I notice every other virtual machine program has application switches, so why has noone posted about vmware? I know it uses installshield, but I cant get it to make the iss file using -R

its bcause there is none, as far as i know.

thats y i switched from vmware to "microsoft VirtualPC 2004" cause it can be silently installed

There is a way to install it silently as I do in my installs. I can't tell you at the moment as I am currently at work. Will update you with the way to do it when I get home unless someone beats me to it.


EDIT:

Ok here is what I use:


and to regiser it I use:


The registery info after you install it and register it is in this location at:


No reboots and works perfect. Hope this helps you out.

Whooooo very cool. I await your info as Ive tried everything, I even went through other programs silent switches trying to get it to work

Installing the msi file.... here is an example.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /I "C:\VMWareWorkstation6030\VMware Workstation.msi" /QN USERNAME=Joe COMPANYNAME=Co SERIALNUMBER=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

I can't get it not to reboot despite REBOOT=0. However, this may be of use to you to stop a reboot. AppDeploy NoRebootTip

To use the .exe setup method, you will need to use the /v /qn switch. Username and Company name are optional and can safely be omitted in VMWare's case.

Easier still, get MaSai, AdminStudio, etc. & edit the appropriate property field. That way you can install just using /qn or create a transform to install with the vmware.msi file.

**update**
REBOOT=ReallySuppress does indeed work for VMWare so to install w/o a reboot and registered you will need to...

C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /I "<FULLPATH>VMware Workstation.msi" /QN USERNAME=Joe COMPANYNAME=Co SERIALNUMBER=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX REBOOT=ReallySuppress

Again, username and company do not need to be included (actually neither does serial number, but better to put it here than enter it in every time by hand in the prog.)