Unattended VLC install script

[OffHand]

Hi guys,

Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction with the following bat script. What I would like it to do is check if VLC has been installed already, if it finds it uninstall it and install the new version. If it hasn't been installed already it should just install VLC.

This is what I have so far but it still thinks VNC is installed.

@echo off

echo Removing VLC media player

set VLANDIR=C:\Program Files\VideoLAN
set UNINSTALLER=%VLANDIR%\VLC\uninstall.exe
set OPTIONS=/S

if not exist "%UNINSTALLER%" goto good_end
start /wait "VLC uninstall" "%UNINSTALLER%" %OPTIONS%
REM Unfortunately the uninstaller seems to fork a child process and the parent
REM process exits immediately. So give it some time to uninstall

ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 > NUL

:good_end
ECHO Installing VLC...
vlc-0.9.4-win32.exe /S

[Yzöwl]

Have you taken a look at some of the examples in this topic!

Although not a direct answer they may help you out!

[OffHand]

Have you taken a look at some of the examples in this topic!

Although not a direct answer they may help you out!

Thanks for the link but it looks like a pretty complex solution for what I want to achieve. For instance I do not care which version is installed. But I will try a few things tomorrow when I am at work and report back.

Cheers,

OffHand

[Yzöwl]

Have you tried the uninstallation routine provided here?

[OffHand]

Have you taken a look at some of the examples in this topic!

Although not a direct answer they may help you out!

Managed to get it working with the following script:

@Echo off

REM This will check if there is a previous version of VLC and uninstall it if it finds it

if exist "%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" (
	Echo Uninstalling previous VLC version... && ping -n 5 127.0.0.1>nul
	  start /wait "VLC Uninstall" "%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" /S)

REM I am removing the old VNC directory here.

ping -n 10 127.0.0.1>nul
ECHO Removing old VLC directory...
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul
RMDIR "%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN" /S /Q

REM And install the new version.

ECHO Installing VLC...
vlc-0.9.4-win32.exe /S