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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/MSI - Major Upgrade in silent mode

I have an installer with upgrade support from our previous version:
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Installing MYSQL 5.6.21 using MySQLInstallerConsole.exe and chaning datadir

This is my first post in Stackoverflow. This forum has helped me tremendously. I been looking to install MySQL Server (on Windows) from MYSQL community edition in silent mode with custom datadir. I am successfully able to install mysql server with…
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Is there a way to do an unattended/silent install of IIS Express 8?

I can't find anything that shows me how to do this and I am trying to include IIS express in a bootstrapper package.
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Installing EXE without User Interaction

Is there any scripting language available for creating Silent Installation (without giving input and clicking next, agree and finish)...? I want to do unattended installation of agent.exe application in windows server, which scripting would be…
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How to run created MSI in silent mode without CMD Msiexec command

How to implement MSI in silent mode (totally no UI) when user launch the msi setup ?
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Installing sqlcmd in silent mode accepting EULA

I'm trying to install sqlcmd in silent mode but i can't figure out how to automatically accept the EULA. The file I'm trying to install is named "MsSqlCmdLnUtils.msi" (downloaded from the MS download center). Here's what I've tried till now (found…
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InstallShield Reponse File missing a response

I am trying to automate the install of a few setup files (.exe). I managed to get one working without any issue but am having difficulty with the second. I created response files by using the following in command prompt: MyProgram.exe -r This…
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Install .exe silently using cmd

I want to install these two Python packages pyHook-1.5.1.win32-py2.7 and pywin32-218.win32-py2.7 from cmd without any user interaction. How can I achieve this?
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How to run silent installer in C#

I have the following C# code: string desktopPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop); Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c" + desktopPath + "\\" + "MyInstaller_7.1.51.14.exe –s –v –qn"); The first line gets the path of my…
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Showing Progress in Oracle DB Silent Installation with Response File

I am running a script to install Oracle DB 11g with silent option and response file. I noticed the shell after executing the command $ /directory_path/runInstaller -silent -responseFile responsefilename The install session just closes just giving…
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How to tell if SQL Server automated upgrade is successful from C# WinForms app

I'm automating an upgrade of SQL Server 2005 Express to SQL Server 2008R2 Express via a WinForms app that is used to upgrade our application. The application is deployed at some 800+ locations, so we don't want any manual steps. I've got the…
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InnoSetup : silent install and progress install value in wpf application (for update)

In my wpf application, I ask the user to download the update if there is one. The file is downloaded via my program using this code: WebClient wc = new WebClient(); wc.DownloadProgressChanged += new…
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Hopw to stop the window from exiting during silent installation using batch file?

I wrote a batch file which does silent installation which is working fine. But how do I read the error messages if any appear? Can I write all the error/success messages to a log file? Also is there any command to stop the window from exiting?
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Console output after Inno VERYSILENT option

I have a Inno Setup executable to install the program. I have made sure using How to detect whether the setup runs in very silent mode? to use the code to detect if there is a Silent switch and applied the VerySilent switch while installing. The…
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Upgrade mechanism for non-interactive, non-networked Android device

I have been looking into silent installing for a while now. I'm currently trying to find some way of installing updates onto a device using Android that: has no means of user input has no internet or network Is running Android 4.0 This is why I am…
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