Running An Unattended Install
Hi guys
How do I run a silent install from a command line/batch file?
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aalso if I do a silent install would I be correct in assuming that the 30 day trial gets installed and I will have to input a serial code later.
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Hello,
I will give you an example as I believe this way you will understand it the easiest: Ex: c:\bitdefender.exe /bdparams /silent
where:
- bitdefender.exe is the name of the installation kit file;
NOTE: the silent install will ONLY work using the offline installation kit (the big installation file).
Also indeed, your assumption was correct: performing a silent install will start a trial of 30 days.
If you have any further queries don't hesitate to contact us anytime!0 -
unfortunately when doing this I'm given a message asking if I would like to download the latest installation files and then the installation proceeds like a standard install.
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Hello
If you use the small kit(the online kit), you won't receive that message.
Download the file from here:
http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?act...f=241&id=44
Unpack it in a folder(with 7-Zip, WinZIP, WinRAR, etc)
Now, from command prompt, browse to that folder using the change directory command (cd) and run this command from silent install:setupdownloader.exe/silent
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Hi,
Really I am enjoying reading all this kind of solutions which I don't know.Thank for posting.0 -
ok firstly the good points
using the online installer it has done a silent install.
I downloaded the latest isecurity online kit and unpacked it using 7zip.
I then ran setupdownloader.exe /silent
This will cover 90% of the automated installation instances I need.
The bad points.
Firstly there appears to be no feedback to the command prompt, this concerns me that if I queue up several silent installs using a batch file then there will be a problem installing 2 programs in parallel. I could freeze the batch file on a timer but there is no way of knowing when the bd install has finished so I would need to add a very long wait time.
Is there a way to get the batch file to wait until BD has installed?
Secondly
I'd really like to do this with the offline kit, is there a way of using the offline kit but without the user message. Surely this defeats the point of a silent install. Using the offline kit will cut installation time considerably, on my first successful test run I was waiting around 10 min before anything happened.0 -
Hi bigmonmulgrew
Thank you for your feedback.
I will investigate the current situation and I'll get back to you these days.
Thank you again. Have a great weekend.0 -
Hello
I've made a feature request. All the data was sent to our developers.
Thank you. Have a nice day.0 -
Thanks I really appreciate you passing that on.
I'm hoping to use the silent install to (amongst other things) reduce my labour time when installing new PCs. I cant use system imaging since almost all my units are custom builds
I can network each newbuild, its a pain but not much. Its the 10 min waiting to download that I'm hoping to remove here.
Again thanks for your input and for passing this on0 -
Welcome back
We are waiting for the project manager to approve your request.
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