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Unattended AIM Installation

Does anyone know a way to install AOL Instant Messenger silently or in unattended mode? I have tried using Wininstall to create an MSI package, but have been unsuccessful.

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Posted by: aogilmor 19 years ago
9th Degree Black Belt
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I doubt it, as AIM is not really a corporate app where there would be a demand for silent install. but try setup /r from the command line (if setup.exe is the name of the setup executable).

see installshield.com if you need help with silent setup switches, or google setup.iss

Hey, my name is Gilmore too. Where are you from?

Owen
Posted by: Gilmore33 18 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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To perform a silent install of AIM, I did the following:
1. Unpacked the AIM.exe the /X. ie. AIM.exe /X c:\AIM
2. I then ran the following bat file from c:\aim
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::Main
::AIM Installation
reg add "HKCU\Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\Misc" /v CheckAimAsDefault /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
cmd /c Install_aim.exe /S

::Removal of unwanted installed apps
cmd /c "C:\Program Files\AOL\AOL Toolbar 2.0\uninstall.exe"
cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Viewpoint Media Player\mtsAxInstaller.exe" /u /s

::Cleanup
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AOL Instant Messenger\Uninstall Aim.lnk"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AOL Instant Messenger\License.lnk"

::END
Exit
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