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As part of the ongoing development of my unattended Windows XP build<\/a>, I need to install core applications without any user intervention. Anybody who has attempted any form of application packaging will know that it is something of a black art<\/a> and whilst many applications install with standard InstallShield\/MSIExec command line switches<\/a>, quite a few do not. So far, with my limited set of applications, I haven’t had to resort to using the Windows Scripting Host SendKeys method<\/a> but I’m sure its just a matter of time.<\/p>\n

The developers of Unattended, a Windows deployment system<\/a> have written an excellent summary of performing unattended\/silent installations using the many popular application installers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other references that have been useful are the AppDeploy.com Package Knowledge Base<\/a> and the Microsoft Software Forum Network (MSFN) application switches forum<\/a> (although that can take some time to navigate to find the latest information for a given application).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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