[djsleepy]

Have just purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and have treid to do a silent install as I did with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0, but this seems to be a completely different method, can someone please help solve this rather sticky situation..

Many Thanks In Advance..

[djsleepy]

And I figure it all out by myself, oh and a little help from Autoit..

 Adobe_Photoshop_Elements_4.0.au3 (1.48K)
Number of downloads: 1077

[keytotime]

Abcpy.ini it works for all Adobe products.

[MageJubi]

Hey djsleepy...you might want to remove your key from the script I have Adobe PS4 also, and also am having trouble with it. Your script looks like it might do the trick--except I've never had the chance to work with Auto-it, and presently, don't know the first thing about it ....@ keytotime--I didn't see an ABCPY.ini file anywhere for this particular Adobe program--could one be made?. You see "Installshield", but it doesn't seem to produce a setup.iss file with the -r (-R) switch. It makes a temp folder in c:\ called "Config.Msi" which contains a .rbs file, but I don't see how it could be used.

This post has been edited by MageJubi: 12 November 2005 - 04:42 PM

[MageJubi]

The script works fine. I added a couple lines at the end to take care of rebooting. (I downloaded both AU3 and sciTE--should've gotten these fine programs a long time ago )

[curse3]

Hi!

Can someone tell me the complete solution for unatended installation of elements 4?

I tryes it with the Abcpy.ini and with all switches I know, but I can't find the solution for it.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

[JuMz]

does anyone have a solution to this? I am sitting with the MSI's but the standard switches don't work...(i need to somehow include my key)...any thoughts?

**EDIT**: I found a solution that seems to work. I copied the same Abcpy.ini from my photoshop CS 2 installation and just changed the serial. Then did the normal MSI install with the desired switches. Seemed to have worked!

**NOTE** If the machine has system restore off when trying to install, a warning shows up about windows media player (if using /qb switch, haven't tried with /qn). I haven't found a way to stop the pop up. If you have system restore on, no problems...

This post has been edited by JuMz: 29 November 2005 - 07:23 PM

[MageJubi]

Autoit works fine, but I still wanted to figure out the switch route. This runs all the way through--even closing the reboot window...however, the "finish" window stays open. I tried various pskill, and nircmd lines to close it, but they won't run while it's still active. If we can close it, then this'll work fine. I've tried a ton of switch combos to no avail. The /qn and /qb switch "act" like they want to do something but go nowhere. The only combo that works at all is "/qr /norestart" . Putting /quiet, or /passive has negative results. I tried an "abcpy.ini"--it loaded the key ok, but no more. I also tried some of the "DisplayFinishDlg=NO", and "EnableFinishDlg.=NO, lines, but still can't close that pesky "Finish" window. Change your setup.ini as follows--add the /qr /norestart switch, and the two lines of customer info below...(run the program using the "Setup.exe" , not the .msi.--and no added switches). What do we need to kill that "Finish" window??. Is there a switch yet untried?, or is there a line that can be put in the .ini to do this?



(setup.ini)

[Launch]
Count=1
Lang0=0009
Default=0009
EnableLangDlg=NO
CommandLine0=msiexec /i "Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (en_us).msi" /qr /norestart
Silent=quiet

[en_us]
Title=Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 - Setup
OSErrMsg=Your system does not support the minimum operating system requirement. Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 will only install on Windows XP or Media Center Edition 2005 Operating Systems.

[CustomerInformation]
Serial number: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

[CorbenDallas]

Anyone solved this? I'm at the same point now. It installs (although not silently, unattended) but the last finishing window will not cooperate.
It uses the setup.ini, but I can't get it to work with abcpy.ini.
It would be nice to see a working abcpy.ini as well.

Brgds
T

EDIT: Creating a MST with Wise works just fine, then the Finish window disappears!

The new question is, how do I get the system restore message to disappear...

This post has been edited by CorbenDallas: 22 December 2005 - 03:17 AM

[MageJubi]

Here's an Abcpy.ini for Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0. Add your user info, and replace your setup.ini with this. Run "Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 msi /qn".







 Abcpy.ini (1.83K)
Number of downloads: 1104

[curse3]

THANK YOU!!!!

Works for me!!!

[ODC]

MageJubi, on Dec 25 2005, 06:39 AM, said:

Here's an Abcpy.ini for Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0. Add your user info, and replace your setup.ini with this. Run "Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 msi /qn".

I am a little confused right here. Do you mean to rename the abcpy.ini that you provided to setup.ini and replace the original setup.ini? I tried that and the installation froze at "Time remaining: 0 seconds."

EDIT: OK... copying your abcpy.ini to the install directory and deleting the setup.ini file got it working for me. Many thanks for the file!

This post has been edited by ODC: 07 January 2006 - 06:17 PM

[ODC]

Well, I spoke too soon. It freezes regardless if the file is called abcpy.ini or setup.ini when in virutal pc.... what am I doing wrong here...
It works fine from the command line... Are you guys installing this from CD/DVD or do you copy to HDD first in your UA?

This post has been edited by ODC: 10 January 2006 - 09:43 AM

[CorbenDallas]

I have another problem with this installation.
We have System Restore turned off in Windows XP and when running this install quiet Windows Media Player 10 complains about it. I have tried to turn on System restore in the registy before the installation with this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore]
"DisableSR"=dword:00000000

Doesn't work.
Anyone has any tips on this? I have been on this #¤%&¤% package for quite some time now.

I've attached the error mess.

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•  wmp10error.gif (5.91K)
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This post has been edited by CorbenDallas: 10 January 2006 - 09:12 AM

[ash23]

I am having the same problem with the system restore screen anyone got a solution yet

[majestix]

This error is raised during the Windows Media Format 9.5 installation. To solve this error you have to modify the custom action defined within the "common.msi" "CustomAction" table.

Adobe has already added the command line params for a quit admin install (/Q:A) but forget the "/DisallowSystemRestore" switch.

Add the "/DisallowSystemRestore" parameter to the custom action (beginning with "WMF95"). When using Microsoft's Orca (Windows Installer SDK) the command line parameters are shown in the "TARGET" column.

So it's working even via gpo software distribution .... (don't forget your serial within your Abcpy.ini)

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•  Adobe_Photoshop_Elements.png (21.79K)
  Number of downloads: 98

This post has been edited by majestix: 20 January 2006 - 01:08 AM

[ash23]

The /DisallowSystemRestore worked great cheers. What do i need to edit to stop it asking to register with adobe

[slimzky]

can someone please post the original Abcpy.ini & setup.ini from the setup files? i overwrited the original one & i need it as a reference. i dont wanna download a huge file again. thnx

[Bilou_Gateux]

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This post has been edited by Bilou_Gateux: 25 April 2006 - 09:01 AM

[blinkdt]

OK, so if I have this straight:

1). Grab a copy of MageJubi's abcpy.ini file and edit to include your serial, then rename setup.ini to render it useless and drop the abcpy.ini in the same directory to get the job done.

2). Follow advice provided by majestix and edit the common.msi file to include the /DisallowSystemRestore switch.

3). Merge the relevant Bilou Gateux registry tweak found HERE to prevent post-install nags.

Here's my AutoIt script, run from the Adobe_Photoshop_Elements directory, note the renamed .msi:

SplashTextOn		("", "" & @CRLF & "Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0..."  & @CRLF & ""   & @CRLF & "Please wait..."  & @CRLF & "", 320, 90, -1, -1, 1, "Arial", 12, 12)
RunWait			('msiexec /i "' & @ScriptDir & '\APE4.msi" /qn')
Sleep			(500)
Run			( @ScriptDir & "\install.cmd", "", @SW_HIDE)
Sleep			(1500)
SplashOff			()
Exit

The batch (thanks Bilou G.):

@echo off

:: avoid users being prompted to look for updates
reg add "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Updater" /v Entreprise /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: disable the Adobe Photo Downloader
reg add "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Photoshop elements\4.0\Adobe Photo Downloader\Preferences" /v AutoLaunchOnDeviceConnect /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: registration done
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_TYPE" /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_STATE" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_LANG" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_COUNT" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /t

cls
exit

It works.