Flash Silent Install

[startrek133]

Hi Everyone, hope you all had a nice weekend ..

I need some more advice , i am a little stuck .. another program of mine is trying to make something that will install programs as me the admin on the users computer .. right now i am trying to figure out how to install flash player ..

i have this so far , which works , but when i had a user try it .. it ran and did everything it should have , but when i went into add/remove programs flash wasn't listed , so it didn't install .. for right now i am just trying to make a exe file that i can send the users to have them install it , at some point i would like to be able just to do a txt file with a list of computers in it ..

any advice ??

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
Local $sUserName = "username"
Local $sPassword = "password"
 
RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec, @SystemDir)
 
FileFindFirstFile ("flashplayer10.msi")
 
FileCopy ("\\server\Adobe Installer\flash.exe" , "c:\")
 
RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c msiexec /i "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi" /qn')
 
MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", "  Flash Player Has Been Installed ")
 
FileDelete ("c:\flash.exe")

Edited August 29, 2011 by startrek133

[rcmaehl]

I may be a little rusty on my memory of the docs but can't you use FileInstall()?

[startrek133]

I tried fileinstall rcmaehl and it strange , it looks like it worked , but when you go into add / removed programs flash is not listed there ..

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
Local $sUserName = "username"
Local $sPassword = "password"

RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec, @SystemDir)
 
FileFindFirstFile ("flashplayer10.msi")

 
 
MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", "  Flash Player Has Been Installed ")
 
 
FileInstall ("\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.exe", "c:\")

[BrewManNH]

Your runas command isn't doing anything, that's why it's not working. You're running CMD with it under your credentials, not running the msi file. Then you use RunWait to run the msi file, instead of using RunAs to do it.

[startrek133]

thanks for the advice BrewManNH, but as i am still a noob at all this , i don't understand what your saying ... sorry ..

[BrewManNH]

What I said was pretty clear, you're trying to run the msi file with the RunWait command and not with the RunAs command going by your first post. Your RunAs command is only running CMD.EXE when you execute that command line, it's not running the MSI file in the second command line's RunWait command. You have to run your msi file with the RunAs command if you want it to run under different credentials.

[startrek133]

ok i think i get it ..

so something like this then ..

RunAs($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, '""msiexec /i "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"" /qn')

[BrewManNH]

ok i think i get it ..

so something like this then ..

RunAs($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, '""msiexec /i "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"" /qn')

Something along the lines like this:

RunAs($sUserName,"domain",$sPassword,0, '""msiexec /i "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"" /qn')

I'm not sure of the placement of the quotes as I didn't actually run it, but you forgot the " ,0" in there in your string.

Edited August 29, 2011 by BrewManNH

[startrek133]

hhmmm well just logged into a computer as a trainee and ran the flash.exe and nothing .. got my popup box about it being installed , but it wasn't ..

i hate syntax errors, everything looks right and it runs , but doesn't work ..

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
Local $sUserName = "username"
Local $sPassword = "password"
 
RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec, @SystemDir)
 
FileCopy ("\\server\Adobe Installer\flash.exe" , "c:\")

RunAs($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, 0, '"msiexec /i" [, "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"] /qn')
 
MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", "  Flash Player Has Been Installed ")

FileDelete ("c:\flash.exe")

[BrewManNH]

hhmmm well just logged into a computer as a trainee and ran the flash.exe and nothing .. got my popup box about it being installed , but it wasn't ..

i hate syntax errors, everything looks right and it runs , but doesn't work ..

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
Local $sUserName = "username"
Local $sPassword = "password"
 
; RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec, @SystemDir) <<<<<<<<<< Not needed
 
; FileCopy ("\\server\Adobe Installer\flash.exe" , "c:\") <<<< Only needed if you're running it off of the C: drive
 
RunAs($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, 0, '"msiexec /i "' &  '"\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"]\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"' &  "/qn") ;<<<< Try this, still not 100% sure of the quotes
 
MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", "  Flash Player Has Been Installed ")
 
FileDelete ("c:\flash.exe")

EDIT: Man I hate this new board software and what it's doing to code tags.

Edited August 29, 2011 by BrewManNH

[startrek133]

yea tell me about it ..

well i tired all sorts of different " ' [ and stuff like that with no luck ..

any advice ??

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
Local $sUserName = "username"
Local $sPassword = "password"
 
 
RunAs($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, 0, '"msiexec /i" [, "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"] /qn')

MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", "  Flash Player Has Been Installed ")

[storme]

yea tell me about it ..

well i tired all sorts of different " ' [ and stuff like that with no luck ..

any advice ??

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
Local $sUserName = "username"
Local $sPassword = "password"
 
 
RunAs($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, 0, '"msiexec /i" [, "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi"] /qn')
 
MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", "  Flash Player Has Been Installed ")

Well what I normally do is to get the command working from the comman prompt first.

The cut and paste the command into your scirpt so you remember how it's supposed to be.

<code>

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX

Local $sUserName = "username"

Local $sPassword = "password"

; msiexec /i "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi" /qn

RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, 'msiexec /i , "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi" /qn', @TempDir)

MsgBox(4096, " Flash Custom Installer ", " Flash Player Has Been Installed ")

</code>

Good Luck

John Morrison

Edit: Forum edit messing up

Edited August 30, 2011 by storme

[startrek133]

I have tried running the runas command from the command and keeps erroring out on me because it cant find my password ..

but i tired your runas above , and sad to say it didn't work

wish i know more about this to understand what i am missing ..

[storme]

If you run

msiexec /i "\\server\Adobe\flashplayer10.msi" /qn

from the command line does it work?

[BrewManNH]

Make sure there's no comma or brackets between the msiexec /I and the file to be run.

[startrek133]

I got it !!!!!!!

i found another post , with code i didnt think would work , but just tested on some of the user here and works great ..

now the next trick is to see if i can get it to install using a list of computers from a txt file ??

here is the code i found ..

RunAsWait($sUserName, $snetwork, $sPassword, 4, "MSIEXEC.EXE /i flashplayer10.msi /qn","\\server\Adobe", @SW_Hide)

[startrek133]

I got it working !!!

thanks everyone for the help ..

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
#include <File.au3>
 
Global $sUserName = "username"
Global $sPassword = "password"
Global $sNetwork = "domain"
 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;uninstall current verison of flash player
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
RunAsWait($sUserName, $sNetwork, $sPassword, 4, "\\server\Adobe\unflash.exe -uninstall")
 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;install current verison of flash player
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
RunAsWait($sUserName, $sNetwork, $sPassword, 4, "MSIEXEC.EXE /i flashplayer10.msi /qn","\\server\Adobe", @SW_Hide)

Edited August 31, 2011 by startrek133

[Litzner]

I got it working !!!

thanks everyone for the help ..

; Installing Flash Player 10 ActiveX
 
 
#include <File.au3>
 
Global $sUserName = "username"
Global $sPassword = "password"
Global $sNetwork = "domain"
 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;uninstall current verison of flash player
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
RunAsWait($sUserName, $sNetwork, $sPassword, 4, "\\server\Adobe\unflash.exe -uninstall")
 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;install current verison of flash player
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
RunAsWait($sUserName, $sNetwork, $sPassword, 4, "MSIEXEC.EXE /i flashplayer10.msi /qn","\\server\Adobe", @SW_Hide)

I have been trying to do something similar to this, and I cannot get it working. If I copy the commands out and run them in cmd prompt they woek (with out running as someone else) but I cannot get the script working. Although I am not getting a error.

<code>

; Installing Flash Player 11 ActiveX

Global $sUserName = "UserName"

Global $sPassword = "Password"

Global $sNetwork = "Domain"

;Uninstall Flash Player

RunAsWait($sUserName, $sNetwork, $sPassword, 4, '"\\arnell\software$\Adobe\Flash Player\uninstall flash\uninstall_flash_player.exe" -uninstall')

;Install Flash Player

RunAsWait($sUserName, $sNetwork, $sPassword, 4, 'MSIEXEC.EXE /i "\\arnell\software$\Adobe\Flash Player\11.0.1.152\32-bit\install_flash_player_11_active_x_32bit.msi" /qn', @SW_Hide)

</code>