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For those who don't know how to install Quicktime v7.1.3.x silently here's how:

• Unpack QuicktimeInstaller.exe using an application like 7-Zip or Universal Extractor.
  
• You will see that three (3) files have been extracted. The only one of interest to us is Quicktime.msi. You can DELETE the others as they're not required.
  
• As this is an .msi, we can simply use Microsoft's msi switches (refer code box below). I use '/passive /qb /norestart'
  
  

   
  Windows ® Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823 
  
  msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]
  
  Install Options
  	</package | /i> <Product.msi>
  		Installs or configures a product
  	/a <Product.msi>
  		Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
  	/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
  		Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
  	</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
  		Uninstalls the product
  Display Options
  	/quiet
  		Quiet mode, no user interaction
  	/passive
  		Unattended mode - progress bar only
  	/q[n|b|r|f]
  		Sets user interface level
  		n - No UI
  		b - Basic UI
  		r - Reduced UI
  		f - Full UI (default)
  	/help
  		Help information
  Restart Options
  	/norestart
  		Do not restart after the installation is complete
  	/promptrestart
  		Prompts the user for restart if necessary
  	/forcerestart
  		Always restart the computer after installation
  Logging Options
  	/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
  		i - Status messages
  		w - Nonfatal warnings
  		e - All error messages
  		a - Start up of actions
  		r - Action-specific records
  		u - User requests
  		c - Initial UI parameters
  		m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
  		o - Out-of-disk-space messages
  		p - Terminal properties
  		v - Verbose output
  		x - Extra debugging information
  		+ - Append to existing log file
  		! - Flush each line to the log
  		* - Log all information, except for v and x options
  	/log <LogFile>
  		Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
  Update Options
  	/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
  		Applies update(s)
  	/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
  		Remove update(s) for a product
  Repair Options
  	/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
  		Repairs a product
  		p - only if file is missing
  		o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
  		e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
  		d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
  		c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
  		a - forces all files to be reinstalled
  		u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
  		m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
  		s - all existing shortcuts (default)
  		v - runs from source and recaches local package
  Setting Public Properties
  	[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]
  
  Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the
  command line syntax.
  
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• There are also two properties you can change DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS and QTPROGRAMMENUFOLDERNAME. They are self explanatory but in case you're still bewildered here's what they do and their options:
  
  DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS - Determines whether a desktop shortcut will be installed or not - FALSE/TRUE
  QTPROGRAMMENUFOLDERNAME - Determines where the Quicktime menu shortcuts will be placed under the START menu - Whilst I haven't done this, I don't believe you need to place the location surrounded by quotes
  
  
  
• So here's how the final installation line looks on my UAE disk:
  
  

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  REG ADD %KEY%38 /V 1 /D "\"%CDROM%\Applications\Apple Quicktime Professional v7.1.3.100\QuickTime.msi\" /norestart /passive /qb DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=FALSE QTPROGRAMMENUFOLDERNAME=Multimedia\Quicktime" /f