Installshield Silent Install Log

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I've been given a silent install from a 3rd party (made with Installshield) I need to include as part of the project I am working on at the moment.

I've got it all working right up until I burn it to a DVD and attempt the install.

Installshield in silent install mode writes a log file to the same directory as setup.exe. Being on a DVD this is a read only folder.

I see I can change the default location of the log file using a command line switch, but is there a way to make it not create one at all?

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3 Answers

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I struck the same problem. I tried:

Setup.exe /s /f2null

And I couldn't find a log file anywhere afterwards...

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For each setup.exe that build by installsheild, you can use f2"logpath" parameter to specify the log file in your own script.

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If 3rd party "setup.exe" creates a log automatically - the easiest solution it redirect this log to %temp% directory.