The contents of CD1 had been copied to a network location accessible via a UNC path from the target machine. Even using the start /wait command which would usually resolve this did not work.Ī bit of experimenting ,Googling, and referring further to the MS KnowledgeBase later I finished with the following script. When it came to scripting it I found the executable exits immediately- this means that the script would continue to the next entry without waiting for the executable to finish. However the smsinst.exe installer in these instructions did exactly what I wanted anyway, when run manually. Unfortunately the version of Visual Basic (rather than Studio) I was installing did not have the Acost.exe application in the instructions. Given the age of the application I thought this would be quite straightforward and well documented, but there were a number of hurdles to clear on the way so here is my solution.įirst point of call was the Microsoft KnowledgeBase Article KB195828 titled HOW TO: Silently Install Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition. I recently had a need to install Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition on a number of machines using a batch file script and a silent -unattended - installation process.
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