you would to manually install the software.

I am going to test some more on spare computers to see if I can get any further, but as I say above Glowy might be quicker on the ball!

Glowy,

You might want to check the last script you posted - I think you left something in it you shouldn't have ??

Updated script which includes the option to hide the progree dialogues (Thanks to Glowy).

I have adde the command to get rid of the Scout Toolbar (again thanks to Glowy)

Plus I figured out how to get rid of the scout shortcut which should work for any version.

Enjoy, and keep the feedback coming.....

salawinder & Glowy,

Thanks again!

Now here's my feedback:

Glowy:

As you suggested, I added



to the last line of the script, and it worked: no more Nero Scout taskbar! But as you yourself mentioned, the Nero Scout Start menu link is still there...

salawinder:

Your last sript eliminates the Nero Scout Start menu link, but the taskbar is still there.


As Mavericks Choice mentioned, neither script add a shortcut to quicklaunch (NB. The script was duly edited to (y) for that option).

So, I cheated : since I know nothing of script writing I used Glowy's last one and deleted/added the above mentioned shortcuts through my Cleanup.cmd. With no knowledge of script writing, I simply wouldn't be able to deal with the taskbar issue.

No problems with the Nero Scout in the start menu here?
Just no QL at all if I select it?

Cheers
MC.

Whoopsie removed, script replaced.
great work on the menu icon!

now lets have a look at that QL icon....
no idea how to do it yet, the selection screen is dynamic based on your feature selection.

I have tried installing several times each time with a different experience. It seems that for some reason the script is very inconsistent in the final installation results. Once I ran ti and 'everything' got installed with no quick launch icon. Then again I ran it and this time only the programs I chose got installed except 'Nero Photosnap' also got installed but this time the Quick Launch shortcut is there.

This is because when selecting certain options tab's are removed/added in the final screen.
I think its better when QL icon is set to N to remove the .lnk file afterwards than to simulate mouseclicks, because it would become too complicated.

DOH!

I see the problem as clear as mud!

I was using certain options, which meant on the final options screen I only had three options available, and my 'MouseClicks' were set for those - I have just done an install with all components and can see the problem. I think I will drop the MouseClicks for these Options and manually delete the shortcuts.....

.....Working on it now......

No need
find edited scripts attached

Also replaced the lines containingwith

Good work Glowy,

1 problem though - I noticed when doing this that the final page of options during installation can have other pages on it, so the AutoPlay setting will not work either.

Personally I don't have a problem with this and if the applications are not installed then I can't see why others would either (feedback please).

So it would be best if you remove that from the script (lines 281 to 288).

Other than that I think it's we've cracked it!

You are very welcome

I have no problem with it, if someone wants it, we can do it by registry

And then Ahead will release another pain in the a**

Guys,

You've lost me now :

1. Whatever the mistake was on Glowy's last scripts, all I want to know is whether it would affect Nero's performance, does it?

2. As I understand it the previous scripts seemed to have a problem regarding different options:

i.e. different options would lead to different outcomes, so here's a copy of my options:



And I seem to have got most of what I wanted:

(i) Nero StarSmart, Nero Express, Nero SoundTrax, Nero WaveEditor, Nero Burning ROM, Nero CoverDesigner, Nero CD-DVD Speed, Nero DriveSpeed, Nero ImageDrive, Nero InfoTool, Nero ProductSetup, and they're all working!

(ii) Neither Nero Home nor Scout are anywhere in sight.

(iii) As for AutoPlay, is that the thing that when you load a CD into the computer it gives you the option to open it with Nero? If so, it has not been installed, and here's my feedback: NO I DON'T NEED IT!

(iv) Shortcuts: as mentioned earlier, I bypassed the Script and solved it via my Cleanup.cmd (Both Quicklaunch and Nero Scout).

Now, here's what I want to know: what is the difference between Glowy's two last scripts? Apart from the seemingly embarrassing mistake, of which I was, am and wish to remain blissfully unaware, what has changed?

PLEASE let me know!

1. It's just a simulated install, so no, this will not affect performance, even if a mistake was made in the script

2. correct, and the only problem was the desktop/quicklaunch icons, this is corrected

3. uhm... while checking I noticed that $SOpt1 = "y"; isn't used further in the script, so it doesn't do anything
maybe salawinder removed it already??

4. shortcuts are now removed by the script.

The scripts are not mine but from salawinder, I'm just helping out.

The thing changed is that the icon's (desktop and quicklaunch) are no longer enabled/disabled by mouseclicks, but by removing the .lnk files after the install.
The "mistake" was that the final setup screen is dynamic, dependent of the selected features.

the autorun part is untouched in the last script, and might/might not work, depending on the selected features. It is best to remove it from the script I think, but this is not done yet.

and there are a few cosmetic changes.

The embarrasing part was that I left the serialnumber in one of the scripts.

hope this helps..

Glowy,

I have added a couple of entries at the end to delete some other shortcuts - if you do a full install of everything it adds extra shortcuts, so I've added the ability to remove them if wanted. I've used your StringUpper idea, thanks for that.

I also changed the 'ShortCut Options' to 'y' if you want to delete them, rather than create them which seemed more appropriate now.

I have disabled the $SOpt1 option, and removed the relevant code; the problem here is that if people install other options the tick box that this clicks on might not be the one to disable the AutoPlay option, and will be enabling or disabling something else! - if you can figure out how to remove the AutoPlay entries post-install with the shortcuts I'd appreciate it (the registry isn't really my thing!)

Thanks.

salawinder,

I realize the script is yours, so I appologise for not making this clear enough. The thing is you both came up with scripts as you updated them, so that I rather ruthlessly referred to them according to whoever had done the posting. Sorry!

Sangi,

No need to apologise, Glowy has been as much a part of making this work as I have, and I'm in no way enough of a primadonna to lay claim to this script, it is a colaboration, and you've helped by testing it!

Without the feedback we wouldn't know where we were going wrong - the first draft I posted did everything I wanted it to; but as I quickly realised, there were other configurations that made some parts of the script work and others not.

As a matter of fact I still plan on using Nero 6.6 for the time-being, I still find the interface for 7 more complicated - for example when you complete a burn using Nero StartSmart, it gives you the options to burn a new project, burn the same project etc, but where is the exit button? - you have to click the X on the window to close it, and for the people I am installing this for that would just confuse things!

Rant over (if the Nero developers are reading, take note of the above and stop making your installer so difficult!)

I have a request for you guys. Is it possible for you to add a few registry tweaks to your script. I end up happening to add them to each new version of the script and I also thought that others might also be interested in them. To make things simpler, I am pasting here the entire two affected sections of the script.




Regarding 'AutoPlay', the thing that when you load a Blank CD into the computer it gives you the option to open it with Nero etc. I am most certainly interested in it and I am sure there must be others too.

Once again thanks a lot for your efforts, you guys have finally made it possible to move up to Nero 7.

Sanjay,

If you are changing the script in a way that makes it better for everyone, and post it as a script yourself!

Glowy and I have put our 2p worth into the project, so f you have something to add don't be worried about our feelings, post away - as they say the more the merrier.

I haven't tested your additions, so can't be 100% sure they are working (my test system is working on something else), so if you have tested them, post it as an improvement.

EDIT: I just re-read that, and it sounds a bit as though I'm telling you off, don't take it that way, I have no problem with anyone changing the script, if it makes it better then it helps everyone. I haven't had chance to test your additions, so take the credit for them by uploading your modified script.