koden Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 This forum requementsWinInstall LE 2003 (Freeware) Use the 'Discover' Wizard.InstallRite (Freeware)AutoIT (Freeware) Symantec AI Snapshot (Included in Symantec Ghost Corporate) What do you use??I want to use this program because I can't find silent install switch for all programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 In fact, nothing is better than live installation with the original installer of your app.So, you'd better think of using a script such as VBS, JS, or AutoIt or any other alternative. This is the best solution because you won't worry about components, registry changes or any other stuff.Therefore, I suggest scripts to be the first thought.In case your installer can't be managed by a script, then repackaging is the second thought.The easiest is InstallRite. When you achieve some progress in snapshots, then I recommend WinINSTALL LE. This is my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koden Posted July 5, 2004 Author Share Posted July 5, 2004 Okay.. Thanks..Installrite I find good and easy too understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 These are some sources for scripts you may want to consider:JS example:Ad-Aware: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16094WindowBlinds: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=21333Winamp: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=163957VBS example:Ad-aware: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14323General: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=11666More: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=13094Comprehensive: http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?showtopic=9171Comprehensive: http://board.msfn.org/index.php?showtopic=8987AutoIt example:Winamp 2.91 & More: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=20197 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I personally like AutoInstall A.K.A. AI Snapshot. Its a small app that does big things. I think I've gotten use to it. I'm more advanced than I used to be and usually use regsnap to find registry entries and look for what files that particular setup makes and then compile an inno setup from it. But AutoInstall still comes in handy which I recently used on Wavelab and it turned out perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampy Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Prism Deploy 5.0 is my choice, it's not free though. It has an ini file where you can exclude rubbish files & reg entries from your snapshots. The SFXs it makes are silent by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 personally i like 2 repackage the installer, i use SetupFactory6 for 99% of my repackaging regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I use Inno Setup to repackage most of those nasty installers out there. swampy just read about prism deploy. Sounds nice, I think I will try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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