Gvim

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The ​official gVim installer is an NSIS installer, but does not support silent installation. There are two options: automating the official installer's button clicking, and using a third-party installer.

Third Party Silent Installation

The ​Cream project provides NSIS-packaged installers for both ​gVim (download) and their ​Cream (download) configurations, both of which support the standard NSIS "/S" installation switch. (It's always worth noting that "/S" must be a capital "S".)

Cream also supports an optional "/CONTEXTMENU 1" switch that installs a context menu option to edit files in Cream. This does not currently (as of v7.2.441) work with the gVim installer, though it's worth checking, as a request has been made.

Until it does, this .REG file should enable the context menus:

gvim.reg

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}]
@="Vim Shell Extension"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\Program Files\\vim\\vim72\\gvimext.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\gvim]
@="{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]
"{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}"="Vim Shell Extension"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Vim\Gvim]
"path"="C:\\Program Files\\vim\\vim72\\gvim.exe"

gvim.bat

:: OPTIONAL: Install gVim 7.2
:: HOME: http://www.vim.org/
:: URL|ALL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/7.2.441/gvim-7-2-441.exe/download|packages/gvim/gvim-7-2-441.exe

:: Cream's installer is at least silent, but it doesn't install the
:: context menu items.  This registry file will enable them.
todo.pl "regedit /s %Z%\scripts\gvim.reg"

:: Silent install of gVim from Cream
todo.pl "%Z%\packages\gvim\gvim-7-2-441.exe /S"

Official gVim installer

gvim.bat

:: OPTIONAL: Install gvim 6.3
:: URL|ALL|ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim63.exe|packages/gvim/gvim63.exe
todo.pl "start /wait autoit3 %Z%\packages\gvim\gvim.au3"

Since the stupid vim installer is not done properly, this AutoIt? script is needed...

gvim.aut

Run("Z:\packages\gvim\gvim63.exe /S /D%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program/ Files\gvim")

WinWaitActive("Vim 6.3 Setup")
Send("y")

WinWaitActive("C:\Program Files\Vim\vim63\install.exe")
Send("{ENTER}")

WinWaitActive("Vim 6.3 Setup")
Send("n")