iTunes 4.6 - Assistance Needed

[knewman01]

Anyone actually have iTunes 4.6 working silently? When I install it with this:

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "iTunes 4.6" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\applications\itunes\itunessetup.exe /s /v/qn" /f

I get nothing. The setuplog that it gens is less than useful.

Anyone?

[ODC]

Same problem here. iTunes 4.6 will not install with the /s /v/qn.

[applelover]

As you can see from the attached picture, this is an InstallShield application.

Just use /s if you want the defaults, or create an iss by using /r /f1iTunes.iss

[Nick2588]

As you can see from the attached picture, this is an InstallShield application.

Just use /s if you want the defaults, or create an iss by using /r /f1iTunes.iss

No, using /s does nothing. It silently fails.

[knewman01]

Quite correct. /s might as well mean silently fail.

I gave up. Installrite made a nice package out of it.

[ODC]

Install itunes with itunessetup.exe -R

Copy setup.iss file from windows to same folder as itunessetup.exe

Now you can use itunessetup.exe -s to silent install.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Install itunes with itunessetup.exe -R

Copy setup.iss file from windows to same folder as itunessetup.exe

Now you can use itunessetup.exe -s to silent install.

Isn't it

Itunes.exe -s -f1

???

(with setup.iss in the same folder of course)

[prathapml]

Or, you could try to see if iTunes installer supports creating an administrative install point (run setup.exe /A).

Then, try some possible switches on the resulting installer folder (/s or /QB or something). Also, Installshield can have a .cfg (text) file in its folder which will forcibly be used for automation of setup (the .cfg is actually a renamed .iss).

[ODC]

Install itunes with itunessetup.exe -R

Copy setup.iss file from windows to same folder as itunessetup.exe

Now you can use itunessetup.exe -s to silent install.

Isn't it

Itunes.exe -s -f1

???

(with setup.iss in the same folder of course)

No. I have tested this and it works perfectly silently. Again:

itunessetup.exe -R

Copy setup.iss file from windows to same folder as itunessetup.exe

Now you can use itunessetup.exe -s to silent install. (you do not need to extract itunessetup.exe)

It even works from a %CDROM% location, just make sure the setup.iss and the itunessetup.exe are in the same folder.

Here's a copy of my setup.iss file:

[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-DlgOrder]
Dlg0={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdWelcome-0
Count=8
Dlg1={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdLicense-0
Dlg2={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdShowInfoList-0
Dlg3={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-AskOptions-0
Dlg4={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-AskYesNo-0
Dlg5={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdAskDestPath-0
Dlg6={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdBitmap-0
Dlg7={00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdFinish-0
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdWelcome-0]
Result=1
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdLicense-0]
Result=1
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdShowInfoList-0]
Result=1
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-AskOptions-0]
Result=1
Sel-0=1
Sel-1=1
Sel-2=1
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-AskYesNo-0]
Result=0
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdAskDestPath-0]
szDir=C:\Program Files\iTunes\
Result=1
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdBitmap-0]
Result=1
[{00FC6799-866E-44A1-A60C-DCF394CF56FD}-SdFinish-0]
Result=1
bOpt1=0
bOpt2=0

[Nick2588]

Yay, thank you!

Note that the file generated when QuickTime is installed already is not compatible with the file needed when QuickTime isn't installed. The above is for a non-QT-installed system.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Perhaps you guys could upload your .iss files to msfn instead of copying the entire file to a post, cause right now it looks a bit messy...

[Nick2588]

It is 32 line. Relax.

[Manic-Man]

This doesn't seem to work for me, could you please write up the exact code for the msdos batch file? Also, i use win xp, so c:\Programs won't work for me in the msi file, do I just change that to Program Files?

Or is that still correct. Please help.