How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

rootstat — Wed, 10 May 2006 14:33:27 GMT

Launch Visual Studio 2005 in unattended INI creation mode by running <Visual Studio source location>\setup\setup.exe /createunattend <path to INI file to create>

Am stucked on this path.. kindly help me out..
"c:\\Microsoft\NET\Setup /createunattend c:\"

this what i have mentioned in run command. Please correct me if am wrong

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

nvidia — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:50:35 GMT

"c:\\Microsoft\NET\Setup /createunattend c:\test.ini"

setup runs but doest create any ini file under c:\

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

astebner — Wed, 10 May 2006 19:22:52 GMT

Hi Rootstat and nVidia - You have to provide a file name and not just a drive letter for the unattend file. You also need to make sure you run the setup.exe in the Setup subdirectory and not hte one at the root of the Visual Studio installation directory. The command line should look like the following:

c:\Microsoft\NET\Setup\Setup.exe /createunattend c:\test.ini

Can you try that out and see if it works for you?

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

nvidia — Thu, 11 May 2006 09:17:57 GMT

Hi Astebner,
Am able to creae the test.ini as well able to run on network client machine. now the problem is it reboots in between. and if i run the command again same happens again.

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

nvidia — Thu, 11 May 2006 09:22:19 GMT

Can you guide me how to stop the auto reboot it happens 2 to 3 times during installtion. I dont mind once after it completely installs.

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

nvidia — Thu, 11 May 2006 09:55:27 GMT

Astebner Now the only thing is i am able to install on to network client machine. But it reboots in between i want to continue the full installation without reboot in between. it dont mind auto reboot at the end of full setup.
please let me know the solution for it.. thanks in advance.

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

astebner — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:14:02 GMT

Hi nVidia - I have posted an article at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/03/17/554248.aspx that describes how to manage reboots during unattended installs of Visual Studio 2005. Hopefully this will help you here.

Also, I have posted several other items related to unattended installs at http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/574618.aspx that may be useful to you as well.

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

Damien — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:35:39 GMT

Hey, have you had it come up asking to insert the DVD?
I'm trying to run it from an unattended xp install I'm making but it's being a little irritating in getting to run properly.
Any help you can give would be much appriciated.

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

astebner — Thu, 18 May 2006 19:36:04 GMT

Hi Damien - I'm not sure I understand your scenario. Are you trying to preinstall Visual Studio as part of Windows XP setup? Can you list the exact command lines that you are using to try to install it and also how you are launching setup during XP setup? Finally, are you copying the Visual Studio installation files to the local hard drive, installing from the network or installing from a DVD?

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

Damien — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:51:21 GMT

Hi,sorry I should have described in more detail.
I am using a post windows install program that adds the commands to runoncex when you first login after installing windows.
Since this didn't work the first time I've been fiddling running commands and got as far as installing all the prequisites silently, and then running d:\WPI\Install\studio\vs\setup\setup.exe /unattendfile c:\unattended.ini /PromptForCD.
This installs sql server 2005 express, not sure how much further, but then I get a window asking for me to insert the Visual Studio 2005 DVD.

All the files are stored on the dvd (copying across that much data didn't really appeal).

I hope you'll be able to point me in the right direction.
Thanks.

re: How to perform an unattended install of Visual Studio 2005 from a DVD-ROM drive

astebner — Tue, 23 May 2006 08:47:42 GMT

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