[msi file silent install]

Hi

Is there a way to do a complete install of a package when using the .msi /qb switch. This switch only seems to do a typical install and I need to be able to do a complete install on several packages that have .msi files. From what I read I have to create an transforms.mst file but I dont know where to start and surely there must be an easier way???

njdouglas

[A New Cd-switching Utility]

Wow, thats what I call service!!!!!!!!!!!!

You d'man!!!

Cheers

[A New Cd-switching Utility]

Hi,

Excellent Utility this, but I have a question. I regularly use an unattended disk to install XP on machines with only a CDROM but some have DVD drives. To this end I have two sets of disk. I have an Unattended DVD (1 disk) and an identical CD set (4 disks). Currently I use a batch file to check for the presence of a file on the disk, if the file is missing the program displays a .vbs file message asking for the correct disk. As the file system on the DVD mirrors the CD, if the DVD is inserted, the file is found and the install continues. If the CD is in, the file is not found and the message is displayed. Now if I use CDSwitch to try the same thing, it will work fine for the CD set as I can check for the presence of the correct label, however it wont work for the DVD as the DVD can't have four labels!! Is there any way to have CDSwitch check for the presence of a file on the required disk instead of just on the ejected disk??

An example would be:

CDswitch %cdrom%\cd2.txt /f:%cdrom%\cd1.txt

The example above would check for the file cd2.txt on the disk and if it didnt find it, would eject the CD with cd1.txt on the root of the disk. However if the DVD was inserted and had cd1.txt & cd2.txt on the root of the drive, then the install would carry on normally.

Can this be done?????

[Slight Problem]

mm,

I'm having a similar problem. All the WPi files reside in %cdrom%\wpi folder. I've edited wpi.cmd to change the wpi startup path to %cdrom%\wpi and the cdrom gets identified correctly. However, when I select the apps to install and begin the install WPI adds WPI to the path of the application to be installed. e.g Nero resides at %cdrom%\$oem$\cd3_apps\nero\nero.exe and the config.js file tell WPI to run %cdrom%\$oem$\cd3_apps\nero\nero.exe. However when i start the install and runonceex begins i get the error that setup cannot find:

"%cdrom%\WPI\$oem$\cd3_apps\nero\nero.exe

I have tried changing the wpi startup path to just %cdrom% and then editing the paths to videochanger, WPI.hta etc to read %cdrom%\wpi but it appears that whatever folder wpi.jta is run from is added to the installation path after the cdrom drive letter.

can anyone tell me why its doing this???

thanks

[Windows 2000 "Hotstream" Project]

All we need now is a driverpack like Bashrat the Sneaky has done for XP!!

[MCE2005 Slipstream SP2 and Single CD]

Hi,

I have tried to intergrate SP2 into MCE and then combine it onto 1 CD without sucesss. The slipstream went fine and then I copied tall the folders of CD2 CMPNENTS folder to CD1 CMPNENTS folder so thaCd1 CMPNENTS folder now has sub folders of I386, Mediactr, tabletPc and netfx. I then deleted the contents of the tabletPC folder to bring the size of the CD down to under 700MB. I also deleted the winntupg, win9xupg, win9xmig, and lang folders from CD1\I386 and the docs and valueadd folder from the root of CD1 to free up space. During the install I get asked for XP CD2 as the system is looking for a file called ehiEPG.dl_ or ehiEPG.dll. I cant find this file anywhere, even in my origibnal 2 CD setup.

Any ideas?

[Adware SE Pro 1.03 silent install switch]

Maybe its just me but i cant get ad-aware se pro 1.05 to install silently. I'm using:

REG ADD %KEY%\310 /VE /D "Ad-Aware SE Professional - Anti Spyware Software" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\310 /V 2 /D "%cdrom%\$oem$\Apps\adaware\aawsepro.exe /s" /f

All that happens is the installer starts but it does an attended install. I've tried a capital s and a small s to no avail.

Anyone any ideas??