Install Shield

[DrewHMS97SS]

Trying to install PC Mark 04 via the Install section in MSFN is not working for me.

First I install the software with the -R option

Then copy the .iss file into the program location (c:\test\setup.iss)

Then I uninstall the program, and try to reinstall from the command prompt by typing:

start /wait %systemdrive%\test\PC.exe -s

PC.exe is the name of the installer.

Any ideas?

[Mekrel]

hi mate try this:

Although the unattended site says you only need to call a .log file from running from CD, but i found installing GDATA antivirus kit didnt install even from HDD unless i specified a .log file.

Try this

PC.exe -s -f2"%systemdrive%\PCMark.log"

That will make a .log file on C:\.

Also make sure there was no .iss in C:\Windows before you record the installation.

Hope this helps

[totoymola]

Hello DrewHMS97SS.

First of all, it is not necessary to use -R to record the setup.iss. It can be /r, and it is not case sensitive. The -s works that way too.

I don't know the software that you are trying to install. I'm not at home so I can't try it even if I want to. So let me ask you some questions that might help me help you solve your problem.

1) If you have WinRAR/7z/etc installed on your system, have you tried right-clicking the exe file and extracting the contents? I'm asking you this because most InstallShield compiled exe's are sfx, so you can extract the contents.

2) Did you place the setup.iss in the same directory as the setup.exe? What happened when you tried running it with the /s switch?

3) Have you tried using setup.exe /s /f1"path_of_your_response_file" ?

*Note: The response file that I'm referring to is the setup.iss

[DrewHMS97SS]

Thank you so much for the help.

I will try the info listed here and get back with you.

When I ran the /s it looked like the computer was doing something, then it just stopped, and the system was the same as before.

The iss file was in the same dir are the setup file.

Why would I want to extract the setup files? I still need all of the mods to the reg dont I?

[totoymola]

When I ran the /s it looked like the computer was doing something, then it just stopped, and the system was the same as before.

I think I know what's happening. The installation starts silently, but it can't locate the setup.iss which halts the process. You're installer is an sfx, which extracts it's files to the %temp% folder. Like I said before, try right-clicking the installer and extract it's files to a folder using WinRAR. Then copy your setup.iss to that folder and run the setup there with /s switch.

However, there are compiled exes which you can't extract the files. In that case, this is what I normally do.

1. I create an sfx for my setup.iss that will extract it silently to the root of my drive c

2. I create a batch file that has this code.

start /w setup1.exe
start /w setup.exe /s /f1"c:\setup.iss"
del c:\setup.iss

*Note: the setup1.exe is the sfx for my setup.iss