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This is a silent installer, upgrader updater and uninstaller remover for Paint.NET.
[http://www.getpaint.net/ Paint.NET] is a spiffy image editor for Windows using C#.
*Administrator access
*Create a .msi from the .exe (/auto on the .exe will fail if you're using the WPKG Client or running WPKG over ssh and it has no option to run silently either)
*[[Microsoft_.NET_Framework#Microsoft_.NET_Framework_3.5_SP1|.Net framework NET Framework 3.5 SP1]]
== Create Extract .msi packages ==To do this download the installer and run it with the [http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paintgetpaint.net/doc/2.6/Help/enlatest/UnattendedInstallation.html options] you want , making sure to add "/createMsi":
<source lang="dos">
Paint.NET.3.5.8.Install.exe /createMsi CHECKFORUPDATES=0 CHECKFORBETAS=0 JPGPNGBMPEDITOR=1 TGAEDITOR=1 ALLUSERS=1 DESKTOPSHORTCUT=0
</source>
Another way is to use the command script below and specify the MSI properties individually.In addition this renames the MSI packages to allow using the PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE environment variable.<source lang="dos">@rem Create_Install_Packages.cmd@echo off set script_name=%~nx0set script_dir=%~dp0set script_ext=%~x1 if "X%1" == "X" goto :usageif not "%script_ext%" == ".exe" goto :usage set installer=%~1set installer_name=%~n1 echo.echo Extracting MSI packages ..."%installer%" /createMsi echo.echo Moving installers to software depot ...echo. move /Y "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\PaintDotNetMsi\PaintDotNet.x64.msi" "%script_dir%\%installer_name%_AMD64.msi" && echo AMD64 package successfully moved ...echo.move /Y "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\PaintDotNetMsi\PaintDotNet.x86.msi" "%script_dir%\%installer_name%_x86.msi" && echo x86 package successfully moved ... echo.echo Deleting temporary folder ...rmdir /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\PaintDotNetMsi" && echo Folder deleted successfully ... echo.pause goto :EOF :usageecho.echo Usage:echo.echo Drop the "Paint.NET.___.Install.exe" onto "%script_name%" to create the MSI packages.echo.pause</source> == Package for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows ==
<source lang="xml">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages xmlns:xsi="http://www.wpkg.org/packages" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../xsd/packages.xsd" >
<variable name="PKG_VERSION" value="3.5.10" />
<variable name="PKG_REG_VERSION" value="3.60.0" />
<variable name="PKG_EXE_VERSION" value="3.510.4297.28970" />
<check type="uninstall" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="Paint.NET v%PKG_VERSION%" value="%PKG_REG_VERSION%" />
<check type="file" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="%ProgramFiles%\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.exe" value="%PKG_EXE_VERSION%" />
<install cmd='MsiExec /passive /i "%SOFTWARE%\Paint.Net\Paint.NET.%PKG_VERSION%.Install_%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%.msi"'/>
<upgrade include="install"/>
<remove cmd='msiexec /passive /x "%SOFTWARE%\Paint.Net\Paint.NET.%PKG_VERSION%.Install_%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%.msi"' />
</package>
</packages>
</source>
== External links ==
* [http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/UnattendedInstallation.html Paint.NET Help - Unattended installation]
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