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I saw an old article somewhere, the guy has successfully removed Internet Explorer from his system. But it is Windows 95. I can't find a way to remove IE in XP.

Yes there is. From Start --> All programs --> Startup Most likely the programs that run at startup which aren't in the registry can be found there. Just delete the shortcut.

Nice. I didn't know that this is possible. This is good for simple autoruns, and for customized installers. Thank you for bringing this up.

Hmm... I think not all. Because I tried installing pfm fonts, and it didn't work. Or maybe there's something wrong with my inf.

Question: Which types for fonts are supported by the FontInst.exe?

I think I know what's happening. The installation starts silently, but it can't locate the setup.iss which halts the process. You're installer is an sfx, which extracts it's files to the %temp% folder. Like I said before, try right-clicking the installer and extract it's files to a folder using WinRAR. Then copy your setup.iss to that folder and run the setup there with /s switch. However, there are compiled exes which you can't extract the files. In that case, this is what I normally do. 1. I create an sfx for my setup.iss that will extract it silently to the root of my drive c 2. I create a batch file that has this code. start /w setup1.exe start /w setup.exe /s /f1"c:\setup.iss" del c:\setup.iss *Note: the setup1.exe is the sfx for my setup.iss

Hey Yzöwl! **** you're really good with INF files!

Oy sali nyo naman ako sa usapan! Hahaha! Astalavista and I were looking for a solution to this long time ago, but no luck. I know there are hunderds of softwares that will do the task, but I want to do it via registry, if it's posible. I don't get much from my on-campus job so I can't afford to buy new softwares. Hahahaha!

Hello mrjojo. The /a is the network install. When you do that, it will copy the required installation file to the folder that you specify. For example, you select the folder C:\NortonGhost . It will copy all the files you need to that folder. You should have the Norton Ghost.msi, program files folder, Redist folder, and System32 folder.

Hey asbsamsf! Thank you for introducing this tool to us.

Of course! Can I borrow your cd?? Hahaha!!

Really? Then if it's installscript, we can use the record mode and get the setup.iss. But the problem is still the compression, because we can't make an aip. Hehehehe.. I'm really curious about this software. I will try to borrow a cd from my friend so I can try it myself.

Hello Corvettaholic. Is there an msi in the installer? Because msi based InstallShield installers don't use the /r switch (record mode), becase that is only for InstallScript installers.

To run the program and paste the serial?

start /w "Norton Ghost 9.0.msi" symsetup=1 reboot=reallysuppress /q* works. It doesn't reboot. Our only problem left is the registration.

He already gave you the answer. The rarreg.key is the registration file that RARLabs send you when you purchase their software.

Hahahahahah!!!!!

Astalavista is right. SYSMSETUP is the property that checks the existence of the setup.exe. There is an easier and safer way to install this software. 1. From the original cd, run setup.exe /a to get the aip. 2. Install it using this switch You don't have to edit the msi, because SYMSETUP is a public property. That means you can modify it from the commandline. Note: Replace the * with b or n EDIT: Astalavista told me that this switch might cause the installer to reboot at the end of the installation. Then maybe try adding reboot=reallysuppress And for the registration, try isx_serialnum=xxxxxxx I'm not sure if it will work.

I don't use this software, but I have a suggestion for you guys. The installer is an msi, right? How about creating an aip, and shrinking it from there?

Hello DrewHMS97SS. First of all, it is not necessary to use -R to record the setup.iss. It can be /r, and it is not case sensitive. The -s works that way too. I don't know the software that you are trying to install. I'm not at home so I can't try it even if I want to. So let me ask you some questions that might help me help you solve your problem. 1) If you have WinRAR/7z/etc installed on your system, have you tried right-clicking the exe file and extracting the contents? I'm asking you this because most InstallShield compiled exe's are sfx, so you can extract the contents. 2) Did you place the setup.iss in the same directory as the setup.exe? What happened when you tried running it with the /s switch? 3) Have you tried using setup.exe /s /f1"path_of_your_response_file" ? *Note: The response file that I'm referring to is the setup.iss

I did it three times. I can't park it faster than that.

I agree. Because we have a lot of different versions here, so this thing has evolved. But of course, the idea is still there. B)

I saw that one too. And CDShield also. But I haven't tried them yet. Do they really work? I heard that CopyKill doesn't work on ALL drives.

/T test mode /X pathname extracts files into pathname /Z pathname extracts files into pathname and reboots /S silent install /M prompts for windows, system, temp dirs /M=filename specifies a value file similar to /d above, but for standard variables /M1 same as /m plus it prompts before any file that is self-registered /M2 reserved for internal use by Wise during debugger sessions I got it somewhere, but I can't remember.

I saw an article about all the valid switches for Wise exe packages but I can't remember where. Note that /s is not case sensitive.