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 Nov 10 2005, 07:54 AM Post
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| Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791   |
@RogueSpear: Great job, i dreamed for it you did it. TNX!!! Neverless, i have "0" VBS knowledge and NOT use RunOnceEx. On the other hand, i have mor knwledge of AutoIt, cmd and i use WPI. How can i use yr installer with WPI??? or, Can you write a cmd installer??? @muiz: QUOTE As I understand, yr download is VMwareTools 5.5. Isn't it???It is possible to use it with the latest VMware 5 version ??? Regards coucou |
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| Nov 10 2005, 08:08 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS  Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none  |
@coucou, I've never used WPI before so I can't really be of much assistance there. The point of the script itself is that it will NOT run the installer unless the "computer" is a VMware computer. This is determined by using WMI to read BIOS strings. I suppose if WPI can launch a VBscript then you'd be all set.
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| Nov 10 2005, 08:17 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 | QUOTE (RogueSpear @ Nov 10 2005, 03:08 PM)  The point of the script itself is that it will NOT run the installer unless the "computer" is a VMware computer. This is determined by using WMI to read BIOS strings. that's what i understood and that's what I precisely needed!!!I dpn't know if WPI can launch a VBscript. Then, may you you write a cmd installer??? Regards koukou |
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| Nov 10 2005, 08:19 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
No I can't write a cmd script because the whole process is dependant upon WMI. That's one of the main reasons I started using VBscript for everything.
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| Nov 10 2005, 08:42 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 | QUOTE (RogueSpear @ Nov 10 2005, 03:19 PM) No I can't write a cmd script because the whole process is dependant upon WMI. That's one of the main reasons I started using VBscript for everything. What a pity... Do you know if VMwareTools 5.5.ISO could be used with the latest VMware 5 version??? coucou This post has been edited by coucou: Nov 10 2005, 08:43 AM |
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| Nov 10 2005, 10:07 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 |
@RogueSpear: Do yr VBscript could be launched from cmdlines.txt file as "VMWareTools.vbs" @t-12??? Regards coucou |
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| Nov 10 2005, 10:15 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
No. As stated in the installer description, it can only be run from RunOnceEx. I've tried various methods of getting to install from svcpack.inf and cmdlines.txt, but it won't go. The other problem is that the VBscript won't run from cmdlines.txt because WMI is not yet available. EDIT: I won't be messing around with VMware 5.5 until it's officially released. I have to many other things to do than to mess with their test code that still has all the debugging turned on. This post has been edited by RogueSpear: Nov 10 2005, 10:16 AM |
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| Nov 10 2005, 10:49 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 |
Sorry for bothering you agian... I've a last question. Do yr VBscript could be launched from [GuiRunOnce] section inside Winnt.sif file as CODE [GuiRunOnce] command1 = "%SystemDrive%\install\VMWareTools.vbs" Regards coucou |
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| Nov 10 2005, 11:08 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
It should work from there, though I have not personally tested that method.
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| Nov 14 2005, 10:04 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
@gordo, I have run across the problem you described with FFDShow. I am not experiencing the problems on all computers however, so it's hard to nail down the issue at hand. I have the newest build which is 11112005 and I have what is described as a "stable" build from 08082005. I'm going to pack up both of them and post within the next day or so. With builds of this project coming out on what seems like a daily basis latley, I'm tempted to just pack up the recommended stable build and leave it at that.
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| Nov 17 2005, 06:00 PM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 | QUOTE (RogueSpear @ Nov 10 2005, 03:19 PM) No I can't write a cmd script because the whole process is dependant upon WMI. That's one of the main reasons I started using VBscript for everything. Hi, Finally i had success with a cmd file. In fact, i found a VMware Command Line Tools where vmchk.exe tool inside (here attached bellow). When vmchk.exe run from a Command Prompt IN a "VMware Virtual Machine", the message "Runing inside VMWare <version 6>." is displayed. When vmchk.exe run NOT IN a VMware Virtual Machine, the message "Not runing inside VMWare." is displayed. I wrote a small script calling vmchk.exe and check if run IN or NOT IN a VMware machine CODE @echo off set vm=Runing inside VMWare <version 6>. vmchk.exe >chkfile.dat for /f "delims=!" %%a in (chkfile.dat) do set check=%%a If "%check%" == "%vm%" VMwaretools.exe and here pipe directly to a variable for UA install directly run from a CD CODE @echo off for /f %%a in ('vmchk') do ( if "%%a=="Runing inside VMWare <version 6>." vmtools.exe ) Enjoy coucou This post has been edited by coucou: Nov 18 2005, 06:22 AM Attached File(s) |
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| Nov 17 2005, 06:04 PM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
Nice find, but I still don't believe you'll get the installer itself to work from svcpack.inf or cmdlines.txt. At least I've never been able to.
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| Nov 18 2005, 03:54 AM Post
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Hi!  Is it possible to deploy MSN Messenger 7.5 silently through GPO?
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| Nov 18 2005, 04:52 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 | QUOTE (RogueSpear @ Nov 18 2005, 01:04 AM) Nice find, but I still don't believe you'll get the installer itself to work from svcpack.inf or cmdlines.txt. At least I've never been able to. Hi RogueSpear, I will test it later with cmdlines.txt but I'm 100% sure it will works with [GuiRunOnce]. BTW, just for my Info, I suppose you made VMwareTools 7-zip swittchless installer. I tried mine here bellow, and when i launch VMwareTools.exe i got the message (StartX, No parameters specified...) here attached image . CODE ;!@Install@!UTF-8! RunProgram="StartX.exe /WAIT \"msiexec /i VMwareTools.msi /qn-!\"" ;!@InstallEnd@! May you show me your confitg.txt??? Regards coucou Attached File(s) |
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| Nov 18 2005, 06:52 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
I stopped using StartX.exe a long time ago in favor of runhiddenconsole.exe. Runnhiddenconsole is much smaller than startx and it doesn't seem to have as many limitations to it.
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| Nov 18 2005, 07:42 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 |
Ah!!! When i opened yr VMwareTools.exe i found StartX.exe inside and NO trace of runhiddenconsole.exe. I found runhiddenconsole.exe , there is no comment how to use it with .msi files. I would appreciate to know a template how to use it in cinfig.txt with .msi files. Regards coucou This post has been edited by coucou: Nov 18 2005, 08:09 AM |
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| Nov 18 2005, 08:06 AM Post
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| OS: SimplyMEPIS Group: Normal Sponsors Posts: 1529 Joined: 18-September 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 31429 OS: none |
I'm attaching the program to this post. Here is an example of the config.txt from what I packed last: CODE ;!@Install@!UTF-8! RunProgram="RunHiddenConsole.exe /w msiexec /i FFDShow20050803.msi /qn" ;!@InstallEnd@! Much simpler context eh? Also don't forget to UPX your 7z sfx module. What I do is rename the file to 7zSorg.sfx. Use Resource Hacker or whatever you want to change the icon and then UPX it with this command line: CODE upx -9 -o7zS.sfx 7zSorg.sfx Then combine it all to make your switchless silent installer: CODE copy /b 7zS.sfx + config.txt + FFDShow20050803.7z FFDShow20050803.exe I realize that you may already know some of this, but I thought I'd include a little more for anyone else out there reading the thread. This post has been edited by RogueSpear: Nov 18 2005, 08:07 AM Attached File(s) |
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| Nov 18 2005, 08:12 AM Post
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| Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 11791 |
Many TNX  BTW, did you glance my post here above how i pipe directly to a variable for UA install directly run from a CD coucou |
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| Nov 18 2005, 08:43 AM Post
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@coucou dont know
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| Nov 18 2005, 08:49 AM Post
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| Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 5-October 04 Member No.: 32887 |
If you look at my guide i use msistub.exe now.
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