Silent installs... (Joly Phonics version 3)

[Little-Miss]

Easy one for you guys.

 

I'm trying to install Jolly Phonics. Did it my usual way but of course it failed because it wants the serial number. So i apparently need this script

 

msiexec /i \\CURRICSVR1\PACKAGES\JOLLY PHONICS VERSION 3\install.msi /qn PIDKEY= xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx APPDIR= C:/program files

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I've never had much luck with these things, so, first questions...is that script correct?

 

Second question where do i put it? Do i add it into GP Start up Scripts or does it go somewhere else?

Edited September 8, 2011 by Little-Miss

[Little-Miss]

guessing i need " did have them but took them out to test...lol

[ricki]

HI is this what you are looking for AppDeploy > Package Knowledgebase > Jolly Phonics Whiteboard - UK Precursive

 

Richard

[Little-Miss]

Yes it is...unfortuantely... :/

[Little-Miss]

What a fuss that looks!!

 

Anyone got a better way of doing it?

[SHimmer45]

for the LIC file could you not copy this to the "all users\app data" / default user\app data.

so when the app looks for the LIC it is already there?

[pooley]

I just put the script into a batch file and put the batch on a share and told the staff to double click it. Lazy yes!! Do I care - no

[julianadler]

I found that editing the intall.msi with ORCA and adding a row for PIDKEY in the Properties table pre-populated the key into the required fields and allowed the install to proceed silently without any problem.

 

I used a Group Policy to populate the users AppData folder with the licenceData.jlp file needed for the program to operate without installing as each user. This puts the file in c:\users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Jolly Learning\licenseData.jlp

Edited January 29, 2014 by julianadler

[r0cketbev]

I installed it onto a share on one of my servers and copied the shortcuts to whoever need it.