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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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WIX 3.8 minimized installer progress bar window

IM am using WIX3.8 and I want a Silent Installation, but still appears the progress bar Window. Is there a way to Hide it or minimized it during installation? Thanks
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WIX 3.8 Silent Installation

I have a simple WinForm Application en Visual Studio 2013, Framework 3.5 and I use WIX to get the .MSI file. I want to do a Silent Installation so i use p.StartInfo.FileName = "msiexec.exe"; p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; p.StartInfo.Arguments…
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How REALLY do a silent installation of MS SQL 2008 R2 Express RTM - Management Studio

I try to make a silent installation of the MS SQL 2008 R2 Management Studio Express with NSIS but I have no succeed so far. In theory, the installer will do a silent install if I pass the /QUIET /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /FEATURES=SSMS…
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how could I automate an installer with Python?

So we have our software product, which I'm currently working on a way to automate its installation. The way it will be done is: I have a config.cfg file, which has all the information about Apache, Tomcat and MySQL's user and password, as well as…
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Auto-enabling a bho in internet-explorer

last week I downloaded an extension (i.e) for lyrics, and to my amazement it was automatically enabled without the prompt. As a programmer i'm interested to know how this is done, I already tried to change some reg keys - but with no success. the…
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Create silent-capable installer via Installshield 2010

I have a big Installshield 2010 Basic MSI project that creates an executable installer. I would like to make this Installer run silently, but the supposed built-in /S and /SMS options don't appear to work. I figure I have to explicitly handle it…
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Programatically install Python msi application from a Python script

How can I programmatically install the Python msi that's on this location: X:\install\python-3.3.2.msi I know I can use subprocess.call() or Popen() to do that, but I don't know how to make the other parameters automatically set. Like make the…
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SQL Server compact 4 silent install

My program uses SQL Ce 4 and I want to install my program and install the SQL CE4 at the same time, but silently. Searching the internet, someone says that I need to copy/paste the .dll to the instalation folder. But it's not working, I don't know…
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Packaging an exe installer with command line switches

I need to create an exe installer that accepts command line switches. I'd like to call my installer with some custom command line switches which it can then use accordingly. For example I'd like to be able to specify the destination for install…
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Suppress message box during silent install of installshield basic msi, but allow it during visual install

I created a basic stand-alone msi file using InstallShield 2012. There is a prerequisite that needs to be fulfilled before installation begins. To check this prerequisite, I created an InstallScript-based custom action and added to the very first…
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How to perform silent and unattended installation

I have published this application from .net 4 (it is mixture C# and VB) and here I've got the .exe file. So now I have the requirement for it to be installed silently and unattended on the users' computers. Problems: I run the setup.exe, it…
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After sql server 2008 silent install log-in fails

have the following command to install sql using CMD prompt. C:\SQL Server 2008\setup.exe" /QS /INDICATEPROGRESS /ACTION=Install /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /SkipRules=RebootRequiredCheck …
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How to write a program that takes in an EXE installer and arguments and ouputs an MSI?

I need to write a small program, preferably in C# and .NET, that will take as an input an installer file (.exe) along with the arguments to run with it and output a .MSI. Here is the reasoning and my restrictions: I work in a program that will not…
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How to do a silent install (from inside an android device that's ROOTED)

I'm currently trying to find some way of pragmatically installing updates onto a device using an Android that: has no means of user input has no internet or network Is running Android 4.0 This is why I am looking to do it silently. Worst case…
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How to start the .Net framework installer silently?

How to make my C++ Win32 .net-framework installer silent? I tried sfxmaker software & ussf.exe, but I get an unknown installer error. Command line arguments /S and /SD did not work for me. Part of the code I use: if( !CreateProcess( NULL, …
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