Visual C++ prerequisites - to be installed silently

[sasha]

Hello!

I have recently added installation of the VC++ redistributables to our installer. I have specified the /q /norestart to all 3 types if installation (on the 'Installation' page).
I expected that the installation would always be silent. Alas, when running with the full UI, there is the prompt to install VC++ redistributables.

If the main installer (.exe bootstrap) is launched with /q or /qb, then there is no VC++ UI displayed.

Is my expectation wrong? If not, is there a way to achieve this behavior?

Thanks!

[Liviu]

Hello,

To facilitate a more in-depth investigation of this issue, could you kindly email the .AIP (setup project) file to support at advancedinstaller dot com?

Best regards,
Liviu

[sasha]

Dear Liviu,

unfortunately, I can't supply the .aip file. I'll see if I can come up with a reduced/new .aip.

[Catalin]

Hello Sasha,

By "prompt to install VC++", do you mean the UAC?

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If so, that can be avoided by enabling the "Run as administrator" option from the "Install Parameters" page.

Basically, although you are asked to elevate the setup, the prerequisite does not inherit that and therefore will also ask for the UAC. If we elevate the process from the start, then the prerequisite will inherit the admin rights and will no longer spawn the UAC.

When running silently, from the command line, you do so via an elevated command line/powershell console, which does the same as the option I mentioned - this is why no prompt appears then.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin

[sasha]

Dear Catalin,

thanks for the reply and sorry about a delayed response.

I didn't mean the UAC, but rather the installer dialog changing into the one showing the VC++ redistributable with the checkmark prompting to install it.

Fortunately, as I started working on creating a reproducible .aip, I noticed that the sample I was creating didn't suffer from the issue. So I started comparing the two projects side by side and noticed that in the sample, the VC++ RTL was nested under the main feature (in the prerequisites view) and in the non-working instance it was a peer of the main feature.

Moving it under the main feature and then marking it 'not displayed' in the General page of the Organization view produced the desired behavior - no separate UI for the VC RTL.

Thanks for your help,
.a

[Liviu]

Hello Sasha,

Thank you for your followup on this.

We're glad to hear that you were able to resolve this.

Best regards,
Liviu