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SUMMARYThis article describes how to silently install Visual Studio 6.0.
MORE INFORMATIONPre-install Required Operating System ComponentsYou need to already have the following programs installed on your target computer:
Configure Visual Studio for Unattended InstallSince a silent installation proceeds without any user involvement, the setup choices need to be made prior to installation. You do this by modifying the .stf file. Use the ACOST tool provided in the setup directory on CD 1 to do this.
<path to the share>\VS6CD1\SMSINST.EXE /k <your CD-Key> Unattended Install on the Target ComputerThe following installs Visual Studio 6.0 using the default product options.Smsinst.exe takes the CD-Key (see your Visual Studio 6.0 CD packaging) as an argument. For example, if your CD-Key were 460-1234567, then the following is the proper command line to launch Smsinst.exe: Smsinst.exe /k 4601234567 Note that Smsinst.exe might report an access error. This might be a timing issue. If you get this error, retry the exact same command you just executed to start Smsinst.exe. You must restart the target computer after the Visual Studio client install is finished and before proceeding to install any additional clients, MSDN, or server components included with Visual Studio. Pending run-once operations do not sequence, and so you can't just hold off and do one reboot at the end. Under Windows 98, you might receive an error that Acmsetup.exe is already in use. If you receive this error, run the unattended install again. It should succeed the second time. Files Not InstalledA silent install does not install the server components or any of the other client tools. It is not possible to include server components or client tools in this operation. You need to install these components separately.The Help and documentation (which is provided by MSDN) is also not installed in this step, and you need to install it separately. Install MSDN
Install Server Components and Client ToolsYou need to install each of these separately. The documentation for doing this is beyond the scope of this article.For a list of components, go to the X:\Install.htm (where X: designates the drive letter of Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Disk 1) and read "Minimum Requirements for Installation and Operation of Server-Side Components" the section. The components are on Visual Studio 6.0 Disk 2 and Disk 3 (Enterprise Edition only). REFERENCESPlease see the following article for information about performing a silent install for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and the Post Internet Explorer 4.0 Java Virtual Machine: Q165907 Unattended Internet Explorer 3.02 Setup Performs Standard SetupPlease see the following article for information about performing a silent install for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3: Q168814 Installing WinNT 4.0 Service Packs During Unattended Install Additional query words:
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