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A "silent installer" is an installation program that does not display any configuration options or any other indication of the installation during the installation process. It is in fact "hidden"... or - as the name implies - "silent" due to the lack of feedback to the user.

A "silent installer" is an installation program that does not display any configuration options or any other indication of the installation during the installation process. It is in fact "hidden"... or - as the name implies - "silent" due to the lack of feedback to the user.

It is a commonly used way for malware distributors to wrap "silent installers" with their malware into regular installations, so that the user thinks he/she is installing a regular program, without knowing that "behind the screens", there's much more being installed.

It is also used for upgrading applications. Updates of some software (like Microsoft updates) come with silent installers. When we have to install any particular upgrades of a software, they prefer silent installer.

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PackageInstaller "Silent install and uninstall of apps by Device Owner” - Android M Preview

PackageInstaller (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.html) seems to have been added starting in API 21 (Lollipop), however I have not found any solid code examples on how to install an APK via this API. Any…
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How to silently install a pkg file in Mac OS X

I am developing a Mac OS X application(cloud printing application). To run my application i need some support drivers. So i packed those drivers and my application using package maker software. And i created a pkg file. It working fine as a…
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How to silently install Java JDK into a specific directory on windows

On my development machine I always have to install Java 6 and Java 7 and I have to install each JDK in both, the 32 and 64 bit version, for testing purposes. Since the frequency of Java updates seems to be getting more and more ridiculous (twice per…
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How to install Visual Studio Code silently (without auto open when installation ends)?

I found the option to install silently from command line (vscode-installer.exe /VERYSILENT), BUT it still opens automatically at the end of the installation, thus making unattended installation on multiple computers inconvenient. I checked Inno…
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Installing JDK 8 and JRE 8 silently on a Windows machine through command line

We want to update the JDK environment on multiple machines, all running windows but different versions (either XP or 7) For that purpose, I'm now creating a script which will automatically run the correct installer (32/64 bit). I tried running the…
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Batch script to install MSI

I am trying to write a .bat for the first time. I am trying to install .msi using script, currently we are installing manually by double clicking on it. Path from: d:/installed sw/$folder/.msi Path to: D:/program files/app/ $folder means, it is…
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How to install Node.js in custom folder silently on Windows?

I create a script to auto install all my dev stack on Windows. I have a problem with Node.js What's the command line to install node-v0.10.23-x64.msi in C:\Tools silently? Thanks.
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Install / Unistall from shell command in Android

I want to implement a silent installer-from-apk-file and unistaller-package in Android. The topic has largely been discussed on SO and elsewhere but I can't apply any for some reason that I'm missing. The scope is obviously hard to achieve because,…
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A question about writing a background/automatic/silent downloader/installer for an app in C#

Background: I have a main application that needs to be able to go to the web and download DLL files associated with it (ones that we write, located on our server). It really needs to be able to download these DLL files to the application folder in…
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setup.iss file is not generated

I have a installshiled project which generates setup.exe file. I'd like to enable silent install by generating proper setup.iss file. I ran the following command: Setup.exe /r which lunched the installer, but it never created the setup.iss file. I…
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MSI installer calling another MSI installer in silent mode using WiX

I'm using WiX to make an MSI installer to call another MSI installer. I can resolve this situation in UILevel=5 (Full UI) mode. My solution is add a CustomAction to the UISequence table that call another MSI. It will not get error code 1500:…
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Android APK's Silent Installation

I'm searching for a way to program my application to install silently an APK file. I'm aware about the possibility to launch with code that looks something like this: Intent intent = new…
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SQL Server Silent installation get error during installation

I want to install SQL Server Express (preferably 2008 or 2014) silently using Advanced Installer. I followed the instructions in two document created by advanced installer online: How to Install SQL Server Express and here is a sample *.aip file to…
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SenchaCMD - silent install with compass extension component

I want to install sencha silently (without GUI) or dialog boxes from my Linux terminal. How to add compass extension component to installation automatically? I've checked sencha help, and there is only "quit" option, but not something as "all". This…
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How to silently uninstall Python 2.7 on Windows?

Does anyone know how to silently uninstall Python 2.7 - i.e. uninstall it unattended, with no need for user interaction? I need to do it as part of an uninstallation script that installs a bunch of software silently. I've tried running msiexec with…
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