running winrar with -s or /s (depending on version) is silent, except for the "settings" screen, where I normally click "cascaded context menus" and un-tick "program group"...

is there any way to avoid this screen altogether and still have my favorite boxes ticked?

Install winrar, configure it the way you want.

Open winrar, File menu then "export settings"

Save it as settings.reg in the same folder as winrar.

Create a sfx with winrar installation dir. Tell it to execute "regedit /s settings.reg" after the extraction.

good luck

WinRAR was explained here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=15510

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14462&hl=

this is mine and works just fine

ECHO.

ECHO Installing wrar330-Plus

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WinRAR\wrar330-Plus.exe /s

Yes! It's the same, but [bM]Crusher asked about Settings, too.