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Questions tagged [silent-install]

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Git For Windows Silent Install Silent Arguments

I'm aware of the basic silent install arguments like so. Git-1.9.4-preview20140611.exe /SILENT /COMPONENTS="icons,ext\reg\shellhere,assoc,assoc_sh" However I need to install git with the option 'Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt' I've yet to…
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How can I silently install Google Chrome?

I want to make a silent installation of Google Chrome Beta. I've tried invoking the ChromeSetup.exe downloader with /s or /-ms but nothing worked. Then I've downloaded the standalone installation version, and tried the same, but got the same result…
Igal
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"START /W" with additional switches

I am trying to run a silent install of several exe's via a batch file, however need them to run one by one instead of simultaneously. It seems like "START /W" wont work when switches not native to it are used, for example: START /WAIT…
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Automatically select features for silent MSI install

I have an InstallShield .exe that 'wraps' an MSI installer. I can pass arguments to the MSI installer like this: /v"..." For example, to do a silent install: p4inst64.exe /S /v"/qn". The MSI installer will install 4 'features;, but I only want to…
Michiel van Oosterhout
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Adding Git Bash Here (right click) option with silent install

I want to install git silently. But this machine will be developer machine. So I need to have right-click "git bash here" option. I do that "git.exe /VERYSILENT" but it loads git as default. What is the command line for git with git bash here…
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Windows 7 install printer driver silently without 'Windows Security Warning' dialog

I am trying to automatically-and-silently install a specific printer driver(ghostpdf) and printer to prepare multiple machines for running tests. I use Command line install of printer driver rundll32 printui.dll, PrintUInternet Explorerntry /Gw…
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How to install Firefox 4 silently with customizations?

I know that with Firefox 3.6, one could extract the installer, modify files such as "nonlocalized\defaults\pref\firefox.js" and "localized\browserconfig.properties", and then install Firefox silently with these modifications by running the…
Paul
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How do I install drivers silently with pnputil.exe?

When I run pnputil.exe /add-driver driver.inf /install it prompts me to first verify the publisher. I need a way to skip this step and have the publisher be verified automatically.
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Cannot install JAVA silently

I am trying to install Java in silent mode from a batch file with the command jre-8u60-windows-i586 INSTALLCFG=jresilent.properties The properties file is in the same folder like the JRE installer. Whatever I do, I get the…
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How to find and kill all Java Processes to avoid an OS reboot if Java will be installed silently?

Introduction In order to avoid a reboot or occurrence of a pop-up which requests to reboot the OS if a newer version of Java will be installed silently, all processes which are using Java have to be killed. Just killing java.exe by executing the…
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Install a printer without physically connecting it?

Good morning, I am working with some custom hardware using Windows 7 Embedded. The device will need connecting to a Xerox Phaser 3600 printer. However here at base we do not have this printer available to us. Is it possible to load the printer…
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Error Deploying Google Chrome

I am trying to deploy Google Chrome. I have the GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi I this is the command I used msiexec /i /qn /norestart GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi /l*v chrome.log I get 1722 error, here is the relevant part from the…
Charles Gargent
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Need a progress bar when doing a silent install in PowerShell

At my job, I do a lot of installing and reinstalling of the same software. I wrote a script in Powershell to silently install everything for me, which works great. However, because it's silent there is no feedback and anyone else who uses the…
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Silent Install Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8

I am writing my first Powershell script to automate the installation of Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8. I plan to install it on a Hyper-V VM running on Windows Server 2012. I have the .exe file (sdksetup.exe) necessary for the…
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Silent install of Github-for-windows

I would like to silent install GitHub on Windows. I have downloaded GitHubSetup.exe from https://windows.github.com/. I am used to pass other parameters like /S, INSTALLDIR etc. to silent install programs. How to silent install GitHub in a…
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