PuTTy Session Manager
I have a PuTTY Session Manager 0.41.166
Was looking for silent commands, /SILENT or /VERYSILENT do not work,
There is also no help......
I figured /S will do silent installation but having hard time figuring out silent uninstall.
i can see "C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY Session Manager\uninst.exe" in the registry, but can figure out how to suppress UI?
Thanks for the help.
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dunnpy
8 years ago
The page I found for PuTTy Session Manager states that the installer was written with the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS).
The installer can be configured to allow for a fully silent uninstallation, but it is up to the author of the installer to configure this in NSIS - which they don't appear to have done in this case.
See here for more information.
Your best bet is to repackage as an MSI, so you have a fully functioning uninstallation.
Your second best bet is to write a script (with error trapping) that undoes everything the installer did.
IIRC NSIS can show a window of what the install script has done (files/registry/shortcuts etc.) so that may be a good starting point.
You could verify this wih your favourite light-weight snapshot tool (InstallRite/InstallWatch/PictureTaker et al) to report on the changes to the system durning the installation of PuTTy Session Manager.
After you have your uninstall method - test, test and test again!
Hope that helps,
Dunnpy
The installer can be configured to allow for a fully silent uninstallation, but it is up to the author of the installer to configure this in NSIS - which they don't appear to have done in this case.
See here for more information.
Your best bet is to repackage as an MSI, so you have a fully functioning uninstallation.
Your second best bet is to write a script (with error trapping) that undoes everything the installer did.
IIRC NSIS can show a window of what the install script has done (files/registry/shortcuts etc.) so that may be a good starting point.
You could verify this wih your favourite light-weight snapshot tool (InstallRite/InstallWatch/PictureTaker et al) to report on the changes to the system durning the installation of PuTTy Session Manager.
After you have your uninstall method - test, test and test again!
Hope that helps,
Dunnpy
