catman915 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Is there a generally accepted "Best Way" to install apps unattended? I'm not sure I understand the differences well enough to decide. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 personally, i use the $OEM$ method, look on the msfn unattended section for the $OEM$ sectionhave a GOOD read over it so you get the concept.i make 7zip switchless installers, have a look on the forums for '7z switchless installer' (so they're just one exe file for each program) and call them in 'runoncex' from 'cmdlines.txt' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazmire11 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 generaly the best method is the one you feel most comfortable with. they all have advanteges and disadvanteges:Runonceex: hard to learn if your new to registry, good lookingBatch: easy to learn, not so great lookingWPI: good looking, too many features for some id argue.SVCPACK: only used in the case of addons for nlite id have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_U_U_R_ Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Runonceex is the best. Because its looks like well and its so useful..Maybe hard to learn...But dont forget: if one way is diffucult, its make beautiful B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideGuy Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 My advice would be to start with batch. It's the easiest of all the install methods. You can learn all the switches and different packaging methods. Once you've got a working unattended disc you can move onto (Runonceex, WPI, etc). The other methods are not hard once you understand the basics.RideGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman915 Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 (edited) Thanks to all who responded. Your suggestions have spawned a few more questions. Is there a preferred way to handle installs that require a serial number or a tutorial covering this aspect also, if I use batch method I noticed that there are 3-4 places to put the BAT file. Is one better than the other? I hope these questions don't sound too trifling but it's all pretty confusing at this point in my learning curve. Thanks again. Edited April 1, 2006 by catman915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioldman Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 @catman915,you may benefit from this site http://unattended.msfn.orgas it does contain details on installing methods mentioned above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alperefe Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 xplode in t13 svcpack and xplode again in guirunonce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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