totoymola

Cool trick buddy!

The size of the msi from the %temp% directory is about 20mb. And the one from the admin install is about 5mb. If your msi is 20mb, I think you can use /qb or /qn with that. But if your msi is less than that, you can't use it without the other files.

Hey buddy, if you have the msi already, I think you can just use /qb or /qn to install it silently. But I'm not sure where you got your msi. Is it from your %temp%? Or did you make an admin install?

Thanks for the link. Yes. I tried searching there before, but I can't find any articles about the compact project. The first link that you posted is for the "Universal" installers only. Almost every type of project has a different approach and command line switches. The second link is for msi's, so it will not work here because compact projects are not msi's.

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Yeah. Bad job for a Wise Installer package..

Hahaha!! I was so desperate to know the silent install switch for this, so I even tried using USSF. It says "Unknown Installer".

Sure. I will test it on a different machine first before posting it here.

I guess no one has figured this out yet.. Too bad for me..

How about a Tweak-XP Pro msi? I created one for myself, but I can post it if anyone is interested. Note: 1. This is the pro version, which means you can't use it without a valid serial. 2. If you are a registered user, go to your installdir of tweakxp, and copy the file license.ini. 3. This build is in English only (as of now). But you can change the language with the help of a reg file.

@S0mE0nesMiNd1 Hahaha!! Yeah. I don't understand his statement that well too. But I think he is planning to make and InstallRite installation for VMWare, which is not a simple program. @saitoh183 Hey buddy! Please, don't punish yourself on repackaging a complex program like VMWare (if that's what you mean on your previous post). If you need to install it silently, just use this: Of course, you have to replace the serial number with your serial number, including the dashes. B)

Why? You can install vmware with a switch.

In my humble opinion, repackaging softwares is not the best idea if you can install your program silently with a switch. Of course, nothing beats the original installer (unless the developer made a very bad job on their installer ).

Unfortunately, only installscript and installscript msi support the record mode and record the response file.

Dear InstallShield users, InstallShield has a new project type option that I really like. It is the "Compact Project". With this, you can make your project 30% smaller than the basic msi project. And another good thing about this is it installs and uninstalls faster. However, I can't figure out how to install these compact projects silently I tried searching for articles on their website about this but I can't find any. I don't even know if these projects can support silent installation, or even switches. Please give me your opinion. Thanks. Love, totoymola

Yes. That is corrct. I used this before, and this is what I noticed. You have to use it on a clean system everytime to be able to capture everyting. Because if your program installs a certian file or reg entry that is already installed on your system, it will not be captured. Do you agree with me? And also, if you install a complicated program with hunderds of reg entries, it will not capture everyting all the time, or sometimes, it will capture unnecessary security identifier entries. That's why if you try to install your compiled exe on different machines, it doesn't work 100% all the time. For example, if you try to capture the installation of Norton Internet Security, it may not work perfectly on other systems because NIS installs "per machine" files and entries. I have nothing against InstallRite. I'm an InstallRite user too. I use InstallWatch sometimes just to monitor the changes.

Hahaha! I agree. This is my 278th post, but I still consider my self as a rookie. Personally, I don't trust InstallRite. I don't think it caputres every single file and reg entry all the time. And sometimes, it captures unecessary files and reg entries. Although I must admit that I use this sometimes just to monitor the installation files and reg entries for repacking my softwares that are difficult to install silently. But overall, I still consider this as a good program, because it is free.

I think it's in your %appdata% folder.

Not sure, but I can tell by looking at the temp folder when I run the installer. And basic msi's don't have .iss files. I'm not really sure. Maybe I'm wrong.

No. Only "script msi's". This isn't necessary on basic msi projects wrapped into an exe.Thanks staples for the info! Haha! That is exaggerated. I was acutually watching a movie.

Yes, it is. Yes, you can.

No. It can only compress to rar and zip.

@ankap I guess you are right. But what I mean is export a key similar to that. That way, it will work on your pc for sure. I assume you are just using your software on your computer only. You can't install a program with a single serial on different machines anyway. Isn't that illegal? I don't know if EZB Systems sells volume license keys.

Because those posts are just ideas. I didn't actually try them before posting. It is a script msi package, so it has to use the setup.exe to run. But I think there is a way to do this.

Ok, the msi in the temp folder is not working. So an alternative is to do an administrative install. Use the /A switch. Edit: Wow.. I can't believe it. The admin install is not working either.