Stykz - anybody done a network install

[mats]

I've been asked to install Stykz on 20ish machines and the Stykz website has only an exe installer (in a zip). There is no mention of a silent install or an msi - and I'd rather not manually install it.

 

Suggestions anybody??

 

Ta,

 

Mat

[Kitkatninja]

I haven't used it before, but does the program need to be installed? Or can it run from a network share (via a short-cut)?

 

If the answer is no, it can't. And if the machines are all XP, have you tried packaging up the program with Wininstall LE, then deploy it via a GPO in AD? To be honest, I don't know if WinInstall LE works on Windows Vista/7 (so can't advise you if you use them).

 

Sorry couldn't be more help.

 

-Ken

[plexer]

Try an extractor such as uniextract on the exe.

 

Ben

[mats]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try the network / shortcut method first, then probably a psexec / robocopy mashup. Will post what works..

[plexer]

Alternatively you could cameyo it.

 

Ben

[Arthur]

To silently install the EXE, here are the commands to use.

 

Install

"Install Stykz 1.0.2.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-

 

Uninstall

"%ProgramFiles%\Stykz\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART

 

Unfortunately whoever created the installer in InnoSetup thought it would be a good idea to dump a folder full of files on the desktop ( ) so I decided to create an MSI which doesn't do this. You can download it from here.

[mats]

Well, that was easy - thanks to Arthur's msi. I used the optional animations from the original install so people would have a start point but the msi installed on network machines very smooothly.

 

Thanks again.

 

Mat

[snagrat]

To silently install the EXE, here are the commands to use.

 

Install

"Install Stykz 1.0.2.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-

 

Uninstall

"%ProgramFiles%\Stykz\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART

 

Unfortunately whoever created the installer in InnoSetup thought it would be a good idea to dump a folder full of files on the desktop ( ) so I decided to create an MSI which doesn't do this. You can download it from here.

 

Don't suppose you still have this MSI @Arthur?

[Arthur]

Don't suppose you still have this MSI

I couldn't find the MSI I created in 2011 so I made a new one. Here's the download link: https://goo.gl/MFzQm7

[snagrat]

Thanks

[snagrat]

Sorry tried the link and doesn't seem to do anything?

 

Is it just me who can't download it?

[Arthur]

Sorry tried the link and doesn't seem to do anything?

If you use Chrome the MSI might already be in your Downloads folder since it starts downloading automatically.

 

If not, try this link.

Edited August 30, 2017 by Arthur

[snagrat]

Yes working now. Maybe was blocked at the school.