Winrar 3.42 Unattended Install

[homie742]

Hi all,

I'm trying to get WinRAR to install silently. I extracted the SFX to wrar342 and put my rarreg.key into the extracted folder, then create an SFX of that folder and add the comments from the original installer + Silent = 1. However, when I run it, WinRAR install just fine but at the end a window pops up asking me to choose what extension to associate WinRAR with. I remember there being a way to have it so that window doesn't pop up, but it was a part of the Application install page on the Unattended guide which is no longer there. Anyone has any idea?

Thanks in advance!

[glent]

Download the Installer and use /S command

like winrar.exe /S

[jrf2027]

You still have to use the /s switch, even if you've selected "Hide start dialog" and "overwrite all files" in the Modes tab of the self-extracting options when you created your installer with rarreg.key built-in.

Don't ask me why, but it works for me. I had the same problem.

[SiMoNsAyS]

take the original setup file, open it with winrar. drop there your rarreg.key and then use "/S" switch

[homie742]

thanks everybody. the "/S" switch works perfectly!

[RideGuy]

take the original setup file, open it with winrar. drop there your rarreg.key and then use "/S" switch

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

When I try to add my rarreg.key to the original setup file (using winrar) I get this Message:

!   E:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\wrar342.exe: Cannot modify locked archive

Am I doing something wrong?

RideGuy

EDIT - Never mind. I just learned how to repack it with all the comments from the original SFX. Thanks.

[vortex0007]

RideGuy,

Would you be willing to share your step by step for how you did this? I can't get this to work.

[RideGuy]

RideGuy,

Would you be willing to share your step by step for how you did this? I can't get this to work.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sure,

- Right click on wrar342.exe and choose "Open with winrar".

- Right click on any file in the archive and select "Show Information".

- Select the SFX tab at the top.

- Click on "Advanced SFX options..."

- Select the "Text and icons" tab at the top"

- Highlight and copy all the text in the "Text to display in the SFX window".

- Close all open winrar windows.

- Right click on wrar342.exe and choose "Extract to wrar342\" (or use the folder of your choice).

- Open that folder.

- Add your rarreg.key file if you have one.

- Highlight all files and directories.

- Right click and choose "Add to Archive..."

- Select the "Create SFX archive" and "Create solid archive" tabs under Archive options.

- Select the Comment tab.

- Paste all the text you copies from the original wrar342.exe archive into the "Enter a comment manually" box.

- Hit OK to finish.

Now you have an SFX that will silently install with /S.

ECHO.
ECHO Installing WinRAR 3.42 
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\wrar342.exe /S

RideGuy

[Cyberblizzard]

So is the following code correct?

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "WinRAR" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe /S" /f

With '/silent' I had the same problem as the topicstarter describes.