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Silent install on Sonar Studio setup.exe

Hi guys, was just wondering if there was any way to do a silent install on a .exe. I have tried the usual /qn or /SILENT switches in the command line but none these seem to work.

The application is Sonar 8 Studio. I tried doing a setup capture of the exe however due to the size of the application (over 3gb) this caused problems when running the msi (around 700mb).
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Posted by: timmsie 12 years ago
Fourth Degree Brown Belt
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have you asked the vendor?

Another thing you can do is use process explorer. Open the properties of the exe and under the "strings" tab you will find the parameters listed you can use with the exe. They will be in amongst a load of other stuff though so you'll have to do a bit of diggin. You can save this list to a text file which makes it easier to search as switches are normally preceeded by /
Posted by: nathan2o11 12 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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I have indeed. Both in the Cakewalk forum and emailed technical support. Email support havent got back to me about silent install, but told me there was no msi package available for the software. Their forum said they dont think there is any method of silent install also. I need to find some sort of workaround though...

Thanks
Posted by: rajdera1 12 years ago
Orange Belt
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Is it an installshield setup ?? also check if this extracts any msi's in the temp folder ,I dont think there should be any issue if you capture the 3gig apps what tool are you using ??? what is the exact issue if you run the captured msi ???
Posted by: nathan2o11 12 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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No doesnt seem to be an installshield sadly :( I am using Wise Package Studio. Error Message:

Product SONAR 8.5 Studio -- Errir 1719. The Windows Installer service could not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.
Posted by: timmsie 12 years ago
Fourth Degree Brown Belt
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see my edit above, with the tip for finding switches. But it looks like you'll have no joy if the vendor says no.

I can't see why you can't capture it though, what's the issue?
Posted by: nathan2o11 12 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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The files that are unpacked into the temp folder arent big enough (also tried running them after extracted). None of them were for the actual application mainly just the C++ redistributable. Will download process explorer but I am running out of ideas tbh.

Thanks
Posted by: itolutions 12 years ago
Purple Belt
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You can try to automate installation steps by using AutoIT tool (freeware, http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/)
Posted by: nathan2o11 12 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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I dont know if it makes any difference but there is a bunch of other .bin files in with the setup.exe file?
Posted by: pjgeutjens 12 years ago
Red Belt
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The application is Sonar 8 Studio. I tried doing a setup capture of the exe however due to the size of the application (over 3gb) this caused problems when running the msi (around 700mb).

did you make an MSI with CABs inside to get it to 700MB? If so see what happens if you build cabs or source outside...
Posted by: nathan2o11 12 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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No I didnt need to make any cabs. There was some folders that were very large for example VSTPlugins. So I put the files on a network share and redirected the registry key to this location. Didnt do anything with cabs.

Thanks
Posted by: anonymous_9363 12 years ago
Red Belt
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Didnt do anything with cabs.Yes, you did. You created an MSI with internal CABs. Look at the Media table: the CAB name will be prefixed with '#', (probably #Data1.CAB).

Change the project so that it uses either external uncompressed files or external CABs and re-try.
Posted by: naveen.packager 12 years ago
Green Belt
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Not sure if you have already tried this, if not u can do this.

Take all the msis out (they should be prerequisites), Intall them first and then run the setup capture, select the cabs outside in the media. This should work.
Posted by: nathan2o11 12 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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Sorry for late reply folks, but tried the external cabs, but still getting the same error sadly :( did speed up the install a bit but still getting the error message... Any more ideas?

Thanks
Posted by: anonymous_9363 12 years ago
Red Belt
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It sounds to me like your capture is broken. In your position, I'd re-do the capture, having made sure Wise is set up to use external CABs.
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