charon Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I created several autoit programs and zipped everything up into a self extracting executable using 7zip. WHen the user click on the executable it asks where to extract it. Is there a way to automate the self extraction to a specified folder and run the program automatically without prompting the user? I need some type of installer program that will create a folder, extract the files to the folder, and run the program automatically and maybe create a shortcut on the desktop. I just need someone to point me in the right direction. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exit Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php or http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page Edited July 4, 2014 by Exit App: Au3toCmd UDF: _SingleScript() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomniac420 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Instead of zipping everything I used drop box to host the files and made a installer that allowed the user to choose directory of install then it downloaded the files to the directory then it asks the user if they want a shortcut on the desktop and then opens the app. This is also nice because i also give the user a choose with a msgbox when they start the app to update the apps files. Hope that gives you a few good ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charon Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Dropbox sounds interesting but I went with these instructions: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/39048-how-to-make-a-7-zip-switchless-installer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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