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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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Automated/silent install of Biztalk via powershell

I have been given the task of automating some pre-requisite installs that need to be done each time we create a new blank virtual machine to roll out in house software out on for testing/bug finding. The main items are: SQL server 2008…
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SQL Server Express - silent installation ends on unsupported language

I'm using command SQL2019-SSEI-Expr.exe /q /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS to install SQL Server 2019 Express. The installation ends with: Your language čeština (Česko) (cs-CZ) is not supported. Continue in English? See this for more information:…
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Making a silent installer to copy files from file to C:\Program Files\... and making shourtcut in start menu

I'm not really sure if this is the right place to ask this question. But I want to make a script to copy the structure of installed software on the drive. The thing is, I want to have one folder with all files that are included when the software is…
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How to change TARGET DIRECTORY/path of installation for EXE file during SILENT installation

I am trying to silent install exe softwares while changing the target directory during installation. I am not able to change the path/directoy during installment. I am aware of switches available for exe files, i have attached the same for the exe i…
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C# Silent installation of msi does not work

i want to create a silent installation of a msi in c#. I already found the right command within the command line: msiexec /i c:\temp\Setup1.msi /quiet /qn /norestart /log c:\temp\install.log ALLUSERS=1. When i run this command in command line with…
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Android: All ways for app update silently

We try to find some method for update our app silently (without user prompt). The methods that we already saw and they didn't help me: Google Play Store - not relevant for our app (not match Google conditions) Root device - not relevant for…
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ClickOnce silent installer doesn't recognize library referred through NuGet package

I have C# winforms project setup under Visual Studio 2015. I also have 3 differnt windows service project under same solution. I used Omu.ValueInjecter for auto mapping argument to class. I have added installer project that is basically uses Click…
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Installing SQL Server 2014 on Windows 2012 R2 Server is failing for remote and silent installation

We are trying to install SQL Server 2014 (unattended installation) on Windows Server 2012 R2 remotely using local user (added in Administrator group). Failure and success Scenarios: The installation (remote and silent) fails with the local user…
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How to get components for building a silent install

So when running an executable, you know how there are a bunch of parameters you can check (like include a desktop icon), how do i get a list of available components for an executable, so i can pass these components to the executable from the command…
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WiX burn bootstrapping run different InstallCommand parameter for silent install

I have a Wix installer which needs to use a bootstrapper. I have included an extract of the Bundle.wxs below. It shows the Chain, which is to first install .Net 4.5.2 and then depending upon whether the installer has been called with -s for silent…
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How to Sequence the Silent Installer .exe file before installation of main application in Custom Action Sequence?

I am trying to Install a custom exe file before I Install main windows installer file. I am using Install Sheild Limited Edition. After configuring everything I have sequenced my silent installer file at "After Register Product stage" of Custom…
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Oracle 12C silent installation with Ansible: unzip - invalid source path error

I am using an Ansible Role (https://github.com/cvezalis/oracledb-ansible) to install Oracle 12C R1 Enterprise on CentOS 7. An Error occurs when the task /roles/oracle-install/tasks/main.yml tries to execute the following: - name: Install Product…
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Command line switch to prevent Inno Setup installer from creating desktop Icon

I am trying to create a silent install for Balsamiq Mockups which appears to be created using Inno Setup compiler. As part of the standard silent install it creates a desktop shortcut which I wish to prevent. Does anyone know the relevant command…
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Launch MSI installer in silent mode from code

I have a task to develop an update agent that launches an msi file after downloading it, the installation has to be invisible to the user. But i have a problem with launching it with no UI. I tried using /q and /qn but it doesn't work, it only works…
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How to abort Inno Setup installation in /VERYSILENT mode from [Code] section?

I'm trying to start a certain Windows service from [Code] section (in AfterInstall handler). When it fails to start I'd like to rollback installation. Typically when setup is ran from UI, WizardForm.Close() does the job right. But when installer…
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