Automate Installation

[tech.pros.inc.]

It would be neat if there was a way (or is there a way?) to automate installation. I'd love to be able to tell the installer, through a config file or command line or whatever, all of my installation preferences (target path, shortcuts, run/don't run after install) and my registration key. Then I could just run it, wait for it to finish, and Ace would be installed!

Any chance? Any way I could do this myself already?

Thanks!

[Aneesh]

You may need to perform a 2-step process - install the program and then integrate the serial key.

* To automate the installer:

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<au installer name> /S /D=<full path>

where
<au installer name> is the Ace Utilities installer package name you're using
/S runs the installer silently
/D sets the default installation directory. It must be the last parameter used in the command line and must not contain any quotes, even if the path contains spaces. Only absolute paths are supported.

Example: aufull.exe /S /D=C:\Progam Files 2\Ace Utilities

You won't be able to control other options like 'shortcut creation', 'run after install' through command line :-\

* Now, regarding the integration of the product key after installation:

Call the Ace Utilities application file with the following parameters:

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au quietregister <name> <key>

where  <name> is the name you gave while purchasing the serial key, and
<key> is your serial key

[tech.pros.inc.]

Wow - that's pretty great! I look forward to trying this out soon!

[tech.pros.inc.]

I've got the product key registration working, but not the silent installation.

Whenever I run this command in a batch file...

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AceSetup.exe /S /D=C:\techprosinc\Ace

...the command prompt opens with that command, pauses as though it were working, then closes without incident. However, Ace is installed to the default path, rather than the path specified. (The AceSetup.exe is just aufull.exe renamed; the directory specified already exists, and it contains only my registration batch files.)

Any ideas? Thanks!

[Aneesh]

We'll check it right away. :-\

[tech.pros.inc.]

Any news?

[Aneesh]

Not yet. :-\

[tech.pros.inc.]

Just to let you know, I'm still interested to hear about this when possible.

Thanks!

[Aneesh]

This issue is addressed in latest beta. Check 'Ace Utilities v5.2 beta' topic for more details.

[tech.pros.inc.]

Will do - thanks!