coco_vc
30th July 2007 15:43 UTC

Silent (un)install on Vista
Hi all,

I had to support in my (un)installer, the silent feature which on WinXP worked just fine. I assume this would be used by administrators in companies to mass-(un)install the product on all the users computers.

On Vista, on the other hand, because of the UAC, when uninstall.exe /S is called the "consent prompt" is shown, so the (un)install is not really silent anymore. Does anybody know how would an administrator of a company mass-deploy the software without user interaction?

Thanks,
Viv

vbguy
30th July 2007 17:53 UTC

As the installer creator, you don't have to worry about that. The whole point of UAC is that thing can't be installed silently. However, administrators will know how to elevate processes and install batches of programs.

To repeat: Don't worry, it's not your concern.

coco_vc
31st July 2007 11:32 UTC

Just wanted to make sure. Thx!

Viv