[bilko]

hi i am trying to find the switch for nero 6.3.1.20 this is what i am using but it won't install silent can anyone help plz


ECHO.
ECHO Registering Nero Burning ROM...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\register.reg
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Nero Burning ROM v6.3.1.20
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\nero\setup.exe /silent=1 /silent /no_ui /noreboot

[SwedenXP]

This works for me

Place it in Your main_batch.cmd and You can do both the install and register it at the same time

ECHO Installing Nero 6.3.1.20
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Nero\nero63120.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx /write_sn
ECHO.

/ SwedenXP

[Astalavista]

what is the "no_ui" for?

[SwedenXP]

Found this in antother thread...

/ SwedenXP

Quote

 
The installer for the products using the Web Install-Engine allows it to proceed an unattended installation for endusers.
Unattended Installation of the Ahead Product without storing the serial number in the registry

setup.exe /silent /sn="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

There are several types of serial numbers. The used type of a serial number defines the structure of the start menu part of the product. This allows it install a product on several systems with one serial number. The customer has then to enter the serial number after the first start of the product (or the customer uses the Demo Mode if the product supports this)
Unattended Installation of the Ahead Product. The serial number will be stored in the registry

setup.exe /silent /sn="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" /write_sn

Remark: This method works only for retail and for dummy serial numbers. This does not work for OEM serial numbers!

The next start of the product depends on the serial number used:
If the serial number is a valid retail serial number then the product can be used as normal
If the serial number is only a dummy serial number then this serial number can only be used for the installation. The serial number defines the structure of the start menu part of the product. If this dummy serial number is stored in the registry then the Demo button is not there. The user has to enter a valid serial number before the product can be used.
Unattendend and invisible installation of a Webversion:
if you use the SFX file and the installer shall be started invisible and without any user interaction. Then please use the following parameters:
/silent=1 /silent /no_ui
Additional parameters for the unattended installation:
/language=<language>[,<language>]*
Normally English and System language would be installed.
With the language parameter you are able to install additional languages
/setlang=<language> sets the language to use for the application (since Nero 6.3.0.1)
/no_ui Disables the user interface during a silent installation.
/path="<target path>" defines the target path for the installation (ahead folder)
/silent The installer will be started in silent mode.
/silent=1 The Selfextracting-Engine also will be started invisible also
/nocancel Disables "Cancel" button in the "process installation" dialog
/noreboot Disables "Reboot" button in "bye" dialog

Language definitions:
CHT Chinese (Traditional)
CHS Chinese (Simplified)
CSY Czech
DAN Danish
DEU German
ELL Greek
ENG English
ESP Spanish
FIN Finnish
FRA French
HUN Hungarian
ITA Italian
JPN Japanese
KOR Korean
NLD Dutch
NOR Norwegian
PLK Polish
PTB Portuguese (Brazil)
PTG Portuguese
RUS Russian
SKY Slovak
SLV Slovenian
SVE Swedish
TRK Turkish



Thanks goes out to Ahead Customer Services

[bilko]

no_ui disable the user interface during silent install

[prathapml]

The best way to know, is to change to the appropriate directory, and then run "setup.exe /?". That will list all available switches with description.

[SwedenXP]

Like this

[Adiel]

@prathapml

i tried this with babylon but it keeps opening the setup instead of showing available switches :\

[prathapml]

@bilko
See swedenxp's post - that's what the output of "setup.exe /?" is supposed to look like.

@adiel
Then that means that it can't show its switches - not all installer packages like to show switches.

[Adiel]

@prathapml
i tried with setup.exe of nero, and same thing, instead of showing me the picture like in SwedenXP replay, the installation is starting.

maybe i'm doing something wrong?i extracted nero63117.exe file, i opened CMD, navigated to nero folder, and wrotten this command

setup.exe /?

[prathapml]

For seeing any switches, for administrative setups, and so on, you should normally NOT have that app installed. Un-install nero and retry - might help.

[Aaron]

Its setup.exe /help actually

[Adiel]

thank u Aaron now its working !!

EDIT: only with nero

[CypherBit]

Don't know if anyone has been experiencing this but I seem the extraction process no matter what I do if I use the SFX file (nero63120.exe) .

This is what I use:

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\nero63120.exe /silent=1 /silent /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx /write_sn" /f

also tried without /silent using just /silent=1 and /no_ui didn't help any.

If i extact the SFX archive and use:

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\setup.exe /silent /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx /write_sn" /f

Everything works like it's supposed to...there's obviously no extraction screen

The problem with using the 2nd method is that once extracted Nero is quite huge 92,1MB as opposed to 27,7MB when using the SFX.

Any ideas what I could be doing wrong with the SFX version of my RunOnceEx...I really don't want to see anything while installing Nero and using the setup.exe is not a viable alternative since it's so big.

[prathapml]

The solution I do for that is:
1. Extract the Nero installer (27.x MB) using winrar.
2. Make a silent extracting SFX.
3. Then run the setup from the extracted location during uA install.

[swampy]

Nero63120.exe is a winrar SFX, it is not locked, so you can open it in winrar & change the mode to hidden {extracting files}. You can also insert a cmd file that regs it & then starts setup.exe, because it's not locked you can change anything you want.

[CypherBit]

Thank you both, I extracted, made a new SFX archive made sure it's completely silent used /silent /no_ui and it worked flawlessly

I have a couple additional questions.
- can the icon of the new SFX I made be changed so it looks like the original of Nero?
- is it possible to use 7-zip instead of WinRAR to make the new SFX...if so how? I assume I'd have to use the cmd line version, do I just put it in my system32 folder?
- Which commands do I have to use in RunOnceEx.cmd to extract/install it if I do use 7-zip?

Hope I'm not asking for too much

[Cee-Kay]

prathapml, on Aug 26 2004, 02:20 AM, said:

The solution I do for that is:
1.  Extract the Nero installer (27.x MB) using winrar.
2.  Make a silent extracting SFX.
3.  Then run the setup from the extracted location during uA install.

Adding to prathapml's solution...

When creating the SFX Archive using WinRAR enable the option 'Create solid archive' as well as setting the 'Compression method' to Best. This will reduce the file size as much as possibile, without removing any files.

To configure the SFX options (assuming the Create SFX Option is enabled):

Goto the Advanced tab > SFX Options...

Here is a quick discription of the functions you may need:

General:

• Specify a program to be run before and/or after extraction e.g. "Setup.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /write_sn" (Recommended).

Modes:

• Allows extraction to a temporary folder (Recommended)
  
• Allows you control the level of Silent-ness (If there's such a word ) (Recommeded).

Text and icon:

• Customize the SFX icon.

[prathapml]

CypherBit, on Aug 26 2004, 05:50 PM, said:

- is it possible to use 7-zip instead of WinRAR to make the new SFX...if so how? I assume I'd have to use the cmd line version, do I just put it in my system32 folder?
- Which commands do I have to use in RunOnceEx.cmd to extract/install it if I do use 7-zip?

No extra actions needed - just tell 7-zip (while compressing) to make it SFX, so that you don't need any extra executable to be placed in "System32" folder.

And then, use this switch to extract:

-y /q /r:n -o<your_path>

Here's an example from my batch-files (runs directly from CD, so there's no environment variables used)

start /wait GUIsetup\apps\NAV2k3pro.exe -y /q /r:n -o%SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\Applications

start /wait %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\Applications\NAV2k3pro\NAV\NAV.MSI /QB-!

[CypherBit]

@Cee-Kay: thank you didn't know some of those options were available...will sure use them in the future.

@prathapml: thank you as well that helped me out a lot.

This is what I currently have (using 7-zip SFX of course):

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.20" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\nero63120.exe -y /q /r:n 
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\setup.exe /silent /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx /write_sn" /f

It extracts and installs Nero like it's supposed to but it does have one "defect" and that is that I see the extraction process...deja vu . I now know how to fix that when dealing with WinRAR SFX archives now but have no idea if and how this can be done with 7-zip SFX archives.

I know I asked about the cmd line version of 7-zip b4 (I'd like to avoid using it if possible) but would that help?

Could I use cmdow or anything else to hide it...how?

Thx again for all your replies...helpful indeed.