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Im trying to create a bat file to make an unattended installation with sccm. I downloaded jre-7u55-windows-i586.exe from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html (jre-7u55-windows-i586 is used for legacy application we are running)

and followed https://www.java.com/en/download/help/silent_install.xml and could come in to

"%~dp0jre-7u55-windows-i586.exe" /s /v"AgreeToLicense=YES INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55 IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1 REBOOT=SUPRESS JAVAUPDATE=0 SYSTRAY=0"

Above script will work only if the installation directory is other than C:\Program Files\

For example it will work if 

INSTALLDIR=**C:\test\**test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55

..

But I want INSTALLDIR to be 

C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55

I tried adding following

INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55" --- not working

INSTALLDIR='C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55' --- not working

/INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55 --- not working

"INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55" --- not working

All the time im getting this .. (Sounds rather misleading message)

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I cant understand why i cant install it on C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55.. What Im missing here? What is wrong with C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55 . Pls help

(I do have admin rights for my account)

user879
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  • Not a fix, but a workaround might be to use the old 8.3 short name, eg. C:\Program Files is usually C:\Progra~1. These short names can be seen with dir /x from a command prompt. It also might help narrow down that it's a path issue, not a permissions issue. – DarkMoon Mar 08 '16 at 06:53
  • try using the %programfiles% environment variable, maybe this is a case of 32 vs 64 bits trouble. The 32 bits will not see the same program files path as the 64 bits one. – natxo asenjo Mar 08 '16 at 07:33
  • already tried this one %programfiles% .. no luck – user879 Mar 08 '16 at 08:10

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You can derive the short names from the full path to overcome the limits mentioned in your question.

REM Insert full path to executable here as a literal string or environment
Call :s_Install_Short "C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55"
Goto :EOF

:s_Install_Short
REM Block attempts to pass no parameter
If "%~1" EQU "" Goto :EOF

REM %~s1 contains the path in the first parameter as a shortened string
"%~dp0jre-7u55-windows-i586.exe" /s /v"AgreeToLicense=YES INSTALLDIR=%~s1 IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1 REBOOT=SUPRESS JAVAUPDATE=0 SYSTRAY=0"

Goto :EOF

The use of %~s1 would turn C:\Program Files\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55 into something similar to C:\PROGRA~1\test\test1\Java\jre1.7.0.55

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