Custom Installations

[bbadmin]

TextPad uses Microsft Installer to install the application. If necessary, the MSI file can be extracted from setup.exe as described here:

https://flexeracommunity.force.com/cust ... FO/Q105473

The full list of parameters that can be given to setup.exe are documented here:

https://flexeracommunity.force.com/cust ... FO/Q105473

The method to run a silent install from the MSI file is described here:

https://flexeracommunity.force.com/cust ... TO/Q212234

Various tools are available to customize the MSI file, such as ORCA:

Customizing MSI packages with ORCA

[parkerpress]

TextPad uses Microsft Installer to install the application. If necessary, the MSI file can be extracted from setup.exe as described here:

https://flexeracommunity.force.com/cust ... FO/Q105473

Apparently this KB article has been removed. Do you know of any other location that documents extracting the .msi from setup.exe? I'm going to start a search now, but if you have it handy...

Thanks!

Steve

[bbadmin]

To extract the MSI file from the downloaded ZIP file:

1. Extract SETUP.EXE from the ZIP file using Explorer.
2. setup.exe /s /x /b"C:\FolderInWhichMSIWillBeExtracted" /v"/qn"

The standard MSIEXEC installer command-line options are documented here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx

e.g. To specify the installation folder in silent mode:

msiexec /quiet /i c:\path\to\textpad.msi TARGETDIR=C:\UserApps\TextPad

The MSI file could be edited to create any registry keys and install the license file, using a tool such as Orca:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255905

[parkerpress]

To extract the MSI file from the downloaded ZIP file:

1. Extract SETUP.EXE from the ZIP file using Explorer.
2. setup.exe /s /x /b"C:\FolderInWhichMSIWillBeExtracted" /v"/qn"

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Thanks! I'll give that a try. We have some draconian antivirus on the machine I'm trying to install on, and I just want to be able to use TextPad.

Thanks!

Steve