Silent installation

Hello,

There are a couple of options that might help you.

"Show main window on application start" will, if disabled, prevent the main application window from showing when the client starts.

"Minimize main window to notification area" will, if enabled, make the main application window minimize to the system tray (that is, it will not appear in the taskbar when minimized).

It should be possible to update these settings via a script. Assuming the application was installed using the .msi and you have administrative access, you can run:

wayk-now config --global ShowMainWindowOnLaunch false
wayk-now config --global MinimizeToNotificationArea true

Let me know if that helps, or if you have other questions or problems.

Thanks,

I am looking for the ability the do an install silently, like other apps that have the /s flag.

Your suggestions would be good for the startup portion but I am trying to push it to remove computers first, without user intervention (like the UAC prompt).

Hello

I did a quick test, and I'm able to install Wayk Now silently by calling the .msi via msiexec. For example:

msiexec /i WaykNow-x64-3.1.1.0.msi /QN

(the /i switch installs the product, /Q specifies "quiet mode", and /N for no user interface)

Since the installer deploys a Windows service, it will need the necessary rights to do that. If you run the above command without elevated privileges, there will be no prompt, but the software will not be installed. Are you able to run the install command as an administrator? Are you using PDQ Deploy or something else?

Thanks,

I will be using PDQ Deploy. I will give it a try with a single workstation. THANK YOU!!!!

Hello

I'm not familiar with PDQ Deploy; from some reading it appears it should work as long as the machine's local administrator account is not disabled.

Thank you, and please let us know if you have further questions or problems :)

It did not work. I only have the exe version. Although I created an msi wrapper around it, it did not work. I will just place it in their c:\temp folders (remote admin share) and have them execute it as a standalone app and not an installation. Work for me. Thanks.

Hello
As an alternative you can use PowerShell with PDQ Deploy and send the script:
$wkpath = "C:\temp\WaykNow-x64-3.1.1.0.msi"

Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/I $wkpath /quiet /norestart" -Wait


To install Wayk Now in quiet mode.

Powerful script, can also be created with "wayknow config" command to automatically configure the application.

Best regards,

Thanks. That should do the trick. Much obliged.