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TechNotes/Automated installation of ArchiCAD on Windows

ArchiCAD Installer lets you record the whole custom Installation procedure and then repeat at any time the recorded installation steps as many times as you need. This option makes the installation procedure easier in offices where a unified ArchiCAD environment is a must on all machines.

To prepare and perform automated installations, follow the steps below (You have to be logged in as a member of the Administrators Group, even when using the automated installation of ArchiCAD 8.1.):

1. Start the Run... command on the Start menu and browse for the SETUP.EXE installer application in the ArchiCAD folder. Please note that usually there are two setup.exe files on an ArchiCAD installation CD. One is in the root directory of the CD and it starts the application that displays for you choices of installation of ArchiCAD and other package components from the CD. This is not what you need. You need the actual installation file located within the ArchiCAD folder.

2. Type the /r parameter in the command line of the Run dialog. It will display the following path: "E:\ArchiCAD\SETUP.EXE" /r where E: stands for the CD-ROM drive.
   Notes: If the path contains spaces, you will need to put the whole path between quotation marks, otherwise the operating system will give an error message. In case you do not have spaces in your path, you can leave out the quotation marks. For example:
   E:\ArchiCAD\Install\SETUP.EXE /r is correct as there are no spaces in the path.
   You may use the format "-r" instead of "/r". The following text also works:
   "E:\ArchiCAD\SETUP.EXE" -r

3. Click the OK button to start the installation procedure.
4. Install ArchiCAD by choosing the Custom option and selecting the components you wish to install on all computers in the office. All the steps of the installation procedure will be recorded into a log file called setup.iss in the system folder (Windows, WINNT, etc.) of the currently running operating system. E.g. if you system folder is located at C:\Windows, you will find this file after installation at "C:\Windows\setup.iss". This file can be used to control all subsequent installations in the office.
5. Copy the 'ArchiCAD' folder of the ArchiCAD CD-ROM onto a server in the network and then copy the newly created setup.iss file in this folder. Automated ArchiCAD installations can now be performed through the network.

6. From the user's machine, start the SETUP.EXE installer via the network from the folder that contains the setup.iss file. Again, you have to select the Run... command on the Start menu, browse for the SETUP.EXE application in the network and add the /s parameter to the command line that may look like this:
   "\\Compserver\ArchiCAD\Setup.exe" /s
   Rules apply to this command line option. So
   "\\Compserver\ArchiCAD\Setup.exe" /s
   is also correct, and you won't need the quotation marks if you don't have spaces in your path.

7. When you click OK, the automated installation is executed in the background on the user's machine. The installation pattern is the same as the one you defined when the setup.iss file was created, including the PlotMaker personalization data.

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