Hi!

I've searched and tried several ways but don't manage to perform an unattended installation of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004.

I unpacked the archive and besides other files it contains a little setup.exe, a tiny setup.ini and a 214 kB big setup.inx.

But obviously none of the usual parameters like /s, /sms, /silent, /r or whatever seems to work. And I found no way/program to edit the contents of the setup.inx

Does somebody know how to install this software silently by changing its setup options?

thx

use -r to record your installation and it should make a setup.iss in your Windows folder. Copy the setup.iss to your app installation folder and use "setup.exe -s"

Peço imensa desculpa, bitte vielmals um Verzeihung, big sorry ...

Instead of the "-r" switch I used "/r" by mistake and wondered why it didn't work.

I make typing mistakes all the time that cause the whole unattended not to work. Trial and error.

Dreamweaver throws an IE Readme at you after unattended installation though. You could use PSkill for it but that kills all instances of the process thus killing my XPMENU with it. If anyone has a feasible solution to this, please let me know...

don't use an menu that isbased in IE?

best that I know of. Try XPDeploy? Might be good.....

I was up for a challenge, and I was hoping for more....

taskkill /F /im IEXPLORE.EXE /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq Welcome*"

That will kill ANY IE windows that start with the world Welcome, but leave the others untouched. Like the one Dreamweaver open.....

Whoa Alanoll,

I am impressed! Thanks for that....

You wouldn't be able to do similar magic to get FireFox to install silently by any chance, would you?

The taskkill works just fine but the problem with Dreamweaver Readme isn't solved. The Readme.htm file is only opened after the installation batch file quits (and thus after the taskkill takes place). I've added a command to delete the readme.htm file after install and before it launches but this leaves an alert that the file can't be found requiring user input (klick ok).

hmmm

on mine it starts after install, but before teh batch exits....

try sleep

You could simply use the zipped version of firefox.. I dont know why people use the actual install file one...

I just came up with a very nice way to circumvent Dreamweaver's readme (without using sleep):

dreamweaver.vbs

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Popup "Oi! Keep your flippers away from Pistol and Shooter!",5," - Warning - ",48
WshShell.Run ("%systemdrive%\install\dreamweaver\setup.exe /s /sms")
While WshShell.AppActivate("Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004") = FALSE
WScript.sleep 2000
Wend
WshShell.AppActivate "Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"
WScript.Quit

This way it doesn't matter which (default) browser the readme is opened in. Tested on IE6 and Firefox.

What about doing a silent uninstall? Is that possible? The uninstall procedure doesn't seem to respond to the -r parameter.

I just came up with a very nice way to circumvent Dreamweaver's readme (without using sleep):

dreamweaver.vbs

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Popup "Oi! Keep your flippers away from Pistol and Shooter!",5," - Warning - ",48
WshShell.Run ("%systemdrive%\install\dreamweaver\setup.exe /s /sms")
While WshShell.AppActivate("Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004") = FALSE
WScript.sleep 2000
Wend
WshShell.AppActivate "Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"
WScript.Quit

This way it doesn't matter which (default) browser the readme is opened in. Tested on IE6 and Firefox.

Hrmmm. I am a little confused on where to put this & also where to put this VBS file, in my

\$OEM$\$1\Install\dreamweaver

directory?

Also, this:

taskkill /F /im IEXPLORE.EXE /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq Welcome*"

Do I put that in my runonceex.cmd file?

Hi,

I Tried the setup with -r but it doesn't make an setup.iss..

Could someone post it here please?