Daveychan

Thanks much for the tips radix! Good advice!

Greets! My first post here... First, THANKS to all who have generously posted about this QuickTime unattended installation! I've learned much! After a day of reading here and several other sites, I have finally got a solution that I am happy with and I wanted to post it: By the way, I am using the latest Quicktime version, 7.4.1. I downloaded the latest installer from Apple, opened it with WinRar, and extracted just the QuickTime.msi file. I installed it once, registered it, and set up the preferences the way I like. Specifically unchecked the "Install the QuickTime icon in the system tray." I made a copy of the "QuickTime.qtp", "QuickTime.qts", and "com.apple.QuickTime.plist" files. Next, I completely uninstalled the program, manually removed all Apple registry keys and Apple/Quicktime folders from the C drive. I made a QuickTime.cmd file and added the following: =============== @ECHO OFF msiexec /i QuickTime.msi ISSETUPDRIVEN="1" ALLUSERS=1 REGSRCH_INSTALL_ASU=0 DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=0 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS ProductLanguage=1033 /qn /passive XCOPY QuickTime.qts "%PROGRAMFILES%\QuickTime\QTSystem\"/s /e /i /y XCOPY QuickTime.qtp "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Apple Computer\QuickTime\"/s /e /i /y XCOPY com.apple.QuickTime.plist "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Apple Computer\QuickTime\"/s /e /i /y IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\QuickTime\QTTASK.EXE" DEL "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTASK.EXE" DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickTime\PictureViewer.lnk" DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickTime\QuickTime Read Me.lnk" DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickTime\Uninstall QuickTime.lnk" DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk" DEL "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\QuickTime Player.lnk" rd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\start menu\Programs\QuickTime\"/s /q regedit /s QuickTime.reg EXIT =============== Yes, i realize some of that may be redundant and not needed, but after a day of doing this, everything worked perfectly and I was honestly tired of troubleshooting! I made a QuickTime.reg file and added the following lines: =============== Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "QuickTime Task"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\ActiveX] "QTTaskRunFlags"=dword:00000002 =============== For those of you counting, that makes a total of SIX files needed for this unattended install. This installation shows a progress bar, has no user interaction, does NOT reboot or prompt for reboot, physically deletes the annoying QTTASK.EXE file (for those of you who like this thingy, just remove that line from the cmd file), removes any desktop / START menu icons or groups, and includes all preferences and registration information from the original installation. I hope this helps somebody. Again, thanks to all for the contributions, I have borrowed and stolen code from many sources to make this. Cheers! EDIT: CMD and REG files changed as per radix's advice! 8-)