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Becarefull, the INSTALLCMD property isn't enough (at least for Version 17.5 MSI packages from the winzip website) You need to customise the UI5_INSTALLCMD as well otherwise you get the file as… Read More
msiexec.exe /i installer.msi /qn ADDDESKTOPICON=1 ADDSTARTMENU=1 INSTALLCMD="/noc4u /notip /autoinstall" This will install WinZip silently on a network. It will add an icon to the start menu … Read More
Silent uninstall of 16.0.9661: start /wait MsiExec.exe /X{CD95F661-A5C4-44F5-A6AA-ECDD91C240C6} SHOW_WEBPAGE=0 REBOOT="ReallySuppress" /qn /Liv %TEMP%\Uninstall_WinZip.log Silent uninstall of… Read More
There is a bug in the WinZip installer present from at least version 15 up to and including 16.0.9691 that can prevent a silent uninstallation due to Windows Installer crashing. This was fixed… Read More
I have created an .mst file and you can deploy it as follows to ensure that none of the extra features are installed: start /w msiexec /i winzip16-32.msi TRANSFORMS=winzip.mst INSTALLCMD="/noq… Read More
Uninstall previous 14.5 silently (including supression of the web page launch): MsiExec.exe /X{CD95F661-A5C4-44F5-A6AA-ECDD91C240BD}SHOW_WEBPAGE=0 REBOOT="ReallySuppress" /qn /Liv %TEMP%\Unins… Read More
If you're wondering why the /noaod switch isn't working, then upgrade to 15.0.9411: - The "/noaod" switch, an MSI file customization option used with the INSTALLCMD property, is working again.… Read More
To install automatically via a Group Policy in AD, Save Winzip.msi and wzmul reg file in INSTALL location - \\SERVER\SHARE\APP I used Orca to open the winzip.msi file then i created a new tr… Read More
For uninstalling silently, use the following: msiexec /x{CD95F661-A5C4-44F5-A6AA-ECDD91C240BD} /qn To further add on to this, if you want to surpress the website launch afterwards: msiexec /… Read More
to register your license automaticaly, remove the demo winzip.wzmul in your mst, and remplace buy yours in all users\application data\winzip using a transform and then changed the value of the … Read More
I wanted to deploy WINZIP14.5 using Zenworks 7. I was happy with desktop/startmenu shortcut. I created a transform to deliver our corporate license file into the application. I created an obj… Read More
Another property worth changing is RUNWINZIP which is set to 1 by default but by setting it to 0, you can prevent Winzip from opening up upon completion of the installation. Read More
Since the instructions for network licensing using a winzip.wzmul file on the Winzip website didn't work for me, I instead put the license file in the all users\application data\winzip using a … Read More
We were able to create a Silent install of WinZip 14 by doing this: Create a .MST for your winzip140.msi. then, edit your .MST as follows: Modify the INSTALLCMD property to equal this: /no… Read More
Another property worth changing for silent installations is RUNWINZIP, which by default is set to 1 and means the application pops up post-install. By setting ths to 0 you can prevent this behaviour. Read More
I was having a problem within LANDesk creating a policy that would uninstall and then reinstall the product. What I finally found to work was the following for uninstallation of the product: %… Read More
Here is a basic .adm file I created to stop Automatic Updates. CLASS USER CATEGORY !!Header CATEGORY "WinZip 12" CATEGORY "Configuration" CATEGORY "Miscellaneous" C… Read More
Information from http://www.winzip.com/xsiteins.htm: How do I customize the silent installation of WinZip? Here are some switches you can use with /autoinstall: prevent WinZip from including… Read More
There is an MSI for v11.1 which is a real mess and to be avoided at all costs. There is a whole raft of standard actions which have been conditioned with 'If NOT Installed', including some unin… Read More
It appears that when we turn off AutoUpdates through the user interface, the following key gets set: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nico Mak Computing\WinZip\UpdateCheck\AutoMode = 0 I also notic… Read More
Using a blank .mst template, Below mentioned are the changes made... 1) Edit the INSTALLCMD property to be: "/noqp /notip /noc4u /nopredefinedjobs /autoinstall" Wherein .... /noqp = no qui… Read More
I have a single user licensed WinZip 11.1, I was following the comments / steps listed above, and was unable to find "WinZip.wzmul" file under "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application D… Read More
There is an issue with Winzip 11.2 and ADDMENUGROUP property in their MSI. If you change/customize the value of this property from 1 which is default to 0 within MSI itself or through creating… Read More
There is another MSI property called SHOW_WEBPAGE. This property is for the uninstall. if the SHOW_WEBPAGE property in the MSI file is non-zero, the uninstall will query the "Why Did I Uninstal… Read More
