Winrar Themes Silent Install

[sk8er_boi]

http://www.rarlab.com/themes.htm

here's the winrar themes but how to install them silently?

Simonsays might know

because he has made themes.

[Shark007]

Simply extract them to a folder within %programfiles%\WinRAR\Themes

after you install winrar.

If your winrar is customized already,

just add them to the customized installation as above

Shark

[SiMoNsAyS]

yep

there's no way to install the .theme.rar files silently that i'm aware. i just place my themes on %programfiles%\WinRAR\Themes and then select them post-setup

[sk8er_boi]

Maybe i can make a vbscript to install. i will try

edit: here's a script. it works for me. write the full theme name.

don't change the names of downloaded themes. or it won't install.

paste this to a .vbs file.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run app & "WinRAR_Smile_d_48x48.1_00.theme.rar"
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
WScript.Sleep 1000
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"

Edited July 11, 2005 by cihatkarli

[mzar720]

@cihatkarli

Please can you give more explanation on how your <.vbs> worke with SiMoNsAyS`s way

as SiMoNsAyS said i made a SFX Files of my installed themes with this comment

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Path=%programfiles%\winRAR\themes
SavePath
Silent=1
Overwrite=1

then select them post-setup

and where i can put your <.vbs> in my UACD because i don`t understand it. Sorry

Any Help please

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Sorry for Bad English

[sk8er_boi]

For my vbs put the theme to same folder. but don't chage the theme file's name. because it's some kind of descriptor

and in this line

WshShell.Run app & "WinRAR_Smile_d_48x48.1_00.theme.rar"

put your theme's filename in the brackets.

[mzar720]

thanks for your replay

i will try it soon

[mickmack]

i usually repack WinRar with key and themes into one executable and for default theme i add this regkey. you can use name of your theme instead of smile

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes]

"ShellExtBMP"="C:\\Program Files\\WinRAR\\Themes\\WinRAR_Smile_d_48x48\\RarSmall.bmp"

"ActivePath"="C:\\Program Files\\WinRAR\\Themes\\WinRAR_Smile_d_48x48"

[sk8er_boi]

DELETE THIS.

Edited July 13, 2005 by cihatkarli

[sk8er_boi]

i thought that. but i wasn't sure if it changes rar icons. But my method is reliable.

[sk8er_boi]

Here I revised the code a bit.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'put your theme path in the brackets
WshShell.Run app & 
"%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Winrar\WinRAR_Smile_d_48x48.1_00.theme.rar"
'if you have a slow pc you may need to increase this
WScript.Sleep 2000
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
'this too
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"