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‎May 09, 2008
06:19 PM
unpacking without auto-install
Is there a standard method to unpack driver .exe files created with InstallShield without the package also running the auto installer?
I need to unpack the drivers and not install them because I load the drivers into imaging tools for preinstallation and I cannot install drivers onto my preinstallation server but rather I need them unpackaged. My preinstallation tool (WinPE) does not accept .exe files, so I need to extract them prior to loading them into my preinstallation server. Simply running the installer on my server and hoping to press cancel when the autoinstaller begins is not a good solution, nor is keeping an additional computer around to perform this on.
I understand that there are 3rd party tools available on the internet which I can use to extract the files, however, I cannot recommend 3rd party tools to my partners so I am looking to see if there is some method built-in to InstallShield itself to perform this.
Thanks in advance
Harold
I need to unpack the drivers and not install them because I load the drivers into imaging tools for preinstallation and I cannot install drivers onto my preinstallation server but rather I need them unpackaged. My preinstallation tool (WinPE) does not accept .exe files, so I need to extract them prior to loading them into my preinstallation server. Simply running the installer on my server and hoping to press cancel when the autoinstaller begins is not a good solution, nor is keeping an additional computer around to perform this on.
I understand that there are 3rd party tools available on the internet which I can use to extract the files, however, I cannot recommend 3rd party tools to my partners so I am looking to see if there is some method built-in to InstallShield itself to perform this.
Thanks in advance
Harold
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‎May 12, 2008
12:59 PM
It depends on the project type that was used to create the installation; if it was an MSI-based project, an "administrative installation" should do it:
setup.exe /a
Recent InstallScript versions seem to support a similar /extract_all switch:
setup.exe /extract_all:"C:\somewhere"
setup.exe /a
Recent InstallScript versions seem to support a similar /extract_all switch:
setup.exe /extract_all:"C:\somewhere"
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‎May 15, 2008
06:09 PM
That works like a charm, at least for the one package I tried it against...
Many thanks for that!
Many thanks for that!