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Rich_Weiss
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O.P. Silent Install Ver 5
What is the switch for performing a silent install of Messenger Plus version 5? 

/Silent worked in version 4.x and it didn't install any sponser programs either. 

03-26-2011 03:08 AM
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RE: Silent Install Ver 5
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What is the switch for performing a silent install of Messenger Plus version 5? 


/Silent still works in 5, just installed using /Silent :p.
03-26-2011 06:06 AM
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O.P. RE: Silent Install Ver 5
Thanks Sam for trying it on your system.

This is the command i'm running from a .bat .cmd script or command prompt, on a windows XP SP3 that already has version 4.x installed.

Setup-MsgPlus-501.exe /Silent

It opens the messenger plus! welcome screen and waits for me to hit next.

Maybe I should uninstall version 4 first?


This post was edited on 03-27-2011 at 01:47 PM by Rich_Weiss.
03-26-2011 04:16 PM
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RE: Silent Install Ver 5
Hm,

I'm not sure if the /Silent requires an uninstallation of version 4, however I suggest you do try, as the default installation folder has indeed changed from v4 to v5 (C:\Program Files (x86)\Yuna Software\Messenger Plus!)

Beyond that, unless I'm forgetting something the command should work :s.
03-26-2011 05:21 PM
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RE: Silent Install Ver 5
/Silent should indeed work (I just tested this) with the normal offline installers.
Though, it will not work with the current webinstaller.

However, note that it isn't completely silent anymore since a webpage will be opened at the end of the install to thank the user for installing (I suspect this is the wrapper's fault - more on that below).

Plus!4 being installed or not shouldn't matter.

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Another parameter you should be able to use is /Destination=directory.

And then there is /? or /Help or -help.
However, this parameter apparently doesn't work anymore*.

* That is, it still works but only on the actual setup file itself. It does not work on the wrapper of the setup file. And it is this wrapper which is actually downloaded from the official download page as being the so called 'setup'. But thus in fact, the real setup is wrapped within it. Hence there is a problem/bug in the wrapper as it doesn't pass on the command line parameters to the actual setup. At least not the /help parameter; The other parameters are being passed on.

Note: Plus!4 didn't had an extra wrapper around its setup like Plus!5 has.

Note: You can find the setup file in a subdir in your temporary files folder when you start the Plus! installer.

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** The webinstaller has some other command line parameters as well, but those are only used internally though.

This post was edited on 03-26-2013 at 09:58 AM by CookieRevised.
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03-26-2011 08:58 PM
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O.P. RE: Silent Install Ver 5
I didn't realize that there is a web installer and a normal installer.   However the only download that I can find for version 5 is for the Setup-MsgPlus-501.exe which is only 419 KB and obviously the web installer. 

http://www.msgplus.net/DownloadMsgPlus.aspx

Where do I find the normal installer? 

This post was edited on 03-27-2011 at 03:02 AM by Rich_Weiss.
03-27-2011 03:01 AM
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RE: Silent Install Ver 5
http://mirror10.msgpluslive.net/20110308/Conduit/Setup-MsgPlus-501.exe

That's the download link for the full setup with the optional "Conduit" sponsor.
03-27-2011 03:18 AM
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O.P. RE: Silent Install Ver 5
Hurray - The /Silent switch is working again.  Thanks everyone, especially CookieRevised for the information regarding the differences between the web installer and the normal installer, and Articwolfx for the download link for the normal installer.  Perhaps in the future the link for the normal installer could be located were it will be easier to find?
03-27-2011 03:49 AM
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