Installing A Dot Net Application silently

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Hi,

I have a program which is in winform, I want that, that program will install automatically without clicking on that file (just placed that exe file in pen drive, where that pen drive connected to the computer that exe file run there)

In simple sense install a program silently

Plz provide snippet if possible

Thanks in advance very much

Posted 9-Apr-14 8:57am

binadi007

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Apr-14 15:36pm

First of all, think at this: do you need installation at all? What should it do, except copying some executable somewhere?
—SA

joshrduncan2012 9-Apr-14 16:48pm

I agree with SA. This sounds just like copying a file to a new location.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Apr-14 11:42am

The OP purpose was different. Please see discussion below and my answer.
—SA

binadi007 10-Apr-14 7:56am

@SA thing is, is it possible to make an exe, which is itself run without clicking on it

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Apr-14 8:46am

"Clicking" is not how applications are run. :-)
You still did not answer my question.
—SA

binadi007 10-Apr-14 10:38am

I have an application which is in winforms, which after developing want to export in another computer with the help of pen drive. There are now 2 case arises :-
1) I copy my exe file into pen drive and then copy that exe file from pen drive to another computer
2) I make a setup for that application and copy that setup to the pen drive and then transfer from pen drive to another computer and then install that application there.

But Now my question is I want that, that application which i made in winforms copy to pen drive (exe or setup file) and run to the other computer without copy that application from pen drive to that computer (manually).
Just whenever I attached my pen drive to any computer, that computer will automatically install(if that is setup) or copy(if that is exe file)

[no name] 9-Apr-14 16:33pm

What possible reason would you have for doing this? Would you want someone to just be able to install programs on your computer without your knowledge or consent?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Apr-14 11:41am

Wes,

As further discussion shows, you were right. Exactly, without of consent. In my answer, I tried to explain that this purpose cannot be legitimate and suggest valid purposes of different variants of deployment.
Please see Solution 1.

—SA

binadi007 10-Apr-14 2:49am

Simply I just want to install a program without any click on installation file.

For example when I put exe file to my pen drive or hard disk, it automatically install into the computer

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Apr-14 11:25am

You did not answer my question. You also never told us how do you want it to be installed, on which event, when. If this even is the insertion of the pen drive, this would be a crime against your user: action without user consent.
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-04-10T05:39:00

binadi007 wrote:
Simply I just want to install a program without any click on installation file. For example when I put exe file to my pen drive or hard disk, it automatically install into the computer.

There are no situations where it could be considered as a legitimate action. You are going to do something without a user's consent. If I was a user, I 1) would consider it as a crime against me, even if it was an official company policy or something like that, 2) I would take some measures to not allow that happen anyway. Even though it is technically possible and even pretty simple, I don't think we should help to implement non-legitimate or questionable action.

So, what to do instead? Usually, such products have so called "portable version"; and, in some cases, this is the only version. In present-day jargon, it simply means that the user executes your application directly from your thumb drive. The user can also copy the product to any directory of the user's choice; and the application should be able to run without hassles. In fact, this is the best way to package software products, especially if they are simple enough. And, optionally, an "installable version" could be provided. But it makes sense only if installation gives the user some additional benefits over the "portable version". For example, installable version can setup integration with some already installed products (which is, by definition, cannot be portable), collect some user preferences during installation, and, most importantly, provide a correct uninstallation. If you don't provide such benefits, "installable version" makes no sense.

Now, a word about silent installations. They are usually used to automate installation on many computers and make little to no sense otherwise. In this case, all installation preferences are presented in a pre-created data set which complements the "manual" installation. The purpose of it it to perform considerable volume of work in batch mode, to avoid boring, non-productive, and repeated manual work. Not for doing anything in a subliminal manner, as a diversion against the user. :-)

—SA