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heireen
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Silent Installation

Post by heireen »

Hello,

I'm looking for help installing Rainmeter silently to deploy it.

When I create a local group policy, Rainmeter open a window and I have to select the language.

I would like the installation to be transparent for the users.

If someone have a piste, for create answer file or other solution...
Last edited by heireen on February 23rd, 2017, 7:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
Bekarfel
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Re: Silent Installation

Post by Bekarfel »

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?p=121337#p121337
jsmorley wrote:Just an entirely unsolicited word of advice, we have removed the "silent install" process from Rainmeter 4.0, and it won't be supported going forward.
heireen
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Re: Silent Installation

Post by heireen »

Hi,

Thanks for reply. :)

I had read this, but I thought it was possible to create answer file. It's really shame.
heireen
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Re: Silent Installation

Post by heireen »

Hello,

I come back to you because I found the solution ! :D :D
It may interest some of you.

I installed rainmeter in portable version, I copied the directory created by rainmeter on the file server.

In this directory, I created a powershell script (.ps1), with only one line \\namefileserver\directorylocationpath\rainmeter\rainmeter.exe

And I applied this policy to user logon. :thumbup:

:welcome:
micheale
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Re: Silent Installation

Post by micheale »

:great: Silent Installation (Advanced) :thumbup:

To install Rainmeter without user interaction, use the installer command line switches:
o /S - Must be specified to enable silent install.
o /D= - Install directory (do not enclose in quotes). This parameter is required for portable installs, but it's optional for standard installations. If not given, the install directory will be the previous (if found from registry) or default (%PROGRAMFILES%\Rainmeter) location.
o /VERSION= - Set to 64 for a 64bit install (optional).
o /PORTABLE= - Set to 1 for a portable install (optional).
o /DESKTOPSHORTCUT= - Set to 1 to create desktop shortcut (optional).
o /STARTUP= - Set to 1 to launch automatically with Windows (optional).
o /ALLUSERS= - Set to 1 to create shortcuts for all users (optional).
o /LANGUAGE= - Set language

;-) For example: Rainmeter-4.1-r2873-beta.exe /S /VERSION=64 /PORTABLE=0 /DESKTOPSHORTCUT=0 /STARTUP=1 /ALLUSERS=1 /LANGUAGE=DE

The return value (error-code) will be:
o 0 - Success! :bow: :sly:
o 1 - Unknown error. :o
o 2 - Unknown error. O.O
o 3 - Version of Windows version not supported. :confused:
o 4 - Administrative rights not required. :???:
o 5 - Failed to write to install directory. :(
o 6 - VC++ Redistributable 2010 is not installed. :?
o 7 - Unable to close Rainmeter/RainBrowser. :-(
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jsmorley
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Re: Silent Installation

Post by jsmorley »

micheale wrote:Silent Installation (Advanced)
Silent install was removed from Rainmeter in version 4.0 and will not be supported going forward.
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