The tutorial explain PDF Creator Silent Install. We will explain both methods for exe and msi file. At the same time the script will update settings. Excluding Internet Explorer Toolbar and Excluding Application Updater. Tested with PDF Creator version 2.4.1 and working perfectly.
In fact PDF Creator mostly used to convert documents on PDF, JPG and PNG format. Merge multiple documents to one file. Compress and resize images to reduce the file size
PDF Creator Silent install.
- PDF Creator exe version:
- Download exe.
- Create command line.
- Create pdfcreator.inf
- Command explain
- Execute script.
- PDF Creator msi version:
- Download msi.
- Create command line.
- Execute script.
PDF Creator exe version installing silently.
The process will:
- Exclude Internet Explorer Toolbar
- Disable Application Updater
- Exclude Desktop shortcut
Download exe file.
PDF Creator Silent install
To download exe file you can go directly to application webpage : http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/download
First make sure that you downloaded lasts version.
Then copy the exe to a folder on your computer. The folder name be like “PDF Creator silent install”
Create cmd file for silent install.
Copy the following commands and then save like “Install.cmd”.
@ECHO PDF Creator Install Silently
start /wait PDFCreator-2_4_1-Setup.exe /ForceInstall /VERYSILENT /LANG=English /COMPONENTS="program,ghostscript" /NORESTART
@ECHO Done
Note: Also change the “PDFCreator-2_4_1-Setup.exe” with your PDF Creator name downloaded.
Creating pdfcreator.inf.
Create a text file called pdfcreator.inf and then copy in the following information:
[Setup]
Lang=english
NoIcons=1
SetupType=custom
Components=program,ghostscript,languages,languagesenglish
Tasks=
Printername=PDFCreator
ServerInstallation=0
Win9xPrinterdriver=0
WinNtPrinterdriver=0
Win2k32bitPrinterdriver=0
Win2k64bitPrinterdriver=0
Toolbar=0
DontUseYahooSearch=0
Save to “PDF Creator” folder created previously.
Execute command.
Run as Administrator the Install.cmd script and then the PDF Creator exe version will be installed silently.
Command explain.
/ForceInstall Forces PDFCreator to install even if a previous installation has been found.
/VERYSILENT – Instructs Setup to be silent or very silent.
/LANG=English – Specifies the language to use. language specifies the internal name of the language.
When a valid /LANG parameter is used, the Select Language dialog will be suppressed.
/COMPONENTS=”program,ghostscript” – Overrides the default components settings. In fact using this command line parameter causes Setup to automatically select a custom type.
/NORESTART – When combined with /SILENT or /VERYSILENT, instructs Setup not to reboot even if it’s necessary.
/LOADINF – Instructs Setup to load the settings from the specified file after having checked the command line.
PDF Creator silent install msi.
In fact PDF Creator do not supply any msi version of application. We will update this section when will be found any msi version.
