hi everyone

I am a newbie to creating an unattended installation.

and I created my first unattended ISO with fair success.I've been following the information given in the guide to the letter however I'am a bit dismayed when trying to install the application.I have been semi-successful thanks to the guide but I am finding that the applications that I have selected to install still require user invention. that's not the results that I want.

The apps that install correctly are as follows: MSOffice 2003,Winzip,Symantec corporate, Nero 6, all others listed below do not install or require the user to select the next button on the installshield box. Below is the RunOnceEx script created

Review below. Any suggestion are appreciated

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@Echo Off

rem PP=%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "Microsoft Office 2003" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\office2003\setuppro.exe /qb+" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Winzip 9.0" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\Winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /autoinstall \regedit /s .\registerwinzip.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Disk Keeper Pro 8" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\DiskKeeperPro8\setup.exe /s/v"/qn REBOOT=Suppress" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Disk Keeper Pro 8 update" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\DiskKeeperPro8\DKPro8Update.exe /s/v"/qn REBOOT=Supress" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "Nero Burning Rom 6.0" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\Nero6\setup.exe /silent /noreboot _sn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Symantec Anit-Virus Corporate 8.1" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\SAV\SAVCECLT.EXE /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\AdobeAcrobatPro6\setup.exe p"-s/v\"qn\"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\007 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Pro 6.0.1 Update" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\007 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\adobeAcrobatPro6\MSPLnch.exe -p"-s/v\"qn\"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\008 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Pro 6.0.2 Update" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\008 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\AdobeAcrobatPro6\ARdr6.2.exe -p"-s/v\"qn\"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\009 /VE /D "Direct X 9" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\009 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\DirectX9\dxsetup.exe /silent" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Roxio Easy Media Creator 7" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\RoxioEMC7\setup.exe /s/v"/qr REBOOT=Suppress REBOOTPROMPT=S"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\011 /VE /D "Microsoft XP Plus!" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\011 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\XPPlus.setup.exe /s /v /qb-" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\012 /VE /D "Microsoft XP Power Toys" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\012 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\XPToys\setup.exe /qb-" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\013 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 9" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\013 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\mpsetupXP\setup_wm.exe /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 9 Bonus Pack" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\wmbonusxp\setup_wm.exe /q" /f

EXIT

Hi dude

just had a quick look at it and from what i can see u r trying to launch well known MSIexec switches (/qn) for example on .exe files...

Maby the specific appz recognize these switches bu i doubt it.... seems as if u r using a tutorial for adding unattended quiet msi files, but r using .exe files from what i can see..

setup.exe /? would be a good way to find out if the specific appz accept those switches to are trying to use...

also, repackage ur appz into msi if u still r up for it.

Just as a quick question in here ...

also, repackage ur appz into msi if u still r up for it.

What application do you recommend to do this? I've used WinInstall LE 2003 before, but it only seems to work with simple applications like an Oracle install, or Acrobat or Winzip ... but nothing bigger and more complciated.

I see sevarals error in your runonceex.cmd

this one :

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Disk Keeper Pro 8" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\DiskKeeperPro8\setup.exe /s/v"/qn REBOOT=Suppress" /f

should be

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Disk Keeper Pro 8" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\Install\Apps\DiskKeeperPro8\setup.exe /s/v\"/qn REBOOT=Suppress\"" /f

for directx9 the flags are : /install /silent

for OFFICE2003 you should try /qb- instead of /qb+

for NERO use :

/SN=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /WRITE_SN /SILENT /NO_UI /NOCANCEL /NOREBOOT

replacing XXXXXXXs by your SN of course

MEDIA PLAYER use the full EXE (not the extracted one ) and use /Q:A /R:N

for the others i don't see anything

Thanks you guys for your critique of my post and your suggestion will be very help.

I am unfamiliar with repackaging my appz and suggested programs you might have will very helpful