Desktop Communicator silent install or upgrade

[kcarpenter]

For as long as I have been at TPS we have always claimed we do not support unattended/silent installs. This is still the case but I have had some success in getting this to work. I have tested both new installs and upgrades from 2.0 to 3.0 Desktop Communicator. This is ONLY for Desktop, and is UNSUPPORTED.

Execute wcdsetup.exe –r on any PC and complete the install. This will create a setup.iss file in your WINDOWS or WINNT (dependent on OS) directory.

Create a script that executes with the parameters wcdsetup.exe /S /f1setup.iss

Examples:
c:\wcdsetup.exe /S /f1c:\setup.iss

\\network\wcdsetup.exe /S /f1\\network\setup.iss


Here are the contents of an example setup.iss file:

[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-DlgOrder]
Dlg0={25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdWelcome-0
Count=6
Dlg1={25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdLicense-0
Dlg2={25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdAskDestPath-0
Dlg3={25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SetupType-0
Dlg4={25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdStartCopy-0
Dlg5={25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdFinish-0
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SprintfBox-0]
Result=6
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdSetupCompleteError-12060]
Result=1
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdWelcome-0]
Result=1
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdLicense-0]
Result=1
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdAskDestPath-0]
szDir=C:\Program Files\Twisted Pair Solutions\WAVE\DesktopCommunicator\
Result=1
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SetupType-0]
Result=301
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdStartCopy-0]
Result=1
[{25A8C7FD-C8F5-4EE7-90D1-4373137866DC}-SdFinish-0]
Result=1
bOpt1=0
bOpt2=0