Can an installer change the name of a PC?

[crash1015]

I want the installer to offer the user to rename the PC to something of their choice. Is this possible?

[Jenifer]

Hi @crash1015 ,

There is a power-shell cmdlet Rename-Computer that can perform computer-renaming.

 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/rename-computer?view=powershell-7

You can make use of powershell custom action(with the above cmdlet in .ps1 file) of Installshield to get this work done.

Thanks,

Jenifer

[crash1015]

That's a very very good idea. But do you know how to make it prompt the user to enter in a new pc name?

[Jenifer · Accepted solution]

Hi @crash1015 ,

You can have one of the dialogs from the setup asking for Computer-Name to be changed during Setup execution.

To describe it in elaborated manner:

• You can add text-field in any of the dialogs(Where you want it to be) to get new computer name from the user
• Map the text field's text with a property
• Use the property inside powershell custom action to execute Rename-Computer cmdlet

Thanks,

Jenifer

[Danyvel]

Use powershell to froce rename your PC