#155 Non GUI installation

[Biju G. C.]

7z30804b.exe -y /Q

still uses GUI to show a progress bar
so unable to install 7-Zip in pure console mode

[Igor Pavlov]

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Why do you need it?

[Biju G. C.]

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I want to update 7-zip on a PC which is accross the world
and there internet access is thru dial up. So doing
installation thru netmeeting is horrible. So I do SSH to
access the remote PC.
For me most preferred way of installation is just unzip. And
updating registry using script.

[Igor Pavlov]

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Yes, you can just copy files from installed 7-zip folder.

Also in some cases you must write one registry item
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\7-Zip]
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip"
or
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\7-Zip]
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip"

7z.exe uses that item to find 7-Zip folder, if you transfered
7z.exe to other folder.

[Biju G. C.]

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Thanks,
it works cool, I tested it by moving "7-Zip installed dir"
to another name. Works even without setting anthing in
registry !!!

MozillaFirebird sends new install in *.zip format
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firebird/nightly/latest-trunk/MozillaFirebird-win32.zip
(
And I host a *.7z version too
http://downloads.mozdev.org/quicktools/fbnightly/milestones/0.6.1/MozillaFirebird.7z
)

Similarly can we have *.zip and/or *.7z downloads for 7-Zip

*.zip format for first time download
*.7z format for next time onwards

As the open source is all about freedom, this gives end user
more freedom to decide how/where he want to put it in his system

[Igor Pavlov]

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I've working without registry. 7-Zip File Manager required
registry item. So I've fixed it.

[Biju G. C.]

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I love see programs that runs without using registry.
(a big registry is the main culprit slowing my machine)
But I accept u many not be completely avoid registry at run
time
because u have to associate 7-Zip it with all file name
extensions.
And also for system menu.

[Biju G. C.]

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The only issue till now I faced, 7-Zip not able to access
help files, if path is not set in registry.

Why not use windows API GetModuleFileName to get install
path rather than registry

char filename[300];
long filenamelen;
filenamelen = 299;

GetModuleFileName( 0, fname, filenamelen);

Its signature is

WINAPI DWORD GetModuleFileName(
HMODULE hModule,
LPWSTR lpFilename,
DWORD nSize)

[Igor Pavlov]

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I've fixed it. Next version will work without registry
initialization.