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Depends on what you are installing, and whether the install package supports silent switches. Otherwise, you would have to package the install into an MSI for yourself. If it is a Setup.exe, try running it from command line with the /? switch to see if there are available switches.

If you would care to give an example of what you're installing, we can assist.

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Depends on what you are installing, and whether the install package supports silent switches. Otherwise, you would have to package the install into an MSI for yourself. If it is a Setup.exe, try running it from command line with the /? switch to see if there are available switches.

If you would care to give an example of what you're installing, we can assist.

 

I don't believe silent switches are supported.  Appending /? to the .exe at the command line just runs the installer as usual.  I have a macro generated that runs through the whole installation, so I think simply making the windows completely transparent would suffice as a solution.

 

#RequireAdmin
#NoTrayIcon
Run("Your Program")

 

Riiiiiiiiight  ;)

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I don't believe silent switches are supported.  Appending /? to the .exe at the command line just runs the installer as usual.  I have a macro generated that runs through the whole installation, so I think simply making the windows completely transparent would suffice as a solution.

 

 

Riiiiiiiiight   ;)

If the installer Automaticly install then use

#RequireAdmin

#NoTrayIcon

Run("Your Program","Working dir",@SW_HIDE)

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@basel1998, you still aren't understanding what the OP is asking.

@OP Is this a public piece of software? Does it say InstallShield or some such when you run it? Many applications are really MSIs, but they are "wrapped" in a setup.exe. Often times, the setup.exe simply copies the MSI to the temp directory and then starts the installation.

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@basel1998, you still aren't understanding what the OP is asking.

@OP Is this a public piece of software? Does it say InstallShield or some such when you run it? Many applications are really MSIs, but they are "wrapped" in a setup.exe. Often times, the setup.exe simply copies the MSI to the temp directory and then starts the installation.

Might he be onto something with the "@SW_HIDE" part?

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I just tried it with a /qn switch and it installed silently on XP SP3 32bit.

 

Interesting...did you use the /qn switch with the .exe?

I tried the /quiet switch on Win7 with no success...I also drilled down a couple levels and extracted a bunch of folders + the .msi from the .exe, and a couple switches failed, but I'll try some others.

I'll let you know how it goes...thanks for your help :)

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and as a last resort, as long as your macro doesnt rely on active windows, mouseclicks, or the like; you could always screenshot the desktop then use splashimageon.

,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-.
|(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/
(_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_)
| | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) (
| | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | |
`-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_|
'-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__)

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