for PowerDVD Ultra v8.0.1830.50

you must modify this line "CDKey"="*****-*****-*****-*****-*****-*****" in PDVD8.reg

after this you must create silent SFX setup with WINRAR

This post has been edited by mtbbac: Mar 13 2009, 08:15 AM

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And silent=1 , doesnt work for most people, it deletes all shortcuts in the start menu

I know for shortcuts...you must creat SFX setup to instal..if you instal from HDD you will get this probleme

Can u focus that sfx thing?

What files i put in it?

What commands i put in it? (eq. Do i but it to run some exe after extract??)

Im confused

First unpack power dvd setup to a folder.
Copy "setupCustom.ini" and "PDVD8.reg" files in the same folder as where you extracted your setup.

Open Winrar
-select option "Create Sfx archive"
-select "Best" from "Compression Method"
-select comment and copy this:

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Setup=Setup.exe
Presetup=REGEDIT /S PDVD8.reg
TempMode
Silent=1
Overwrite=1

Hey

I get "Could not register the audiofile YYYY.XXX"
during instal......Any ideas.
Same error when instaled from RunOnceEx.cmd or after a frech xp instal.

I created a sfx arcive like this;
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First unpack power dvd setup to a folder.
Copy "setupCustom.ini" and "PDVD8.reg" files in the same folder as where you extracted your setup.

Open Winrar
-select option "Create Sfx archive"
-select "Best" from "Compression Method"
-select comment and copy this:

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Setup=Setup.exe
Presetup=REGEDIT /S PDVD8.reg
TempMode
Silent=1
Overwrite=1
---------------

No go...."Could not register the audiofile YYYY.XXX"

This post has been edited by Floppy: Oct 29 2008, 03:08 PM

i tried this, i did what everything that was posted but when i run the sfx file i get this message: "error reading setup initialization file"

any help?

your path is most likely invalid

thanks, its working now.

Your method does not work, because activation status is stored not only in registry but in files "PowerDVD8.sim" and "CLAud.sim".
You should replace original files with the activated ones.
Otherwise, you will be asked to activate the program at the first start.

PS: Sorry for my poor english;)

good work dude its working excellent from first atempt.

thanks for pointing that out... it works... and i'm using the version 9 of power dvd... good work guys..

are you sure that's work for powerdvd 9.0 ??

How to install PowerDVD 9 in silent mode then? Can't get it working with "Setup.exe /S /v /qn".

Extract the original installer.
Go to custom.ini file and add Silent=1 under [PowerDVD9] and change RichVideo=1 to RichVideo=0
Go to setup.ini file and make sure that EnableLangDlg=N and SuppressReboot=Y
Delete RichVideo folder.
Run silent installation from setup.exe without switches.

Thanks!

I have a problem starting PowerDVD 9 on Vmware (XP SP3 host OS).

It installs properly, but it starts (I see it from task manager running processes only, nothing on screen being displayed), and then exits.

I need it to start in order to test if it is configured properly, since I deploy it preconfigured.

It all works fine outside virtual machine OS, but the problem is I cannot be sure I preconfigured the silent install properly if I dont have a clean system

Anyone can help out?

This post has been edited by Angelico_Payne: Jun 24 2009, 06:55 AM

Exactly the same problem here (start PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe and PowerDVD9.exe and quits both processes). Can't start it under VMware, but I already install PowerDVD in real machine and it works.
Have you tried under VirtualBox?

No I have never tried to use VirtualBox so far, so I am unacostumed to it.

I was hoping the problem was in some pre check up that can be mended with a reg entry, at least on temp basis. If anyone has any idea, please share it, however farfetched it might seem.

I will try VirtualBox tommorow to see if same error occurs there.

EDIT: I found a hint that disabling the video acceleration in the VMWare settings will enable PowerDVD to work, will test it out as well.

This post has been edited by Angelico_Payne: Jun 26 2009, 07:09 AM

Hi all,
I hade the same problem and all i did was change the screen resolution

Originaly is 800x600 and and 1024x768 is need to make PowerDVD work.

That was it for me...