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    I searched high and low for specific information on installing AutoCAD Object Enablers (OE) from an .msi, which would permit IT to push installation silently, without user intervention.

    Sadly, bits of information were scattered all over the Internet, so hopefully this thread will bring it together for AUGI members.

    This is a step-by-step guide, with the caution that the silent install will need to be performed with admin privileges. I presume this due to some registry keys being written to HKLM. If you find otherwise, please let us know.

    The first step is to extract the .msi file from the downloaded .exe file. It is crucial to get the correct .msi file for the application to which you will add the OE. Here is how you accomplish the task:
    1. Start the .exe application for the OE.
    2. Proceed thru the dialogs, selecting the correct target application in the setup dialog.
    3. Start the install, but do NOT close the setup dialog when the install is complete.
    4. Use Windows Explorer to browse to %Temp% (you may type that in Explorer's address bar).
    5. Copy the .msi file that you find there to a network location. The filename will start with a temporary filename but end with a full description. For example, a setup of AutoCAD Architectural 2009 OE for DWG TrueView 2009 created this .msi file: 6a.tmp_DWG_TrueView_2009_-_English_(United_States).msi.
    6. Do NOT rename the file. The .msi file created during the initial install stores its original filename.

    Whew.

    Now you have a valid .msi file to use for the silent install. Below is a sample that presumes the .msi file is located in H:\Test, where the /i command switch finds the file and does the install.

    Code:
    msiexec /norestart /passive /l*v "%temp%\OE Install.log" /i "H:\Test\6a.tmp_DWG_TrueView_2009_-_English_(United_States).msi"
    Other command switches are:
    /norestart, make sure a reboot isn't forced (not an issue with this OE, but it is habit).
    /passive, display a progress bar. You could use /qb! instead to not display a progress bar.
    /l*v, write a verbose log to the location specified. Note that I use the %temp% parameter to make sure the log file goes to the Temp folder, wherever it may be located.
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    Default Re: Silent Installs of AutoCAD Object Enablers (msi)

    Thanks for putting all this together Robert. I use this same procedure for other installs, but have never written down the steps...
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    Default Re: Silent Installs of AutoCAD Object Enablers (msi)

    Quote Originally Posted by rkmcswain View Post
    Thanks for putting all this together Robert. I use this same procedure for other installs, but have never written down the steps...
    Actually, your blog posting on the subject was a large resource, but as you said, it was missing a few steps.
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    Default Re: Silent Installs of AutoCAD Object Enablers (msi)

    Robert, thank you for posting this info.

    I have recently tried this for the first time, and the installs appeared to go OK, however I have been noticing now in AutoCAD that when a file that needs an OE is opened, I get a line similar to the following for pretty much every object it's trying to enable, and when the file is fully loaded, it appears that the objects are all proxies:

    c:\enabler\aeccland.dbx cannot find a dll or other file that it needs.

    I am using AutoCAD 2011 32-bit, and I noticed 64-bit installs are ending up the same way.

    I tried to run the reinstall through the Add/Remove programs in the control panel for the object enabler(s), but it has made no difference.

    Any suggestions?

    Thank you.

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    Default Re: Silent Installs of AutoCAD Object Enablers (msi)

    Quote Originally Posted by dwahl View Post
    Robert, thank you for posting this info.

    I have recently tried this for the first time, and the installs appeared to go OK, however I have been noticing now in AutoCAD that when a file that needs an OE is opened, I get a line similar to the following for pretty much every object it's trying to enable, and when the file is fully loaded, it appears that the objects are all proxies:

    c:\enabler\aeccland.dbx cannot find a dll or other file that it needs.

    I am using AutoCAD 2011 32-bit, and I noticed 64-bit installs are ending up the same way.

    I tried to run the reinstall through the Add/Remove programs in the control panel for the object enabler(s), but it has made no difference.

    Any suggestions?

    Thank you.
    I'm having the exactly same issue here now 12 months later. Did you come up with a solution to this issue?

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    Default Re: Silent Installs of AutoCAD Object Enablers (msi)

    Hi Patrick,

    I do not remember what this issue was exactly, but there seemed to have been something wrong with the way the OEs were installed. I wrote up a batch file to remove the OEs, then reinstall, and this fixed things for me. - OK after looking through the script again, it looks like when they were installed with the MSI, something went wrong, so I removed all the installs and reinstalled with the EXE to get things working.

    I'm not a proffessional programer by any means, so please review this and adjust as necessary if you want to try it, I'm not taking any responsibility for this. When I installed the OEs the first time I had a .txt fiel written in the C root to indicate things were done, these .txt files are what this batch uses to see if the enablers previously existed, you may have to find some other kind of reference that the OE is installed.

    We use group policy to trigger the batch file to run. Again, there may be better ways of doing this, but it was the best I could do with what I know, and it worked for us.


    @echo off
    cls
    echo.
    echo Please wait as Autodesk 2011 Object Enablers are removed
    echo.
    echo Verifying Operating System...
    echo.

    ver | find "2003" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto exit
    ver | find "XP" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_32
    ver | find "2000" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto exit
    ver | find "NT" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto exit
    if not exist %SystemRoot%\system32\systeminfo.exe goto exit
    systeminfo | find "OS Name" > %TEMP%\osname.txt
    FOR /F "usebackq delims=: tokens=2" %%i IN (%TEMP%\osname.txt) DO set vers=%%i
    echo %vers% | find "Windows 7" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_64
    echo %vers% | find "Windows Server 2008" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto exit
    echo %vers% | find "Windows Vista" > nul
    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_64
    goto exit



    :ver_32
    echo Verifying Installed CAD product...
    echo.
    If exist "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2011\acad.exe" goto ACAD32
    If exist "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011\acad.exe" goto C3D32
    If exist "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD MEP 2011\acad.exe" goto MEP32
    goto exit

    :ACAD32
    echo Removing...
    If exist c:\2011OECivil32.txt goto REMOVE_ACAD32C3DOE
    goto ACAD32MEPOE
    :REMOVE_ACAD32C3DOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OECivil32.txt
    :ACAD32MEPOE
    If exist c:\2011OEMEP32.txt goto REMOVE_ACAD32MEPOE
    goto ACAD32RASTEROE
    :REMOVE_ACAD32MEPOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OEMEP32.txt
    :ACAD32RASTEROE
    If exist c:\2011OERaster32.txt goto REMOVE_ACAD32RSTOE
    goto 32bitInstall
    :REMOVE_ACAD32RSTOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OERaster32.txt
    goto 32bitInstall

    :C3D32
    echo Removing...
    If exist c:\2011OERaster32.txt goto REMOVE_C3D32RSTOE
    goto 32bitInstall
    :REMOVE_C3D32RSTOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OERaster32.txt
    goto 32bitInstall

    :MEP32
    echo Removing...
    If exist c:\2011OECivil32.txt goto REMOVE_MEP32C3DOE
    goto MEP32RASTEROE
    :REMOVE_MEP32C3DOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OECivil32.txt
    :MEP32RASTEROE
    If exist c:\2011OERaster32.txt goto REMOVE_MEP32RSTOE
    goto 32bitInstall
    :REMOVE_MEP32RSTOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OERaster32.txt
    goto 32bitInstall



    :ver_64
    echo Verifying Installed CAD product...
    echo.
    If exist "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2011\acad.exe" goto ACAD64
    If exist "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011\acad.exe" goto C3D64
    If exist "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD MEP 2011\acad.exe" goto MEP64
    goto exit

    :ACAD64
    echo Removing...
    If exist c:\2011OECivil64.txt goto REMOVE_ACAD64C3DOE
    goto ACAD64MEPOE
    :REMOVE_ACAD64C3DOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OECivil64.txt
    :ACAD64MEPOE
    If exist c:\2011OEMEP64txt goto REMOVE_ACAD64MEPOE
    goto ACAD64RASTEROE
    :REMOVE_ACAD64MEPOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OEMEP64.txt
    :ACAD64RASTEROE
    If exist c:\2011OERaster64.txt goto REMOVE_ACAD64RSTOE
    goto 64bitInstall
    :REMOVE_ACAD64RSTOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OERaster64.txt
    goto 64bitInstall

    :C3D64
    echo Removing...
    If exist c:\2011OERaster64.txt goto REMOVE_C3D64RSTOE
    goto 64bitInstall
    :REMOVE_C3D64RSTOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OERaster64.txt
    goto 64bitInstall

    :MEP64
    echo Removing...
    If exist c:\2011OECivil64.txt goto REMOVE_MEP64C3DOE
    goto MEP64RASTEROE
    :REMOVE_MEP64C3DOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OECivil64.txt
    :MEP64RASTEROE
    If exist c:\2011OERaster64.txt goto REMOVE_MEP64RSTOE
    goto 64bitInstall
    :REMOVE_MEP64RSTOE
    msiexec /norestart /uninstall "<<network location of OE msi file>>" /quiet
    DEL c:\2011OERaster64.txt
    goto 64bitInstall

    :32bitInstall
    echo.
    echo Installing...
    "<<network location of exe>>\autocad_architecture_mep_2011_oex86.exe" /quiet
    :wait_32MEP
    %systemroot%\system32\ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 >nul
    %systemroot%\system32\tasklist | find /i "autocad_architecture_mep_2011_oex86.exe" >nul
    if errorlevel==1 goto continue_32MEP
    goto wait_32MEP
    :continue_32MEP
    "<<network location of exe>>\Civil_2011_OE_32Bit.exe" /quiet
    :wait_32C3D
    %systemroot%\system32\ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 >nul
    %systemroot%\system32\tasklist | find /i "Civil_2011_OE_32Bit.exe" >nul
    if errorlevel==1 goto continue_32C3D
    goto wait_32C3D
    :continue_32C3D
    "<<network location of exe>>\Raster_Design_2011_OE_32.exe" /quiet
    :wait_32RST
    %systemroot%\system32\ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 >nul
    %systemroot%\system32\tasklist | find /i "Raster_Design_2011_OE_32.exe" >nul
    if errorlevel==1 goto continue_32RST
    goto wait_32RST
    :continue_32RST
    echo Completed OE install >c:\2011OE32.txt
    goto exit

    :64bitInstall
    echo.
    echo Installing...
    "<<network location of exe>>\autocad_architecture_mep_2011_oe_x64.exe" /quiet
    :wait_64MEP
    %systemroot%\system32\ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 >nul
    %systemroot%\system32\tasklist | find /i "autocad_architecture_mep_2011_oe_x64.exe" >nul
    if errorlevel==1 goto continue_64MEP
    goto wait_64MEP
    :continue_64MEP
    "<<network location of exe>>\Civil_2011_OE_64Bit.exe" /quiet
    :wait_64C3D
    %systemroot%\system32\ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 >nul
    %systemroot%\system32\tasklist | find /i "Civil_2011_OE_64Bit.exe" >nul
    if errorlevel==1 goto continue_64C3D
    goto wait_64C3D
    :continue_64C3D
    "<<network location of exe>>\Raster_Design_2011_OE_640.exe" /quiet
    :wait_64RST
    %systemroot%\system32\ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 >nul
    %systemroot%\system32\tasklist | find /i "Raster_Design_2011_OE_640.exe" >nul
    if errorlevel==1 goto continue_64RST
    goto wait_64RST
    :continue_64RST
    echo Completed OE install >c:\2011OE64.txt
    goto exit

    :exit
    exit

    I hope this helps. I don't know or remember where or why the msi installs didn't work for us.

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    Default Re: Silent Installs of AutoCAD Object Enablers (msi)

    The Raster Design 2011 OE will not work from the exe if the welcome screen is turned off in your deployment. You will need to manually install all autocad products that you require the OE for and then use the msi from the TEMP folder like Robert said.

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