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How can I suppress messages in the client setup (silent setup)?

The client setup displays a few dialogs that need to be confirmed. If you do not want these dialogs, the client setup can be carried out with nearly no messages.

Create a client setup (see Wie kann ich mit Virtual CD ein Client Setup erstellen?) and start setup.exe on a computer without Virtual CD with Start -> Run

\\server\ClientSetup\setup.exe /r

Let the setup run to the end. The setup then creates a setup.iss in the Windows directory. Move this file in the directory of the Client Setup.

Then start the client setup on a different computer over Start -> Run

\\server\ClientSetup\setup.exe /s

Then nothing more will be displayed except the creation of the virtual drives.
Please make sure that the share has write privileges. The client setup creates a setup.log if run silently. If you cannot write to the share, the setup will fail!

deinstallation in "silent mode" can be executed on the same principle. For this purpose first create the setup.iss by executing the setup for the deinstallation with the parameter /r. The file setup.iss can then be found in the Windows directory. This file has to be copied to the directory with the Client Setup (if a setup.iss for a "silent installation" already exists, you can save it or rename it for possible installations in the future, then you should overwrite it). Then the Client Setup has to be executed with the parameter /s.

Note: Please observe that the Silent Setup is not an integral part of Virtual CD! This function is provided by the InstallShield. Thus we can only offer limited support for problems therefrom. We regret for any inconvenience!


Article #1487 | 03/18/11 | Hartmut Mäcker