Software Deployment

It seems that the setup.exe is extracting the msi files 2 approaches
1) extract the vc++ redist and install it first and then call the setup silently should work
2) check if the application is also extracted as a msi then you can use vc++ and application msi for silent installation

Both depend on what way you would like to deploy the application and what are the packaging tools available at hand

Thanks for your reply!
1> the problem is the after I install this vc++ redist, the installer still call it in GUI Mode. This is it show a maintenance window of vc++ redist.

2> No , it doesn't extract a msi installer.

Any other suggestions ?

The behavior you described seems very strange to me. Why should an installer ALWAYS start the installation of the vcredist runtime causing a maintenance screen if it's already on the pc? Often there is a configuration file to suppress it (ini, cfg etc). But because it's a setup.exe (black-box) you never know how crap the installer is made.

I would ask the vendor how to suppress the vcredist installation. Because it's not a msi maybe repackaging is an option?

thanks. Go to the vendor is a solution. Also I came up a ugly workaround: use a vbs script to run before the setup.exe . when it calls the vc++ redistribution, It kill the process and exit and the installation goes on.

You can also perform a check (in a wrapper vbscript or something) before installation wheter the vcredist is installed or not and if so, uninstall it. If not the installation can continue.