Strat79

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Thanks for the info WwTIPPYwW. The only reason I chose to copy to the hard drive instead of running from the CD was I didn't think the %CDROM% variable would work from the RunonceEx. Guess I was mistaken. Shouldn't take me long to change my .msi it to run from the CD though. Just have to remove the copy to HDD commands for each app and change the path in my reg entries. Thanks again for the information.

Let me know if it works or not. That is only my second auto it script. Like to have feedback to make sure it will work on muliple systems. Thanks.

May give it a try a little later. If noone else gets to it soon I will download it and give it a try for ya.

I see, but I am on dialup and really dont feel like downloading a 30 meg file. So sombody else will have to help. sorry.

May I ask what FlyaKite is?

it is a nullsoft installer /S is the silent switch

Far as i can tell zone alarm uses some other method of storing the registration information. Maybe in a .dll or something(even though the registry show the serial number and name). I had version 4.5 installed on my computer and completely removed it, registry and all. And when I installed 5.0 it used the key from 4.5 automatically registered it. Looking at the setup.log file i see that it updated a few files that was left in the system32 folder the began with "vs". I am assuming maybe one of these files holds the registration info, seeing that is the only files or registy entries left from version 4.5. Maybe somebody else can figure this out.

The registration information may not be in the Zonelabs key in the registry or even in the registry period. Some apps use different methods of storing registration information. I will download it and see if i can figure it out.

And if you dont enter during setup. Just use a .reg file for the ones that put the registration information into the registry.

Also, got to thinking. The "start /wait" commands actually just starts the installation and waits for the install to finish before going on the next thing. But I don't think it waits for the post install stuff that runs. Like the app launching after installation. I could be wrong, could somebody verify this? The reason i think this is because on my computer it will not shut down the ypager.exe until i tell it twice or make it wait a few seconds with a .vbs. But on my friends computer it will work with just one pskill and no .vbs. My friends computer is alot faster than mine so I am assuiming that ypager.exe is loading up almost instantly whereas on mine it takes a few seconds. Could be totally wrong though.

Well, I don't even use batch files. I am actually just making a application CD right now(seperate from the unattended XP CD). Using Wise Installer to pick what apps to install and it copies the installation files over to the HDD and adds reg entries to the runonceEX. What I dont understand is using runonceex with a numbered sequence works pretty much the same way as the start /wait in batch files. So I don't see why it would be different. But in any case the running 2 pskills works fine so I will probably just keep it that way. Thanks for reply though.

Attached is a zip file with an auto it script compiled to an .exe and the original raw text .au3 file. As of now the .exe will run "cxp_pro165.exe" and select "NO" for both create desktop shortcut and launch program. If you want the desktop shortcut just edit the .au3 script and place a "y" in the "WinWaitActive("coverXP PRO","Create an icon on desktop ?") Send("n") instead of the Send ("n") This will only work if your installation file is called "cxp_pro165.exe" autocoverxpsetup.zip autocoverxpsetup.zip

For some reason I have to run pskill 2 times in a row before yahoo will shut down. Just a suggestion. Can't hurt. Also, some installations I have to use pskill on will not work because pskill runs before the actuall task has been loaded after setup. To get by this, i just made a .vbs script that waits (sleeps) 3 seconds and have it run in between the installlation and the pskill command. That way it gives the task time to load after install is finished then runs the pskill. Hope this helps.

I just used the help file that came with it to get the commands and code it uses. Mainly used the window spy tool to get the name of the current window I wanted to send the commands to. Then added the WinWaitActive and the title of the window and then whatever keystrokes or whatever I wanted to send to it. Just open that .au3 script I uploaded and edit it in notepad to get an idea of how it works.

Heres the uncompiled .au3 script if anyone wants it. Let me know if my stuff works on other computers. This is my first try at Auto it. autoavgsetup.au3

I made a Auto It .au3 script for AVG that works great. And it doesnt restart when it's done. Just extract the main avg .exe so you will have the setup.exe and the other files and add this attached file to that folder and run it. Auto IT offers alot more features than the .vbs such as mine blocks the user input of the keyboard and mouse during setup so that you will not accidently click something or hit a key on the keyboard that will mess the install up. And there are no "sleep" commands to have to "guess" at. Auto It uses the title of the current window and the text in that window to initiate commands. Anyway give it a try and see what you think. The attached file is an compiled .au3 script. I can upload the non-compiled version in plain text form if anyone wants it to change some things. Just unzip to get the script. autoavgsetup.zip

why do you need the .msi for winamp? You can use the /S switch and then pskill winamp.exe and pskill winampa.exe Then remove the agent from startup with this regkey: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "WinampAgent"=- As for Power Archiver, the new one 8.8 uses /VERYSILENT /SP- dont know if 8.7 is the same though. Hope this helps.

What are you wanting to install, the client or host software? or both? what version? I downloaded the ggw-client.exe from there website and it is an Install shield that can be extracted and used with the -s switch and an setup.iss. Don't know if the full version is the same though.

RoryFED, I think you just add REGEDIT /S right after the first " like this: REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\WinISO\winiso.reg" /f Could be wrong though.

Tkbell.exe puts itself back in the registry as soon as you run real player the first time. I had to add this to stop it from doing this: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RealNetworks\RealPlayer\6.0\Preferences\FirstRunPlayed] @="1" If you have a different version of Real Player I am pretty sure all you have to do is change the version number to whatever yours is in that key.

Yeah, that is what I am in the process of doing. Actually I used Wise Installer to create an .msi file that copies all the files to the installation folder and imports the registry settings. Seems to be working alright so far. Not completely done with it yet though. Would still like to know of some switches if there is even any. Thanks anyway.

http://www.webroot.com/download/trial/link...p1_13391449.exe That is the trial version, I have the full version. But I pretty sure the installer is the same. Thanks alot. edit. just checked the trial version. it used the exact installer and when extracted has the exact filenames.

Anyone know the silent switches for windows washer 5 full version. I have tried every switch i can think of. I tried searching the whole forum but couldn't find anything.

I have adobe audition too. I just never installed it since it is basically the same thing. No point in having to reinstall all my DirectX plugins I use in Cool Edit for Audition. Anyway, I am going to use Audition for my unattended setup CD though. Thanks for the reply.