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Tony Toews [MVP
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 I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder Quote:
>I have a self-sufficient installation package, but I need a delivery
>program that will get through the Vista/7 protections and dump the
>package in a Windows Temp folder, then kickoff my installation package
>by running Setup.exe. That it -- after doing that it should go away.
>Seems like a simple task, but I can't find a free program that will do
>this.
The free Inno installer maybe? Tony
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 03:52:19 GMT |
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mayayan
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder I use the "last free version" of Power Archiver. It's v. 6.1 and it does what you want. It also skips the {*filter*}that's been piled onto winzip and PA in the interim. --
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 04:53:14 GMT |
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Eduard
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder jim evans escribi: Quote: > I have a self-sufficient installation package, but I need a delivery
> program that will get through the Vista/7 protections
I don't think there are protections to copy files to the Temp folder. Quote: > and dump the > package in a Windows Temp folder, then kickoff my installation package > by running Setup.exe. That it -- after doing that it should go away. > Seems like a simple task, but I can't find a free program that will do > this. > I would have thought Winzip would do that but, the version I have
> can't start a program after unzipping.
FreeExtractor and MakeSFX.exe: http://freeextractor.sourceforge.net/FreeExtractor/
Command line:
MakeSFX.exe /zip="[path]\YourZipFile.zip"
/sfx="[path]\DesiredInstallPackedFileName.exe" /defaultpath="$temp$"
/autoextract /delete /overwrite /exec="setup.exe" /noGui
The only problem that I found is that it doesn't delete the files from
the Temp folder after installation.
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 06:22:17 GMT |
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Tom
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder
Quote: > I have a self-sufficient installation package, but I need a delivery > program that will get through the Vista/7 protections and dump the > package in a Windows Temp folder, then kickoff my installation package > by running Setup.exe. ? That it -- after doing that it should go away. > Seems like a simple task, but I can't find a free program that will do > this. ? > I would have thought Winzip would do that but, the version I have
> can't start a program after unzipping.
CreateInstall Free! Far easier than Inno and more powerful. You can install in any directory and run. Use it all the time and tested on XP, Vista and Win7. Piece-o-cake! Here's the link: http://www.createinstall.com/cifree/screenshots.htm
Tom
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 10:20:29 GMT |
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Tony Toews [MVP
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder Quote:
>It also
>skips the {*filter*}that's been piled onto winzip
>... in the interim.
I hear you on that one. I purchased a license for Winzip and the Self Extracting portion likely about 10 years ago. Been happily using version 9.0 for the past five years. Despite the regular emails from Winzip there is nothing compelling to make me want to upgrade. Tony
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Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
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Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://www.*-*-*.com/
For a free, convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.*-*-*.com/
Granite Fleet Manager http://www.*-*-*.com/
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 12:18:43 GMT |
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Larry Serflate
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder
Quote: > >It also > >skips the {*filter*}that's been piled onto winzip > >... in the interim. > I hear you on that one. I purchased a license for Winzip and the
> Self Extracting portion likely about 10 years ago. Been happily
> using version 9.0 for the past five years. Despite the regular emails
> from Winzip there is nothing compelling to make me want to upgrade.
I stuck with PKWare, it has all the basic features, and then some.... LFS
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 14:46:25 GMT |
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mayayan
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder A further thought: This is probably more than you need, but I once needed specific functionality after an SFX was unzipped and ended up writing my own stub. I think I got the basic code package from the ZIP/UNZIP site. Stubs for SFX are a whole topic in themselves, and you can find free ones online. Writing one requires using C++, though, unless you also want to ship the unzip DLL. As Eduardo said, going to TEMP shouldn't be
a problem, so you really just need the ability
to shell your setup EXE, and almost all zip
programs can do that. I'm surprised that WinZip
can't.
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 23:04:54 GMT |
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Nobod
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder
Quote: > and almost all zip
> programs can do that. I'm surprised that WinZip
> can't.
I think it does, but I don't know for sure, but the free open source 7-Zip has an option to create SFX. The option is disabled unless you choose "7z" from "Archive Format". 7-Zip is easy to use as WinZip, including shell integration: http://www.7-zip.org/
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 23:13:08 GMT |
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Bob Riemersm
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder
Quote: >I have a self-sufficient installation package, but I need a delivery > program that will get through the Vista/7 protections and dump the > package in a Windows Temp folder, then kickoff my installation package > by running Setup.exe. That it -- after doing that it should go away. > Seems like a simple task, but I can't find a free program that will do > this. > I would have thought Winzip would do that but, the version I have
> can't start a program after unzipping.
Maybe http://www.chilkatsoft.com/chilkatSfx.asp would serve you. It is free and there is a $50 "premium" edition with more features.
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| Fri, 11 May 2012 02:54:00 GMT |
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mayayan
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder Quote: > I've used two installers and one does too much, presenting screens I
> don't want shown, and the other, that I've used for years, doesn't
> work with 64bit.
Are you sure about that? VB runs on 64-bit fine. A 32-bit installer should run fine. And VB doesn't compile 64-bit. So why would you need a 64-bit installer?
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| Fri, 11 May 2012 04:43:35 GMT |
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mayayan
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder Quote: > I've gotten several reports of the installer I have been using failing
> on 64 bit machines. When I send the people a zipped package they must
> unzip then run Setup.exe it works without problem. I don't have
> access to a 64 bit machine to test this myself.
If I understand you correctly, the installer works fine, but just not when downloaded as an EXE. That sounds like a permissions issue...or maybe a result of the IE function to mark downloaded files as having zone3 security status, no matter how many times the file is opened.
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| Fri, 11 May 2012 05:36:53 GMT |
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Tony Toews [MVP
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder Quote:
>Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm looking at a couple of the
>suggestions now. I've looked at Inno twice in the past and haven't
>yet figured out how it works. I'm sure it's a good tool once you
>figure out how to begin.
You should be looking at ISTool as it is the GUI to the Inno Installer. Tony
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| Fri, 11 May 2012 06:37:09 GMT |
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mayayan
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder http://www.oldversion.com/PowerArchiver.html Download v. 6.1.1
If you delete the BMP file in the program
folder that produces garish menu icons,
then dismiss the "nag-of-the-day" box,
you get a clean, simple program that works
without extra nonsense. :) And the license
specifically says it can be used for anything.
I've always had good luck with the SFXs,
and it's fine for zip/cab, but it doesn't handle
some of the less common formats. For a .rar
or .tar.gz I keep 7-zip around. (Nobody
recommended that, and I agree that it works
well, but the GUI is somewhat primitive.)
Quote: > I went to their website but didn't see a free version.
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| Fri, 11 May 2012 11:19:04 GMT |
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Bob Riemersm
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder
Quote:
>>> I've gotten several reports of the installer I have been using failing
>>> on 64 bit machines. When I send the people a zipped package they must
>>> unzip then run Setup.exe it works without problem. I don't have
>>> access to a 64 bit machine to test this myself.
>> If I understand you correctly, the installer works fine,
>>but just not when downloaded as an EXE. That sounds
>>like a permissions issue...or maybe a result of the IE
>>function to mark downloaded files as having zone3
>>security status, no matter how many times the file is
>>opened.
> Well, I can't say, but here is a typical message I get from 64 bit
> users:
> "before the installation started a window came up saying the program
> was not compatible with a 64 bit system"
Some legacy setup tools and self-extractors rely on a stub or wrapper that is compiled as 16-bit code.
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mayayan
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I Need a Program to Deliver My Installation Package to a Windows\Temp Folder Quote: > Is this what you expect the user to see?
> http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2392/0122k.png
I don't know. That link gives me a 503 error. What are you asking?
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