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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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How to create silent installer for Office AddIn

I have a problem to create a silent installer for Outlook Add-In developed using VSTO in C#. The installer is a outlookaddin.vsto generated by clickOnce. This add-in will be published by SCCM in several computers and I need a that the installation…
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Unattended/Silent Install Notepad++

I've been trying to install Notepad++ version 7.5.6 on numerous remote servers completely unattended. I've researched and found the silent switch '/S' but it doesn't work as I intended in my local environment. When I run the following code, it still…
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How to force NOT running the program after silently installing existing Inno Setup package

I need to push a program that was packaged with Inno Setup. I'd like to just install it and be done, not start it yet. However, when using the /silent or /verysilent parameter, the program in question still runs after installation. After some…
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Inno Setup Load defaults for custom installation settings from a file (.inf) for silent installation

I have a setup script that allows the user to specify where they would like to install my application. It is in the form of a Pascal script within the [Code] block. var SelectUsersPage: TInputOptionWizardPage; IsUpgrade : Boolean; …
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Run Powershell Silently via NSIS

I have a powershell script that I want to run silently. I am using NSIS script, it's still promoting the powershell command prompt when .exe file is ran.. Is there a way so it will silently. !include FileFunc.nsh !include x64.nsh OutFile…
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NSIS Silent Install changing default options

I have a third party application I would like to silent install from the command line. The application is PPLive available at: http://www.pptv.com/en/ It is an NSIS installer, and currently when silently installed, installs toolbars, and additional…
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Create a bootstrap that passes arguments to the msiexec

I need to create a bootstrap for my WiX project I've tried using setupbld.exe but it will only allow me to create an executable that will show my UI or one that will behave as a silent installer but not both. I need to be able to run the resulting…
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How does the mozilla stub installer works?

I'm currently working on a no-touch deployment and auto-update mechanism for a Windows application. I've tried Microsoft ClickOnce strategy but it did not work for me as the strategy only suits small-sized apps, and my application hauls at…
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Manually VS IDE extension installation ? (GhostDoc extension)

The reason of this question is that I've made a silent installer of VisualStudio 2013 with some extensions and I would like to add the GhostDoc extension to the unatended process, but GhostDoc can't be installed like an VSIX file, it is an MSI…
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How to ignore optional prerequisites when installing Oracle database in silent mode?

I was referring to this PAGE to install Oracle 11g database in silent mode. When installing, there were some optional prerequisites which are ignorable: CAUSE: Some of the optional prerequisites are not met. See logs for details.…
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Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) Installer - Silent Mode

How to make a Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) installer silent? From Wikipedia: "Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS), est un logiciel libre contrôlable par script, qui permet la création d'installateurs pour Windows. Il a été…
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NSIS automatic and silent update

I am currently building an application and want to have an installer and automatic silent updates for it. Dropbox, Spotify and Chrome all are amazing at updating without anyone noticing. So I took a look at the Dropbox Roaming Folder in AppData and…
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How can i Install apps silently on android ?? without permission from the user?

How can i Install apps silently on android ?? without permission from the user ? i have read this link , but i didn't get the idea for correct answer for this question which relate to PackageInstaller ??? On otherhand, i take a look to this …
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Silently install Apache through Advanced Installer

I am trying to silently install apache using Advanced Installer 8.9, but it is still prompting me for user interaction even though I pass the command parameters in the Silent (No UI) field. msiexec /i "httpd-2.2.22-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi" /qn…
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Setting UI Level in a MSI package

I have WiX project to create a MSI package. I want to set UI level to 3 or 4 or 5 so that it can show success/failure after the setup. Currently it just run and vanishes. Is there a way to set UI level on the package?
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