Include serial number information in a Silent Software Package install
Created: 26 Jan 2013 | Updated: 26 Jan 2013 | 6 comments
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Hello everyone,
We have ITMS 7.1 SP2
How do you include serial number information, including other info such as username, company name etc..when you are installing a software package in Silent mode (no user interaction)?
To be more specific, I am trying to install Adobe Acrobat in Silent mode but do not understand how to include the above mentionned information.
Please help !!!
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You need to prepare the package first using the Adobe Enterprise Toolkit:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/index....
For other packages that don't have their own customisation tools you can use Orca:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255905
but you shouldn't edit msi files, create a Transform instead. But if you use Orca to look at the msi file, look at the Property table. Any Property expressed in Capitals can be passed to the msi as a Public Property. So if a Property name is SERIAL you could use the following command:
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Hello Andy,
Thank you so much for your response,
I will check this out
Thanks again
create a transform with the adobe customization wizard: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?... Once you have the transform created this is what i do for reader, should be similar with but check with adobe for an administrative install guide for the version you are using: 1. download or extract install from CD 2. Unpack the msi from the nosso exe: \AdbeRdrXX_en_US.exe -nos_o"ReaderX" -nos_ne 3. Fire the Adobe customization wizard and check mst settings. 4. Put any msp patches in the same directory as the msi, edit setup.ini 5. In setup.ini, under [Product} add a line: PATCH=;; 6. Zip and ZipSE the entire ReaderX directory, use the install string .\setup.exe /sAll /rs sc delete AdobeARMservice
hi andy,
I was able to create my MST file using the Adobe Customization Wizard.
I included it into my Adobe package and was able to successfully install Adobe in Silent mode...
Thanks heaps for help !!!!
Just a FYI
Instead of deleting the "Adobe Acrobat Update Service" (AdobeARMservice) just set the property DISABLE_ARM_SERVICE_INSTALL = 1 and the service it will be prevented from being installed.
Good idea. Thanks.
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