Stealth Installations

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For various reasons you may wish to use hide Thinstall's Installation Dialog Window, but still have it perform the operations of Installation.

To have the Installer run with no user Input or Display, select all "Automatic" options:

·	Use default Install Path - Automatically

·	Create Desktop shortcut - Yes, Automatically or No

·	Create Other shortcuts - Yes, Automatically or No

·	Run After Install - Yes, Automatically or Silent finish with no run

·	Progress Display - Invisible unless an error occurs or Invisible, Abort on Error

Passing in an External Installation path


It is possible to pass in the Installation Path before invoking the Installer from another program by using Environment Variable Macro Expansion. For example, an external program can set the Environment Variable :

MY_INSTALL_PATH = c:\install_here

before invoking the Installer. In the installer, set the Default Install Path to:

$MY_INSTALL_PATH$