Silent Installation of Winsteps and Ministep from the Command Line

1. Download WinstepsPasswordInstall(version number).exe

or MinistepInstall.exe

 

Example: WinstepsPasswordInstall371.exe

 

2. Obtain your installation password.

 

3. Installing in folder c:\Winsteps

 

In the folder which contains WinstepsPasswordInstall(version number).exe

At a DOS prompt or in a batch file, type in:

WinstepsPasswordInstall(version number).exe /serial:"Installation Password"

Example: WinstepsPasswordInstall371.exe /serial:"abcd1234"

 

Press enter at the DOS prompt, or save and launch the batch file.

Winsteps or Ministep should install

 

or 3. Installing in a different folder:

 

Silent Install of Winsteps

 

1. Download WinstepsPasswordInstallxxx.exe to your work folder

2. In your work folder, create text file: setupvars.ini

3. The contents of setupvars.ini are:
[SetupValues]
%AppFolder%=C:\Winsteps   (or your target folder)
%AppShortcutFolderName%=Winsteps

4.

5. In your work folder, create text file: install.bat

 

6. The contents of install.bat are:
WinstepsPasswordInstallxxx.exe "/S:c:\(work folder path)\setupvars.ini" /serial:"123456789" ← your installation password goes here

 

Example:

My installation password is: my$password

WinstepsPasswordInstall3902.exe "/S:c:\myworkfolder\setupvars.ini" /serial:"my$password" 

If the password contains %, then it becomes %%

 

7. To install Winsteps silently, double-click on install.bat in the Explorer view of your work folder.

8. View c:\Winsteps (or your target folder) to verify that Winsteps.exe has installed correctly

9. Back up these files in your work folder, then delete them: WinstepsPasswordInstallxxx.exe, setupvars.ini, install.bat

 

Silent Install of Ministep

 

1. Download Ministep.exe to your work folder

2. In your work folder, create text file: setupvars.ini

3. The contents of setupvars.ini are:
[SetupValues]
%AppFolder%=C:\Winsteps (or your target folder)
%AppShortcutFolderName%=Winsteps

4. In your work folder, create text file: install.bat

5. The contents of install.bat are:
MinistepInstall.exe "/S:c:\(full path name)\setupvars.ini"

6. To install Ministep silently, double-click on install.bat in the Explorer view of your work folder.

7. View c:\Winsteps (or your target folder) to verify that Ministep.exe has installed correctly

8. Back up these files in your work folder, then delete them: Ministep.exe, setupvars.ini, install.bat