[BoardBabe]

Anyone know how to silently install?

[Sponsor]

[evilvoice]

it looks to be a installshield setup file, so I would say /s or /s/v"/QN"

[eirogge]

besides you cannot have a legit copy of it as it will be released on the 13th of october, you can use /a on the msi-file to create an adminstrative installpoint an then just compress the parts of the suite you want into an 7z/rar or whatever to be extracted in your %programfiles% during install.

[evilvoice]

dude, wth does that have to do with nero 7?

eirogge, Im sure youve heard of such things as beta testers? well nero uses them also...now im not saying I am one, but I have tested the program only to find out in its beta form I must warn everyone from using it. I dont know how many times I had to reinstall/repair the program...every time I rebooted nero home and burning rom would always have an issue and id have to repair. so for those beta testing, I can only say the best bet is to wait until nero releases it.

[BoardBabe]

That is correct evilvoice.

Although none of the switches you suggested worked for the setup laucnher SetupX.exe

This post has been edited by BoardBabe: 18 September 2005 - 10:17 AM

[Gerrit.B]

Try NeroSuite.msi (folder Nero 7 Premium) with parameters below.
(Version Nero Premium 7.0.0.0)


Windows ® Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options
</package | /i> <Product.msi>
Installs or configures a product
/a <Product.msi>
Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Uninstalls the product
Display Options
/quiet
Quiet mode, no user interaction
/passive
Unattended mode - progress bar only
/q[n|b|r|f]
Sets user interface level
n - No UI
b - Basic UI
r - Reduced UI
f - Full UI (default)
/help
Help information
Restart Options
/norestart
Do not restart after the installation is complete
/promptrestart
Prompts the user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart
Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
i - Status messages
w - Nonfatal warnings
e - All error messages
a - Start up of actions
r - Action-specific records
u - User requests
c - Initial UI parameters
m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o - Out-of-disk-space messages
p - Terminal properties
v - Verbose output
x - Extra debugging information
+ - Append to existing log file
! - Flush each line to the log
* - Log all information, except for v and x options
/log <LogFile>
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
Update Options
/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
Applies update(s)
/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Remove update(s) for a product
Repair Options
/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a product
p - only if file is missing
o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
a - forces all files to be reinstalled
u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
s - all existing shortcuts (default)
v - runs from source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the
command line syntax.

Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

This post has been edited by Gerrit.B: 18 September 2005 - 12:52 PM

[evilvoice]

there is a config file...i forget where, do a search for config.* and youll find it...but it looks like quite a few options can be used there, tho i have no idea how to call it because even tho i set some things in there, the installer doesnt automatically pull from it.

[BoardBabe]

It says I cant run the NeroSuite.msi directly, I have to run the SetupX.exe.

[evilvoice]

try running the msi with ISSETUPDRIVEN=0. I have no way of testing this nor do I know for a fact, I downloaded the whole huge file and about a day later deleted it for the reasons I stated above, so I have no way of testing anything...I can just give ideas.

This post has been edited by evilvoice: 18 September 2005 - 02:20 PM

[BoardBabe]

Tried to run NeroSuite.msi with ISSETUPDRIVEN=0

still get the message "Sorry, but the installer has to be started with SetupX.exe file"

[RogueSpear]

Talk about one heck of a bloated pig this thing is. I think that the way to do this one is a complete repack. Should be able to cut down the size to about a third or even smaller.

[BoardBabe]

Yeah, I know nothing about doing such things, but it seems its the only way, to repack! They just didnt include any way of silent install (yet?).

[evilvoice]

try runnin setupx.exe /? see what that does...you could also use a hex editor and see if there is anything that resembles a silent install...I hope this isnt what the final will look like..

[BoardBabe]

Running SetupX.exe /? only opens up the installguide GUI.

I'm not familiar with hex editors and what I should look for

[orion2]

How about trying to run it from a script or batch file?

This post has been edited by orion2: 18 September 2005 - 03:42 PM

[evilvoice]

well, the first couple of lines will just say something about not for dos, win32 only or something along those lines...but what i would do is put it in a hex editor and do a search for silent...and if that doesnt work, then s i l e n t (the spaces are actually "00" in the hex editor,,,and search for that...of if someone would like to post just the setupx.exe file, i could look at it...also, which one are you running (cuz there are 2, or there should have been)

[BoardBabe]

evilvoice: check PM

[evilvoice]

well, this is interesting...in the setupx.exe file it says that there is a file that will not be available until Oct (the release date of nero 7) so it could be possible that this version is impossible to silent install...which actually would be quite logical since the only reason to use this version is to test out the programs and not really the setup program (as Im pretty sure they have that down pat and I havent seen it change in quite a while, sotheyll prolly just use the old setupx.exe from nero 6)...but yea, from what I can tell, there isnt a way to silent install. At least not through setupx.exe

[evilvoice]

on second thought, another thing you could try is putting that config.txt (i think thats the name) in the same dir as setupx.exe and see if that works, if not, rename config to config.ini...in setupx.exe it says something about ini file being deleted.

[BoardBabe]

Did'nt work.

Well guess we have to wait for the final release then...

Or use AutoIT, although I don't really like installing using AutoIt.