ayhopkins Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 I couldn't find out how to do this while searching the forum. I am new at this and it might be pretty obvious. I have some utility applications which came in a zip file. There is no installer just the files.How would I install this? Or do I have to create an installer package. Is there a recommendation for a very very easy one for me to use.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[M]ystique Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 You should be able to find such an application at Nirsoft plus other useful applications.See here >http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/zipinst.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayhopkins Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 I figured out a simple method of doing this finally. I extracted the files into a directory, but I still needed to create a shortcut link on the commandline. This function is unavailable in XP, but is available through another great free third party application XXMKLINK - they also had some other useful utilities so I installed them as well.http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy38.htmhttp://www.xxcopy.com/index.htmcmdow @ /HIDECHO.ECHO Installing CpuZECHO Please wait...MD "C:\Winutil\CpuZ"COPY /Y "%systemdrive%\install\cpuz\*.*" "C:\Winutil\CpuZ"XXMKLINK "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Utilities\CpuZ" "C:\Winutil\CpuZ\cpuz.exe"EXIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emporio91 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 i make a winzip sfx archive that installs silently to a set location, then i use the cab-method with the 7-zip installer to install it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelome Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 well u could try inno setup (google it!) its very easy to use and its free...u could try nullsoft...but once u create the installer wirh nullsoft u can extract and find out what the script is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobie Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I use winrar and make a sfx archive and add this to commentsPath=.\%programfiles%\MyProgramSavePathSilent=1Overwrite=2Shortcut=P, MyEXE, DestFolder, "Description", "ShortcutName"Shortcut=<DestType>,<SrcName>,<DestFolder>,<Description>,<ShortcutName> Create a shortcut to unpacked file. DestType is one character wide field, which can have the following values:D Create a shortcut on DesktopS Create a shortcut in Start MenuP Create a shortcut in Start Menu/ProgramsT Create a shortcut in Startup folder SrcName is a name of archived file. DestFolder is a folder to create a shortcut in. If it does not exist, it will be created by SFX archive. Description is a text string describing a shortcut. ShortcutName is a name of .lnk (shortcut) file created by SFX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elc0chin0 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 cmdow @ /HIDECHO.ECHO Installing CpuZECHO Please wait...MD "C:\Winutil\CpuZ"COPY /Y "%systemdrive%\install\cpuz\*.*" "C:\Winutil\CpuZ"XXMKLINK "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Utilities\CpuZ" "C:\Winutil\CpuZ\cpuz.exe"EXITI take it that the %systemdrive% equates to the cdrom? Then theorically I can place any software on the cd then copy it to the hd using the following code:COPY /Y "%systemdrive%\software\install\*.*" "c:\software\install"I just noticed the quotes around each one of the command options. Is this required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayhopkins Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 %systemdrive% is c:\ but I believe there are other parameters you can use.Yes I believe the quotes are required.The winrar looks good too.cmdow @ /HIDECHO.ECHO Installing CpuZECHO Please wait...MD "C:\Winutil\CpuZ"COPY /Y "%systemdrive%\install\cpuz\*.*" "C:\Winutil\CpuZ"XXMKLINK "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Utilities\CpuZ" "C:\Winutil\CpuZ\cpuz.exe"EXITI take it that the %systemdrive% equates to the cdrom? Then theorically I can place any software on the cd then copy it to the hd using the following code:COPY /Y "%systemdrive%\software\install\*.*" "c:\software\install"I just noticed the quotes around each one of the command options. Is this required? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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