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Silent Fresh Installation pre-populates an INI file with installation parameters and installs PortalProtect without the need for administrator intervention. You need to have a PortalProtect setup package or build to run silent installation.

Procedure

  1. Go to PortalProtect setup package where you can see a list of executable files.
  2. Copy all the files in the PortalProtect setup package along with the tool SilentSetup.bat to the location where you want to execute the Silent Install for PortalProtect.
  3. After copying the files, go to the command prompt and change the current directory to a specified location.
    WARNING
    WARNING
    You must use silentsetup.bat for silent installation. Never use setup.exe.
  4. Open SilentSetup.bat /? to view a list of options that you can use for the Silent Install procedure.
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    Silent setup help
  5. Type SilentSetup /R to start the Silent Install procedure, which displays the Trend Micro PortalProtect Setup screen.
    Note
    Note
    This step records the configurations that PortalProtect silent installation will use.
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    Silent installation welcome screen
    Note
    Note
    You can define a specific path to store the pre-configured file using: SilentSetup /R <pre-configuration file>. If you do not specify the pre-configuration file, the pre-configuration file will set to: %Windir%\temp as Setup-PortalProtect.iss.
    The tool generates the pre-configured file: Setup-PortalProtect.iss. The default file path is located in the folder: %windir%\temp.
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    Setup-PortalProtect.iss file
    WARNING
    WARNING
    All passwords are encrypted for security. Do NOT modify the ConsoleGroup or ServerManagementGroupSid.
  6. Run SilentSetup /S <preconfiguration file> to enable Silent Install to perform an unattended installation of PortalProtect.
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    Installation screen
    After Setup installs PortalProtect on your computer, it creates the setup log files in the %windir%\temp folder.
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    Setup log files
    Note
    Note
    Silent Install allows you to install PortalProtect on any path you choose unlike the setup program, which installs PortalProtect in the default system Program Files folder as %ProgramFiles%\Trend Micro\PortalProtect.