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A "silent installer" is an installation program that does not display any configuration options or any other indication of the installation during the installation process. It is in fact "hidden"... or - as the name implies - "silent" due to the lack of feedback to the user.

A "silent installer" is an installation program that does not display any configuration options or any other indication of the installation during the installation process. It is in fact "hidden"... or - as the name implies - "silent" due to the lack of feedback to the user.

It is a commonly used way for malware distributors to wrap "silent installers" with their malware into regular installations, so that the user thinks he/she is installing a regular program, without knowing that "behind the screens", there's much more being installed.

It is also used for upgrading applications. Updates of some software (like Microsoft updates) come with silent installers. When we have to install any particular upgrades of a software, they prefer silent installer.

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Powershell silent install

I would like to know how to install something, anything, such as notepad with powershell unattended. i really cant find much on this online. I renamed the exe file to notepad.exe and threw it on the root of c. this doesnt work but its what I…
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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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Chef recipe execution order

following is a recipe which I use to copy and install a software on my windows server. batch "Get installed software list" do code "wmic /output:C:\\InstallList.txt product get name,version" end if File.read('C:/InstallList.txt', mode:…
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Problems making a silent install within a Cusom Action in C#

I want to silently install an application named Instacal within my Custom Action written in C#. In this custom action i am also installing other applications and this works fine(they are not silently installed!). When the silent installation of the…
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MySql silent installation /qn not working

I am using below code to install mysql silently on windows using a batch file.. Seems like it is ignoring /qn also i have tried with /quiet but that is also not working. it is just reading line and moving cursor to next line. echo off cls echo…
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OS X: Silent Update of my own app - like Google Chrome?

I have an app for OS X only for in-house users of our company. So I can't upload it to the Mac App Store. How can I include an "silent" updater? I see this by Google Chrome browser. If there is a new version, Google Chrome updated itself, without…
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Master Scripts not Running during silent run of a database installer

I have a database installer designed using Advanced Installer software. Though I don't face any problem while creation of all the databases, tables, stored procedure, functions, etc. during silent install, but the problem is with my master data…
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How can I upgrade to Worklight Fixpack 6.1.0.1 using a silent install?

I'm attempting to plan an update of a Worklight Server from 6.1.0.0 to 6.1.0.1 (Fixpack 1) using IBM Installation Manager. The instructions only seem to cover interactive installations through the Installation Manager GUI, but I will need to do this…
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Installshield Silent Uninstall passing command line argument

i have a exe which will be uninstalled only upon passing a commandline argument "uninstall". i would like to create a response file for uninstalling this exe by passing the argument and do my uninstallation silently. Is it possible?
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Silent installer installshield to execute another setup file

How can we create a silent install package in installshield which can call another setup file after the installation is complete. In other words, the package will have another setup file and once main installer is finished, it should initiate child…
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MAC OS AppleScript - Installing Java silently?

Hello, I am creating an AppleScript where it is easy to install Java with one-click for the clients. When the AppleScript is executed it will check for Java and if not found download and install it automatically. It is fine until the downloading…
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Silent installation of codecs

Background: I've been using the K-Lite codec pack for installing video and audio codecs required for playing media files in Windows via a silent/unattended installation which all works fine. I am interested in figuring out how silent installs of…
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How do I install .Net3.5 on Win8 quietly as part of an installer?

Pretty much as the title. I'm using WiX to create an installer and need to include .Net 3.5 web installer as a payload. I've got it working on Win7 and Vista using /q, but on Win8 the 'Add a Feature' functionality seems to override the web…
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Silent installation of MySql as Service

i need to install MySql Server in silent mode on Windows. I run the following command for installing the server: MySQLInstallerConsole.exe --action=install --catalog=mysql-5.6-winx64 --type=developer --product=*…
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Silent Installer For Windows built via Inno Setup

I have a installer for my program that has been built using INNO Setup. I want to convert this installer to silent installer/unattended installer, such that the user doesn't have to enter anything and the files gets extracted to a predefined…
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