ijwcomp Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I am having a problem with two of my programs (Articulate QuizMaker and Engage) installing with an unattended switch. I tried this... fron the MSFN Unattended GuideTo silently install a package that uses InstallShield, you will have to first create a setup.iss file on a working operating system. Usea test PC if you can.1. Start the setup application using the -R (case-sensitive) switch from command prompt.Setup.exe -R2. The setup screens will appear as they normally would, asking you questions as you go along, such as destination directory,etc. It's important that you do not choose the "Restart the computer now" option. If you do, you will terminate your batchwhen you run an unattended installation.3. After installation has completed, go to your C:Windows (or C:WINNT) directory and take out the setup.iss file. Put thissetup.iss file in the same directory where your application setup.exe file resides in.4. Start the Silent installation using:start /wait %systemdrive%installApplicationApplication_nameSetup.exe -s5. Repeat the steps for other setup applications that uses InstallShield.» Installing Installshield Applications from RunOnceEx CDInstallshield applications will fail to install when executed from RunOnceEx on CD, unless a log file location is specified. Anexample of this is shown below, adapt this example for your InstallShield applications (shown in bold):REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5" /fREG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\apps\KPF\Setup.exe -s -f2\"%systemdrive%\kerio.log\"" /fYou can then delete the kerio.log file afterwards.It looks like it works, the code executes perfectly fine but when I check if the program has installed or not, it is not there at all, it is like if it hasn't been installed at all.The installer looks like this: picI followed the instructions above, just replaced the filenames. Can't see why it won't work though? Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijwcomp Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Sorry, it's in the wrong section. Didn't see the Application Installs sub forum.If anyone can move it to the right place, that's fine by me. (I can't, I am a newbie here!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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