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Silent Install for GW Messenger

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15 April 2008 - 6:17am
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Problem

A Forum reader recently asked:

"I'm looking to push GroupWise Messenger to several employee workstations. I'm trying to make the process as automated as possible."

And here is the response from Patrick Farrell ...

Solution

1. Edit the setup.cfg file.

2. Fill in the ServerAddress (you can put a DNS or IP address in) ServerPort (8300 by default).

3. At the bottom of the file, under ShowDialogs, set the following data:

HideAllDialogs=yes

This is for version 1.x. I haven't gotten around to moving to 2.x, but I would imagine it's very similar.

E. Neaves adds:

I found out the hard way that you also may have to modify
setup.ini. Change:

EnableLangDlg=N

Otherwise, you still get the Language prompt.


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It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.



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gehorvath's picture

More silent

Submitted by gehorvath on 15 April 2008 - 8:42am.

If you install it over an existing installation use the UPDATE parameter, to supress the "update or new install" dialog.

For example:
\\servername\volume\applications\messenger\setup.exe UPDATE

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Is the UPDATE something new

Submitted by grimlock on 15 April 2008 - 2:04pm.

Is the UPDATE something new to 2.x? I wrote the solution that was posted above, and I've never had to specify update.

-Patrick

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I dont know if it is new,

Submitted by gehorvath on 16 April 2008 - 1:09am.

I dont know if it is new, but if you install gwm 2sp2 on top of an existing 2sp1, with EnableLangDlg=N and HideAllDialogs=yes options via ZenWorks, it will still make you a question to update the existing installation or make a clean install. (I dont remember the exact question)

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