Hello, I'd like to insert Power DVD 5 on my unattended CD.

How can I do it ? What are the commands for doing it ?

Sorry for my english, i'm from belgium

Thanks for help

Hi wyverns, and welcome to MSFN.

PowerDVD 5 seems to use InstallShield, as the installer. The official guide here has the details (alongside many more things) on how to manage an unattended InstallShield setup.

yep, just run it from the cd as u usually would.. but u have 2 add the switch for placing a log file on c:\ cuz it wants 2 write 2 the current dir its in.. & thats not possible with cdr

Try this

REG ADD %KEY%\1005 /VE /D "Installing PowerDVD5" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\1005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\PowerDVD5\Setup.exe -s -f1\"%systemdrive%\Install\PowerDVD5\setup.iss\" /f

Try this

REG ADD %KEY%\1005 /VE /D "Installing PowerDVD5" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\1005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\PowerDVD5\Setup.exe -s -f1\"%systemdrive%\Install\PowerDVD5\setup.iss\" /f

That will NOT work. He has to record it first, and he needs the logfile as well (he's not doing it from the HD - just like I am). And not everybody installs that way either...

OK, I understand for logfile and I've found the setup.iss and puting it in my PowerDVD folder.

But now how can I register it ? I tried silent install but doesn't work.

if u have the setup.iss file that contains your reg info.. no need 2 enter anything else

I use this line of code :

setup.exe -s -f2 "%systemdrive%\powerdvd.log"

What's the problem ?

You're missing f1 for your iss file (with full path), and f2 shouldn't have that space either.

You dont need f1 if you use f2.

This is what I use:

setup.exe -s -f2%systemdrive%\powerdvd.log

I install my powerdvd from the DVD and I have all my files packed in a rar sfx archive called powerdvd.exe

So when the program runs all the files are first extracted into a temporary directory and then the setup begins. So technically I dont even need to specify the path for the log since the log will be created anyway in the temp directory. But, what the heck? I delete the log files later anyway.

It only works because your SFX extracts files to the HD first then you run it from there, if you actually ran the setup from DVD like I do, it would NOT work, you DO require BOTH f1 and f2 from CD/DVD, else it will NOT install.

It only works because your SFX extracts files to the HD first then you run it from there, if you actually ran the setup from DVD like I do, it would NOT work, you DO require BOTH f1 and f2 from CD/DVD, else it will NOT install.

No! You dont. If the iss file is in the same directory as the setup file, all you need to do is specify the target for the log file using the "f2" option.

If I omit f1 (the setup.iss IS in the same spot as setup.exe) then it does not work. Weird... I've had issues in the past getting apps to install like that from a DVD, and this is the only way it works for me. From the HD, it works fine regardless. If I remember right, without f1 I get error -3 in the log file (Required data not found in the Setup.iss file) and if I mention f1, it installs perfectly.

I just tried 5 different programs, all using the installshield installer, the installation folders burnt to a cd with the following syntax:

PowerDVD

ATI Control Panel

ATI WDM Driver

DriverLINX Port I/O Driver

Nvidia NVMixer

foldername\setup.exe -f2%systemdrive%\programxx.log

All the programs were installed successfully and the result displayed in the log file was 0.

Thanks for your help guys. I'll try this as soon as possible