help with custom silent install of video converter
AnvSoft - Any Video Converter exe wants to install a toolbar (cannot remember which one - maybe AVG) and a search engine preference, but custom install allows you to uncheck these two options. How would I deploy this in PDQ without the tool bar and search change (in other words doing the custom option)? I see similar customization in your PDFcreator package, but is it that complicated?
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Hi Brad,
We've noticed a trend in the last year or so. A lot of free programs that include bundled software will NOT install the additional software during a silent install. Sometimes you have to explicitly configure the install parameters to exclude the software. You noted one example.
From my initial test it looks like a silent install of AVC does NOT install the add-on. I verified this by installing AVC manually and accepting the add-on called Sendori. I noticed both AVC and Sendori were installed. On another machine I deployed AVC using the following parameters
and afterwards only AVC was installed, not the add-on.
Test this out. If it does install an add-on then some more tinkering on the command line will be needed to prevent the unwanted software.
Shane,
As usual, you guys know your stuff. Thanks, worked without me having to do a bunch of testing!
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