Yahoo! Toolbar With AntiSpy Silent Install Guide

[DarkShadows]

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To obtain the Yahoo! Toolbar Silent installation executables:

01. Close all copies of Internet Explorer

02. From Add/Remove Programs:

A. Uninstall all previous versions of Yahoo! Anti-Spy.

B. Uninstall all previous versions of Yahoo! Toolbar.

NOTE: No reboot is required.

03. Open Internet Explorer and browse to http://toolbar.yahoo.com/

04. Click on the orange [Free Download] button.

05. The installation package should download and launch.

06. You will see the Welcome screen:

07. Click [Next >] to proceed with the installation.

08. Click [i agree] to accept the license agreement.

09. The install completes, displaying the Congratulations screen.

10. IMPORTANT: DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING YET!

11. Open a copy of Windows Explorer and Type %Temp% in the Address Bar.

12. You will see three executables in your temp folder for Yahoo! Toolbar with AntiSpy.

• ycomp_6.2.2.0_ypsr_1.14_us_setup_.exe The downloaded installation package file (name changes each version)

• ytb_pub_us_setup_.exe Yahoo! Toolbar executable

• ypsr_solo_us_setup_.exe Yahoo! AntiSpy executable

The last two files have been the same name for at least the last two versions.

13. Copy these two executables to another folder.

15. Now click [Finish >] on the Congratulations screen.

NOTE: At this point, the two files we needed are deleted from %Temp%.

16. Download this script which installs these two executables silently (link at bottom of post):

:Start
     @Echo Off
     CLS
     Echo.                  ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
     Echo.                  º Installing Yahoo! Toolbar with Anti-Spy º
     Echo.                  ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ 
     Echo.
     Echo.
     Echo.
     Echo.      Please wait...

     Start /Wait ytb_pub_us_setup_.exe /SILENT
     Start /Wait ypsr_solo_us_setup_.exe /SILENT

     CLS
     Echo.                  ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
     Echo.                  º Installing Yahoo! Toolbar with Anti-Spy º
     Echo.                  ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ 
     Echo.
     Echo.
     Echo.
     Echo.      Done!
     Echo.
     Pause

Your folder should now have:

To test your silent installation:

1. Repeat steps 1-2 from the above list.

2. Open Internet Explorer and confirm the toolbar is gone.

3. Open Add/Remove Programs and confirm the toolbar is gone.

4. Run the script above.

5. Open Internet Explorer and confirm the toolbar is installed.

YahooSilentInstall.zip

Edited October 7, 2005 by DarkShadows