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Hi guys, I'm happy with my repacked NET installer however I'm left with .mzz database file, accompanying the two .msi installers, ofcourse this mzz will be needed but I assume that cannot be included for post install?

So shall I simply place these files into directory or if I make a self executable sfx exe, will this then be OK to attach to post install? What would be preferable?

Thanks
 
Also wondering which files can be removed from the original exe

Looking inside I see the cab files for the versions but for Windows 6.1 they look suspiciously small when compared to Windows 10 cabs, almost implying that the others are needed for reference?

I'm assuming that x86 must be retained? Ie NET framework I imagine installed both x86 and x64 on a 64bit machine?
 
Questions on repacking the installer are out of the scope of this forum. But if you can make a SFX, that sounds like the cleanest Post-Setup solution since you don't have to copy files to a staging folder.
 
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garlin said:
Questions on repacking the installer are out of the scope of this forum. But if you can make a SFX, that sounds like the cleanest Post-Setup solution since you don't have to copy files to a staging folder.
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Sorry about potentially posting in the wrong area, thanks for your thoughts though. I will go ahead and create an SFX and test it out. Thankyou garlin. I'll create a new post regarding repack options in the correct area, I may just trial it out and see what happens as to not spoiled the fun

Cheers
 
The only person on this forum who knows about repacking .NET installers likes to lurk, and might add to this thread. But this topic goes over the heads of most of our users, since they're mostly not dev's.
 
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garlin said:
The only person on this forum who knows about repacking .NET installers likes to lurk, and might add to this thread. But this topic goes over the heads of most of our users, since they're mostly not dev's.
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The repack went well, I've not tested post install yet but I've launched the SFX and all installed fine including updates (which are showing up as they should post install).

Now, although it doesn't require interaction it does come up with a prompt and I have to select next/yes the once, the rest is autonmous.

What I need to figure out is, will this cause a problem, ie will ntlite take control of this prompt if I select to install silently within ntlite? Or do I need to go back and edit the SFX itself to remove the initial one-off prompt?
 
Post-Setup (Machine) commands cannot require any user interaction, because this stage of install is blocked by Windows.

Your options are:
- Add a silent install flag.
- Repackage it, as not to interact with the user.
- Run the same app in Post-Setup (User), which executes after the first logon.
 
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abbodi86 said:
/ai /gm2 would work for 7zsfx
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Thanks for the input, I did try to edit config.txt before producing the SFX file in different ways but I think perhaps I got something wrong. I tried various "no user input required" and yet I'd still always have to interact to select "next", ofcourse is the admin issue of having to press yes to launch initially aswell. I will take another look but the config.txt seems to contain a mix of Microsoft commands amid the 7zip commands so very possible that I'm simply not editing things correctly. Would you mind to take a quick look if I was to upload the file when at the computer?

Thankyou
 
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