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[quote name='galvanocentric' post='356640' date='Jul 20 2005, 04:26 PM']
[quote=tresans,Jul 20 2005, 07:34 AM]Hi,

My point is to make a folder inside %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data to paste the folder AdobeSystems\product lisences\B2B86000.dat before I execute CS2 the first time.
If we can do this we can close this topic
and I used command MKDIR but this is making folders inside the point were you directed to and makes a folder "Documents" "and" "Settings" etc etc.
can I not copy/paste a folder like "Adobe Systems\Product lisences\B2B86000.dat ,thus this folder with the folder and .dat inside it copying to the directory?
Then we are ready.

regards

ps:must go to work now I am back in 6 hours and also we are going to solve this problem today I hope,I am brainstorming with it.

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Okay, I think I've got it... Apparently copy wasn't creating the directory structure properly so I first moved the DAT file to Application Data, then created the subdirs, then moved the DAT file to Product Licenses.


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Anyone know why I get the following error during the runonceex portion of setup:

"this installation package could not be opened.verify that the package exists and that you can access it"

I do all CS2 products the same...
1. Run setup, capture Activation with Adminstudio (it's 1 reg entry & 1 file).
2. Add two items to msi file with editor.
3. Do an admin install to 'network image' location. (remove .msi filename spaces!)
4. Make a 7zip sfx setup.

Photoshop's setup 'bundles' all the msi installers together into one 'package'.
To do a silent install, just, 1. do an admin install for each msi installer to the same location... 2. add Abcpy.ini with your serial... 3. add a batch to run each .msi, launch it silently with hidec.exe (in config,txt, a 7zip sfx element)

You'll notice the only diff. is each portion of Photoshop may be removed individually in add-remove, kinda nice, really.

Final installer 185mb. after 7zip sfx is done.
I'll attatch samples from my build folder.

one thought...
Wininstall LE 2003 may also be used to capture activation and edit .msi file. It's much smaller and MUCH cheaper, but that's another topic.

This post has been edited by thuun derboy: Mar 24 2006, 10:38 PM

So did anyone find a way how to activise the photoshop cs during silent installation?

Somebody obtained to eliminate the box of activation during the 'silent install'?
thx

Try this www.kb.adobe.com or www.kixtart.org

i dont know why, but my activation screen doesnt pop up, so when i try installing it, it never works as it isnt activated. how am i supposed to get it to pop up, cuz i dont really know anything about it and it doesnt ever work when i try?