my2001 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 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.inxDoes somebody know how to install this software silently by changing its setup options?thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strat79 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2001 Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strat79 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 I make typing mistakes all the time that cause the whole unattended not to work. Trial and error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 don't use an menu that isbased in IE?best that I know of. Try XPDeploy? Might be good..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 hmmmon mine it starts after install, but before teh batch exits....try sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoult01 Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 You could simply use the zipped version of firefox.. I dont know why people use the actual install file one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 I just came up with a very nice way to circumvent Dreamweaver's readme (without using sleep):dreamweaver.vbsSet WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")WshShell.Popup "Oi! Keep your flippers away from Pistol and Shooter!",5," - Warning - ",48WshShell.Run ("%systemdrive%\install\dreamweaver\setup.exe /s /sms")While WshShell.AppActivate("Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004") = FALSEWScript.sleep 2000WendWshShell.AppActivate "Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004"WScript.Sleep 500WshShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"WScript.QuitThis way it doesn't matter which (default) browser the readme is opened in. Tested on IE6 and Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q1kor Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 What about doing a silent uninstall? Is that possible? The uninstall procedure doesn't seem to respond to the -r parameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichTJ99 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I just came up with a very nice way to circumvent Dreamweaver's readme (without using sleep):dreamweaver.vbsSet WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")WshShell.Popup "Oi! Keep your flippers away from Pistol and Shooter!",5," - Warning - ",48WshShell.Run ("%systemdrive%\install\dreamweaver\setup.exe /s /sms")While WshShell.AppActivate("Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004") = FALSEWScript.sleep 2000WendWshShell.AppActivate "Welcome to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004"WScript.Sleep 500WshShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"WScript.QuitThis 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViPeRII Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Hi,I Tried the setup with -r but it doesn't make an setup.iss..Could someone post it here please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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