June 21, 200422 yr Hi there,I'm new here. I really intrested about silently install applications with xp setup. I like to ask a questions. In most guide seem that only mention install the program or applications in the same drive where the windows xp installed. How can I sillently install the applications in different drive? Example, I install windows in C:\Windows and I like to install my applications like office, winamp and others in D:\ (I make different partiton for operating system and installed application). I hope there is someone can help me . I like to make unattended xp cd with sillent applications intall in different drive where the windows xp installed. Thanks for your time.
June 21, 200422 yr some installers have an option 2 specify the directoryor u could use InstallRite & repackage the fileregards
June 23, 200422 yr Author Thanks MCT, but how do I change the target directory while silent install? There must be some script to change the directory.Where can I get the InstallRite? I click the link below your message but it direct me to unattended homepage.Thanks again.
June 23, 200422 yr ya, from the unattended homepage, click installrite search for the switch for your program with google or in this forumregards
June 23, 200422 yr hi,there's actually a topic regarding different install-folders for all common installers. Please do a search on the forums to reveal it.cyaKiller Bee
June 24, 200422 yr I think your best guest would be to change the default Program Files locationI do not mean to relocate it because this is kind of messy but you can change the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir from C:\Program files to D:\Program filesapplications that you install look at this key to know where to go by default...I'm not totally sure this will work in 100% of the cases but i do use this and it works for me !anyway Hope this helps!Marc
June 24, 200422 yr If you know the name of the Program Files folder and it's partition beforehand the easiest way is to add this to the winnt.sif:[Unattended]ProgramFilesDir="D:\My Program Files"CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\My Program Files\My Common Files"If you want to change it after setup has begun you can modify the registry as mapoupier mentioned but this will f*ck up IE/OE because they use the variable %ProgramFiles% in their paths.Look at this thread for a solution.
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