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Silent Installation From A Setup - Exe File: Installshield

The document provides step-by-step instructions for silently installing and uninstalling Rocscience software products using either a setup.exe file located on a USB key or a single installation file downloaded from the Rocscience website. For both installation methods, the instructions specify launching a command prompt as administrator, navigating to the installation file folder, and running the installation file with silent mode switches along with an Installshield response file that controls the installation process. Progress can be monitored through the task manager.

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Silent Installation From A Setup - Exe File: Installshield

The document provides step-by-step instructions for silently installing and uninstalling Rocscience software products using either a setup.exe file located on a USB key or a single installation file downloaded from the Rocscience website. For both installation methods, the instructions specify launching a command prompt as administrator, navigating to the installation file folder, and running the installation file with silent mode switches along with an Installshield response file that controls the installation process. Progress can be monitored through the task manager.

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Silent Installation from a setup.

exe file
The USB key containing the suite of Rocscience software has a folder structure where the top level
folder is the name of the product, the subfolder is a folder called install. Inside this folder is a setup.exe
installation program. Here are the step by step instructions for silently installing a Rocscience product:

1. Copy the install folder to the computer in which you wish to silently install the product.
2. On the computer you wish to install the software, launch a command prompt with administrator
privileges. For example, on Windows 7, go to the Start menu, choose All Programs, choose
Accessories, right-click on the Command Prompt program and choose the Run as Administrator
option.
3. Change directory (CD) to the folder containing the setup.exe file created in step 1.
4. Run the command:

setup /s

This runs the setup.exe file in silent mode using a file in the install folder called setup.iss. This is
an Installshield response file that is used during the install process.

5. You can monitor the progress through the task manager, there should be a setup process
running.

Silent Uninstall from a setup.exe file


1. Copy the install folder to the computer in which you wish to silently install the product.
2. On the computer you wish to install the software, launch a command prompt with administrator
privileges. For example, on Windows 7, go to the Start menu, choose All Programs, choose
Accessories, right-click on the Command Prompt program and choose the Run as Administrator
option.
3. Change directory (CD) to the folder containing the setup.exe file created in step 1.
4. Run the command:

setup /s /uninst /f1<absolute path to uninstall.iss file>

for example, if you copied the install folder to the root c: drive:

setup /s /uninst /f1c:\install\uninstall.iss

This runs the setup.exe file in silent mode using a file in the install folder called uninstall.iss. This
is an Installshield response file that is used during the uninstall process.

5. You can monitor the progress through the task manager, there should be a setup process
running.
Silent Installation from a single file install
If you were given a link to a Rocscience product install by email, this will be a single file install. Here are
the step by step instructions for silently installing a Rocscience product:

1. Contact Rocscience and request a silent installation response file (setup.iss) for you product.
We will email you the setup.iss file as an attachment.
2. Download the installation program using the supplied link from the Rocscience website.
3. Copy the installation program and the setup.iss response file to a folder on the computer in
which you wish to silently install the product.
4. On the computer you wish to install the software, launch a command prompt with administrator
privileges. For example, on Windows 7, go to the Start menu, choose All Programs, choose
Accessories, right-click on the Command Prompt program and choose the Run as Administrator
option.
5. Change directory (CD) to the folder containing the installation program and the setup.iss
response file created in step 3.
6. Run the command:

<Installprogram.exe> /s /a /s /f1<absolute path to setup.iss file>

For example, if you downloaded a Slide installation file named sl6030o01s.exe and placed it and
the setup.iss file in a folder called install in the root c: drive the command would be:

sl6030o01s.exe /s /a /s /f1c:\install\setup.iss

This runs the sl6030o01s.exe installation file in silent mode using a file in the install folder called
setup.iss. This is an Installshield response file that is used during the install process.

7. You can monitor the progress through the task manager, there should be a process running with
the name of the installation program (i.e. sl6030o01s.exe).
Silent Uninstall from a single file install
If you were given a link to a Rocscience product install by email, this will be a single file install. Here are
the step by step instructions for silently installing a Rocscience product:

1. Contact Rocscience and request a silent uninstall response file (uninstall.iss) for you product.
We will email you the uninstall.iss file as an attachment.
2. Download the installation program using the supplied link from the Rocscience website.
3. Copy the installation program and the uninstall.iss response file to a folder on the computer in
which you wish to silently uninstall the product.
4. On the computer you wish to install the software, launch a command prompt with administrator
privileges. For example, on Windows 7, go to the Start menu, choose All Programs, choose
Accessories, right-click on the Command Prompt program and choose the Run as Administrator
option.
5. Change directory (CD) to the folder containing the installation program and the uninstall.iss
response file created in step 3.
6. Run the command:

<Installprogram.exe> /s /a /s /uninst /f1<absolute path to uninstall.iss file>

For example, if you downloaded a Slide installation file named sl6030o01s.exe and placed it and
the uninstall.iss file in a folder called install in the root c: drive the command would be:

sl6030o01s.exe /s /a /s /uninst /f1c:\install\uninstall.iss

This runs the sl6030o01s.exe installation file in silent mode using a file in the install folder called
uninstall.iss. This is an Installshield response file that is used during the install process.

7. You can monitor the progress through the task manager, there should be a process running with
the name of the installation program (i.e. sl6030o01s.exe).

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