We got a ticket we quite a few requests to install the latest version of ZBrush 4 R4 on several PC’s.
I went ahead and started looking on Pixologic’s site and on the web. I could not locate any info doing a silent install. I tried extracting the .exe with no luck.
You can also run the installer and then check under the AppData\Local\ to see if it extracted an msi or setup files. I didn’t find anything useful.
I tried running the exe with different switches from the command prompt.
ZBrush_4R4_Installer_WIN.exe /s
ZBrush_4R4_Installer_WIN.exe /q
ZBrush_4R4_Installer_WIN.exe /h
None of the above worked.
I got lucky with –help
ZBrush_4R4_Installer_WIN.exe --help
It brought up a pop up with these commands.
ZBrush 4R4 4R4
Usage:--help Display the list of valid options
--version Display product information
--unattendedmodeui
Unattended Mode UI
Default: none
Allowed: none minimal minimalWithDialogs--optionfile
Installation option file
Default:--debuglevel
Debug information level of verbosity
Default: 2
Allowed: 0 1 2 3 4--mode
Installation mode
Default: win32
Allowed: win32 unattended--debugtrace
Debug filename
Default:--enable-components
Comma-separated list of components
Default: application,documentations,plugins,3dpe,BlendShapes,decimationmaster,imageplane,
multimapexporter,paintstop,subtoolmaster,transposemaster,uvmaster,zapplink,adjustdfzsizeplug
Allowed: documentations plugins 3dpe BlendShapes decimationmaster imageplane multimapexporter
paintstop subtoolmaster transposemaster uvmaster zapplink adjustdfzsizeplug--disable-components
Comma-separated list of components
Default:
Allowed: documentations plugins 3dpe BlendShapes decimationmaster imageplane multimapexporter
paintstop subtoolmaster transposemaster uvmaster zapplink adjustdfzsizeplug--installer-language
Language selection
Default: en
Allowed: en ar bg ca da nl et fr fi de el es es_AR he hr hu it ja ko pl pt_BR pt ro ru no sl sk sq sv tr zh_TW zh_CN va cy cs--prefix
Installation Directory
Default: ***unknown variable default_installdir***
So I tried
ZBrush_4R4_Installer_WIN.exe --mode unattended
from a command prompt and I did get one pop up from “Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup” when i clicked on Ok the installation finished.
I then went into the Altiris Deployment Console for 6.9 to create the software job.
I called the job Zbrush 4R4 then clicked on Add | Distribute Software then clicked on the folder to browse to the location of ZBrush.
Then under Additional command-line switches section I entered
--mode unattended
then clicked on finish.
I ran the job on a few test PC’s and it installed fine and that Microsoft pop up does not come up.
You still have to manually Activate the software.
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It works, thanks a lot !