any recommendations about those inno setup scripts so the compiled install run smoothly on windows 7?
Don't install anything to user-directories. Assume the installer will be run from a different account than the one that will use the installed application.
If you need to save user-specific stuff install it as a template to a shared location (ideally read-only to regular users, e.g. under {app}) and have your application copy it from there on first startup.
Don't create Quick Launch shortcuts
Oliver Giesen's suggestion is what I'm using, but it has a disadvantage... there seems to be no way to remove the {userappdata} folders for all users when uninstalling the program, meaning you can never do a clean uninstall/reinstall.
Inno Setup has full support for Windows 7. Just make sure to use the latest version of Inno Seup, preferably the Unicode edition.
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I am running into an issue when trying to add Brosix as an application to MECM for quick and easy deployment upon imaging of a laptop. This requires the Brosix installer to run in unattended mode (aka silently/quietly) but I cannot find such a command when running the installer and I am also planning on running their installer with the /advanced command so that it installs for all users instead of a singular one. So far /silent has not worked for me and neither has /unattended when running these installers in cmd or Powershell.
It seems Brosix did not make support for silent or unattended installs using their advanced installer which installs for all users, although I was unable to confirm this from Brosix despite calling them and making a support ticket. Therefore, it seems the solution for MECM is to have it be a per-user install (that is silent normally) which is something you need to set up when you build it in MECM.
everyone! I'm making an installer that is going to set a machine up for use of a piece of software. Adobe Media Server is one of the software requirements. I'm wondering if there's any way to automate the installation of it. I can, of course, open the wizard through a command line, but at that point, the user needs to be there to continue installation. I'm really looking for more of a "set it and forget it" type of solution. If anybody knows of any way this is possible, please tell me. I'm not finding anything online so far.
I'm assuming you are doing this on a Windows server, in which case you will have to do some heavy integration with the Adobe Media Server installer. A good open source tool for installer bundling would be Inno Setup. This is much easier to accomplish on a linux server, where you could execute a function within a script that downloads the installer, and extracts it with defined parameters. I believe the package name for a YUM install on linux is: AdobeMediaServer_5_LS1_linux64.tar.gz
You can search for any installers building tool which supports adding prerequisites and add the Adobe Media Server as a prerequisite to your installer. Also, you should configure your Adobe Media Server prerequisite to be installed with a silent/unattended command line.
So I have a compliled matlab code, 'Example.exe'...I want to create an installer package that does the following:
My exe file will reside on a network drive.
My installer will first ask the user for the installation path.
It will then copy the exe (along with some other supporting files) in the given path....IF the folder already exists, it will ask the user for overwrite confirmation.
After the copying is done, my installer will ask the user if they want to install the MCR and accordingly install it(or not).
After everything is done, a shortcut to the exe is created on the desktop.
My question is, is there some installer package generator that can do all this ?? I understand matlab can create an installer package, but I want my file to be copied from the network drive. I also don't have Visual Studio so, can't create an msi.
There's a simple way to do this, you'll need a software called IExpress, It can create a self-extracting executable (.EXE) or a compressed Cabinet (.CAB) file using the provided interface (IExpress Wizard). Its included in all versions of windows (I think..). To run the IExpress Wizard, go to your local drive then: Windows\System32, Search for "iexpress" then run the program.
then...
Follow these steps:
1. Run iexpress.exe
2. Create a new 'Self Extraction Directive' file
3. Extract files only
4. Specify the title, promt user options, license, etc
5. Start adding files to your package
7. Specify other options (window, message)
8. Enter the path where you want your package to be.
Then you're almost done, create your package (might take a few mins), distribute it, upload it and all.
For more details visit http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-an-exe-installation-file/
There is no simple way to do that. But if you tightly tied to Windows platform, you definitely can learn Windows Installer technology. It's NOT related to Visual Studio!
Just download WiX toolset (it is free and Open Source!) and learn MSDN docs about Windows Installer.
But it is complex way, remember. You can spent months learning how to make great Windows installers.
Ofcourse, you can use Inno Setup or NSIS, but I don't recommend that, because them re-engineer installer technology instead of native Windows Installer's.
If you want, I can learn you by Skype or something like. :-)
Or (isn't great offer?) I can write the installer for you and send you all code and describe which for what is.
Use iExpress! Available from win xoxo and over (xp)
With windows 8 pro you can make a package with your voice! Only with win 8 or 8.1 pro.
I'm looking for a solution to run multiple setup files (.exe and .msi) in sequence without any user input. The idea is to have everyone in my workgroup to have the same development tools (eclipse, python, cygwin, etc) by running one installer. Besides creating a batch script, is there a software out there that could create such a wrapper of installers?
Thanks!
From my knowledge there aren't any tools which create this type of wrappers, or if there are they are not MSI-based. This is because Windows Installer is very restrictive when it comes to running multiple installers simultaneously.
You can try using a setup authoring tool which supports package prerequisites. This way you can create a dummy package which installs nothing, but still handles all the applications you want installed.
If you want some suggestions don't hesitate to contact me.
When creating a setup/MSI with Visual Studio is it possible to make a setup for a simple application that doesn't require administrator permissions to install? If its not possible under Windows XP is it possible under Vista?
For example a simple image manipulation application that allows you to paste photos on top of backgrounds. I believe installing to the Program Files folder requires administrator permissions? Can we install in the \AppData folder instead?
The objective is to create an application which will install for users who are not members of the administrators group on the local machine and will not show the UAC prompt on Vista.
I believe a limitation this method would be that if it installs under the app data folder for the current user other users couldn't run it.
Update:
Can you package a click once install in a normal setup.exe type installer? You may ask why we want this - the reason is we have an installer that does a prereq check and installs anything required (such as .NET) and we then downloads and executes the MSI. We would like to display a normal installer start screen too even if that's the only thing displayed. We don't mind if the app can only be seen by one user (the user it's installed for).
ClickOnce is a good solution to this problem. If you go to Project Properties > Publish, you can setup settings for this. In particular, "Install Mode and Settings" is good to look at:
The application is available online only -- this is effectively a "run once" application
The application is avaiable offline as well (launchable from Start Menu) -- this installs the app on the PC
You don't actually have to use the ClickOnce web deployment stuff. If you do a Build > Publish, and then zip up the contents of the publish\ folder, you can effectively distribute that as an installer. To make it even smoother, create a self-extracting archive from the folder that automatically runs the setup.exe file.
Even if you install this way, if you opt to use it, the online update will still work for the application. All you have to do is put the ClickOnce files online, and put the URL in the project's Publish properties page.
Vista is more restrictive about this kind of thing, so if you can't do it for XP you can bet Vista won't let you either.
You are right that installing to the program files folder using windows installer requires administrative permissions. In fact, all write access to that folder requires admin permsissions, which is why you should no longer store your data in the same folder as your executable.
Fortunately, if you're using .Net you can use ClickOnce deployment instead of an msi, which should allow you to install to a folder in each user's profile without requiring admin permissions.
The only way that I know of to do this is to build a ClickOnce application in .NET 2.0+
If the user of your application has the correct pre-requsits installed then the application can just be "launched".
Check out:
Microsoft Family.Show
IF UAC is enabled, you couldn't write to Program Files. Installing to \AppData will indeed only install the program for one user.
However, you must note that any configuration changes that require changes to the registry probably(I'd have to double check on that) administrator privilege. Off the top of my head modifications to the desktop background are ultimately stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.