AndreasD
4th April 2011 02:57 UTC

Problems with Windows Installer
  I'm new to NSIS and have run into a problem installing the Windows installer WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86 from my NSIS script.

I've tried a number of variations on the command line switches to install silently and suppress the reboot, but I always end up with with the final screen asking whether I want to reboot (with the skip reboot tick box unticked)

Here are some of the variations:

Execwait '"WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe" /quiet /norestart' $0
Execwait 'WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /quiet /norestart' $0
Execwait 'WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /q /z' $0


Thanks for any help

T.Slappy
4th April 2011 07:10 UTC

I assume the correct command is:

ExecWait '"WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe" /quiet /norestart' $0 

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jpderuiter
4th April 2011 07:29 UTC

Try:
Execwait 'WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /passive /norestart' $0

AndreasD
4th April 2011 23:10 UTC

Thanks for the replies.

T.Slappy : It does return ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED but the WindowsInstaller is displaying the reboot screen (ie it ignores the /quiet switch)

jpderuiter: I just tried that an it still asks if I want to reboot. It seems to ignore the request for a quiet/passive install.

Is there a way to tick the 'do not reboot' box in 'WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe?

demiller9
5th April 2011 03:04 UTC

I do this, and there is no window asking for a reboot. No WindowsInstaller UI appears at all for either of the two files shown here.

        # WindowsInstaller 3.1, VisualC redistributable components
        ClearErrors
        ReadRegStr $R0 HKLM "${UNINSTALL_KEY}\{9A25302D-30C0-39D9-BD6F-21E6EC160475}" "DisplayVersion"
        ${If} ${Errors}
                DetailPrint "Extract: VCRedist_x86.exe"
                SetDetailsPrint none
                SetOutPath $PLUGINSDIR
                File "${SCC_LIB}\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe"
                File "${SCC_LIB}\vc_red.msi"
                File "${SCC_LIB}\vc_red.cab"

                SetDetailsPrint both
                        DetailPrint "Execute: WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe"
                SetDetailsPrint none
                ExecWait '"$PLUGINSDIR\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe"  /quiet /norestart'

                SetDetailsPrint both
                        DetailPrint "Execute: VCRedist_x86.exe"
                SetDetailsPrint none
                ExecWait '"$SYSDIR\msiexec.exe" /i $PLUGINSDIR\vc_red.msi /qn /norestart'
        ${EndIf}

AndreasD
5th April 2011 06:57 UTC

demiller9:
Thanks very much for the code, that fixed my problem.

The bit that made it work was that WindowsInstaller... needed to be included in the NSIS installer package and ruinning it from $PLUGINSDIR, otherwise the /quiet switch didn't work