[godan]

wyattXP, on Sep 2 2004, 08:14 PM, said:

an even easier way is to extract WMP10 to its own folder then run

setup_wm.exe /Q:A

and bling bling unattended install

takes way more space on your cd that way.

[wyattXP]

thats why DVD is a must, space doesnt really matter

[wyattXP]

but true, i didnt realize till now that it takes up 35megs!

[godan]

belive it or not, not all computers have a dvd drive, BUT just about all DO have a CD drive and if you are say... installing this on a friends/customers/whoevers computer its nice to know that you don't have to also swap in a dvd drive....

[wyattXP]

but im sure that you have a specially made CD for that purpose that would be a stripped down version of the one that you use on your system, thus only putting the necessities on there

[SiMoNsAyS]

you miss the first purpose of every "unattended xp installer" ( ) which it's to shrink the installation and try to move 2gb into 1cd

[dandragonrage]

If you left out WMP9 and you get the incompatible error when trying to install later, then what you do is extract WMP10, right click on WMP10.inf, install... And then you will be able to run the installer normally and it won't b***h anymore.

[ALiAS_2004]

Hello EveryBody,

What all this ?

I installed Media Player 10 Final Silently. How ?

"WMP10.exe /Q"

ONLY THAT !!!

[Ap0kalipSe]

We have system restore disabled on all our desktops, and even with "MP10Setup.exe /Q:A /C:\"setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N\" it still pops up saying: "system restore is disabled and you wont be able to remove blah blah blah."

[Banshee]

I have it working with a slipstreamed XP SP2 cd with media player 9 installed by default & System Restore disabled upon setup & in my Apps.bat file (which is executed at logon) I have the following code

ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %windir%\Apps\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /Q:A /R:N /C:"setup_wm.exe /DisallowSystemRestore /Q:A /R:N"
ECHO Finished

Tried & Tested - Works perfectly!

[Ap0kalipSe]

ok, I still try that tomorrow ( am home now ).

[FsWd]

Banshee, on Sep 8 2004, 04:24 PM, said:

I have it working with a slipstreamed XP SP2 cd with media player 9 installed by default & System Restore disabled upon setup & in my Apps.bat file (which is executed at logon) I have the following code

ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %windir%\Apps\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /Q:A /R:N /C:"setup_wm.exe /DisallowSystemRestore /Q:A /R:N"
ECHO Finished

Tried & Tested - Works perfectly! 

many thanks!!!

It works perfectly now

[scorpy]

Quick question. I read on MSFN guide that this can be installed via RunOnce, like all my other programs. What I am wondering, is does it have to copy to the hard drive to install? Or can I run it from the CD? Currently it copies over, if I read the command correctly.

REG ADD %KEY%\136 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\136 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\WindowsMediaPlayer\mediaplayer10.exe /q:A /c:\"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /DisallowSystemRestore\"" /f

[prathapml]

It is supposedly running the installer from the CD, but actually extracting somewhere (normally %temp%) and then run the install.

So the above command specifies where we want it to extract temporarily, and then run. So it does copy the files over.

[scorpy]

So how would I got about deleting that setup.exe it copies over, or does it remove it automatically because its a temp file? Or can I stick it in a folder like a OEM install and delete the folder in cleanup.cmd?

[ihaveabu]

hey guys!

MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /P:#e"

this line works! except i extracted the exe to a folder and created a sfx archive and pasted this:

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Setup=setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /P:#e"
TempMode
Silent=1
Overwrite=1

works fine for me

[ihaveabu]

only thing is now, ever time i install, and run it afterwards, this shows up:

is there anyway i can tell it to select which files wmp will be default for and bypass this step?

[prathapml]

That thing has been a big annoyance. Just have it install itself unattended, and then these registry tweaks applied thru cmdlines.txt:

WMP9 and 10 (for Setup, eliminate the first-run screen)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"AcceptedPrivacyStatement"=dword:00000001
"FirstRun"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]
"GroupPrivacyAcceptance"=dword:00000001

[ihaveabu]

so i'll have to apply that before or after i run wmp setup in my batch file?

[prathapml]

After WMP10 is setup, is the time to apply those registry tweaks.