Silent install of CS3

Question

I'm trying to run a silent install of CS3 for windows. I've read the Adobe CS3 enterprise deployment PDF and the knowledge base article. Nothing in there works for me. I get exit code 7. Unable to complete the silent workflow.
Has anybody had any luck?
Thanks
Ron

Answer 1

I got the Mac install of design premium to work. It is done the same way as the windows side. I pulled a couple of bonehead moves while testing, but i got it to work. First, be sure to use the mac install and uninstall.xml files. The codes are different from the windows version and you use a different install path. The override file is the same except you need to put in the mac serial number. Be sure to install on a clean machine for testing (no uninstalls or failed installs of anything adobe). Make sure all apps are closed except the terminal.<br />Here are my override and install.xml for the mac.<br /><br />application.xml.override<br /><br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br /><Configuration><br /><Payload><br /><Data key="Serial" protected="0">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Data><br /><Data key="Registration">Suppress</Data><br /><Data key="EULA">Suppress</Data><br /></Payload><br /></Configuration><br /><br />install.xml<br /><br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br /><Deployment><br /><Properties><br />   <Property name="installLanguage">en_US</Property><br />   <Property name="INSTALLDIR">/Adobe</Property><br /></Properties><br /><br /><Payloads><br />   <!--Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{AC76BA86-1033-0000-7760-000000000003}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{7005ECBC-F54B-42FD-81E4-934BC43FA329}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Dreamweaver CS3--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{00E5C764-9525-44C3-8404-712AD06AE12A}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Flash CS3--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{3BC8460B-085E-47F3-9C62-8FFCBAF11D78}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Flash Video Encoder--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{7BB7F66A-D798-45A3-A383-0727FB1EBF8E}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Illustrator CS3--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{C4519961-AC64-4565-B3AF-9050296B5D5A}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe InDesign CS3--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{98A7FC5C-969A-4A54-95D1-F64E5233FED6}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Photoshop CS3--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{30C4B843-28DA-466F-AFCA-CB0ED153C826}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /><br />   <!--Adobe Version Cue CS3 Server--><br />   <Payload adobeCode="{abd781e6-d5ca-45aa-a5f7-f64799eb1c04}"><br />      <Action>install</Action><br />   </Payload><br /></Payloads><br /></Deployment>