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== Picasa 3 ==
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== Picasa 3.x ==
  
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Picasa 3 by default installs to %PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Picasa3.
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Picasa 3 installs by default into %PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Picasa3 (on 32-bit versions of Windows), or %PROGRAMFILES(X86)% (on 64-bit versions of Windows).
  
 
Silently installing Picasa 3 when Picasa 2 is installed will automatically remove Picasa 2.
 
Silently installing Picasa 3 when Picasa 2 is installed will automatically remove Picasa 2.
  
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Picasa Media Detector doesn't come with Picasa 3.
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Picasa 3 doesn't include the Picasa Media Detector included with earlier versions.
  
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Note that Picasa uninstall will open a web browser to ask for feedback.
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The Picasa uninstaller will open a web browser to ask for feedback.
  
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Use the following to perform a silent installation of Picasa 3.x:
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Beginning with version 3.9 Build 137.76 Picasa installs the 'Google+ Auto Backup' program.
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===Command-line Switches===
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* /S - silent install and uninstall
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* /L - don't launch Picasa after install
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* /L1 - add a desktop icon
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* /L2 - don't add a desktop shortcut
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===WPKG Package===
  
 
<source lang="xml">
 
<source lang="xml">
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<packages>
 
<packages>
  
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<package id='Picasa' name='Picasa' revision='2' priority='3' reboot='false' >
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<package id='Picasa' name='Picasa' revision='3' priority='3' reboot='false' >
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   <check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='Picasa 3' />
 
   <check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='Picasa 3' />
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   <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa3-setup.exe" /S /L' >
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   <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa39-setup.exe" /S /L' >
 
     <exit code='1' />
 
     <exit code='1' />
 
     <exit code='128' />
 
     <exit code='128' />
 
   </install>
 
   </install>
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   <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa3-setup.exe" /S /L' >
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   <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa39-setup.exe" /S /L' >
 
     <exit code='1' />
 
     <exit code='1' />
 
     <exit code='128' />
 
     <exit code='128' />
 
   </upgrade>
 
   </upgrade>
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   <remove cmd="%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Picasa3\Uninstall.exe /S"/>
 
   <remove cmd="%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Picasa3\Uninstall.exe /S"/>
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  <!-- The uninstaller terminates before the files have actually been deleted and the registry updated, so WPKG thinks
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the app is still installed despite the uninstaller seeming to finish successfully. WPKG will then reinstall the app on
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the next run, then uninstall it. If we wait before allowing WPKG to run its 'check' on 'uninstall' then everything will
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be OK. See http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.package-management.wpkg.user/8411 -->
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  <remove cmd='%COMSPEC% /C ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 1>NUL 2>NUL' >
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    <exit code="any" />
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  </remove>
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</package>
 
</package>
  
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=== Auto Update ===
 
=== Auto Update ===
  
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I assume the auto update feature came in in version 3.
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Picasa's auto update feature defaults to 'update automatically'. For administrators or Power Users, when they first run Picasa it auto updates without prompting, even before you've managed to run it for the first time.
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My experience of Picasa's auto update feature is that it defaults to 'update automatically'. For administrators or Power Users, when they first run Picasa it auto updates without prompting, even before you've managed to run it for the first time.
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For Limited user accounts, this setting causes it to prompt the user, asking if they want to update.
 
For Limited user accounts, this setting causes it to prompt the user, asking if they want to update.
  
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The automatic update feature can be turned off using Tools → Options → General → Automatic Updates → Don't check for updates
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The automatic update feature can be turned off in various ways:
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or you can add the following lines after the setup-tag:
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<source lang="xml">
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  <install cmd='cmd /c %windir%\regedit.exe /s %YourPicasaPath%\PicasaAutoUpdateOff.reg'/>
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  <upgrade cmd='cmd /c %windir%\regedit.exe /s %YourPicasaPath%\PicasaAutoUpdateOff.reg'/>
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</source>
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where PicasaAutoUpdateOff.reg is the following Registry File:
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====GUI (Per-user)====
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<source lang="reg">
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Tools → Options → General → Automatic Updates → Don't check for updates
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences]
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====Registry (Per-user)====
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"AutoUpgradeCheck"=dword:00000000
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences\AutoUpgradeCheck=dword:00000000
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"AutoUpgradeAsk"=dword:00000000
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences\AutoUpgradeAsk=dword:00000000
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</source>
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(Note that even Picasa 3 creates / uses this Picasa 2 registry key, rather than creating a new Picasa 3 key)
  
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Because its stored in HKCU you may need to do this for every user.
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====Google Updater Service (system-wide)====
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Note that you might require the Google Updater Service for updating other Google software, such as Google Chrome.
  
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Alternatives:
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You can disable the Google Updater Service using either:
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:# Changing the Startup Mode of "Google Updater Service"
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:#:sc config gusvc start= disabled
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:# Uninstall "Google Updater Service" view details here: [http://www.internetbestsecrets.com/2008/04/google-updater-service.html]
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:#:pushd "%ProgramFiles%\Google\Common\Google Updater" & GoogleUpdaterService /UnregServer & popd
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== Picasa 2 ==
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Picasa 2 installs to %PROGRAMFILES%\Picasa2. Changing this with installer options causes Picasa to install into repetitive %PROGRAMFILES%\Picasa2\Picasa2\Picasa2\... directories.
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Use the following to perform a silent installation of Picasa 2.x:
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<source lang="xml">
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
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<packages>
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<package id='Picasa' name='Picasa' revision='2' priority='3' reboot='false' >
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  <check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='Picasa 2' />
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  <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa2-setup.exe" /S' >
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  <install cmd='cmd /C taskkill /F /IM Picasa2.exe' >
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    <exit code='1' />
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    <exit code='128' />
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  </install>
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  <install cmd='cmd /C taskkill /F /IM PicasaMediaDetector.exe' >
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    <exit code='1' />
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    <exit code='128' />
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  </install>
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  <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa2-setup.exe" /S' />
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  <upgrade cmd='cmd /C taskkill /F /IM Picasa2.exe' >
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    <exit code='1' />
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    <exit code='128' />
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  </upgrade>
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  <upgrade cmd='cmd /C taskkill /F /IM PicasaMediaDetector.exe' >
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    <exit code='1' />
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    <exit code='128' />
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  </upgrade>
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  <remove cmd="%PROGRAMFILES%\picasa2\Uninstall.exe /S"/>
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</package>
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</packages>
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</source>
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The uninstall option may need testing.
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=== Picasa Media Detector ===
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Picasa Media Detector is part of Picasa 2. You can disable Picasa Media Detector with the following:
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==== Picasa 2.7 Build 37.29(?) and later ====
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These versions had the media detector load for each specific user from their HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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<source lang="xml">
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  <upgrade cmd='cmd /C reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Picasa Media Detector" /f' />
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  <install cmd='cmd /C reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Picasa Media Detector" /f' />
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</source>
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==== Picasa 2.7 Build 37.23(?) and Earlier ====
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Change the Startup Mode of the Google Updater service:
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sc config gusvc start= disabled
  
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These versions had the media detector load for all users from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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Uninstall the Google Updater service:
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"%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService" /UnregServer
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"%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService" /UnregServer
  
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  <upgrade cmd='cmd /C reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Picasa Media Detector" /f' />
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References:
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  <install cmd='cmd /C reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Picasa Media Detector" /f' />
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* http://www.internetbestsecrets.com/2008/04/google-updater-service.html
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* http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/12/google-updater-service.html
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* http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/invisible-googleupdateexe.html
  
  
 
[[Category:Silent Installers]]
 
[[Category:Silent Installers]]

Latest revision as of 02:18, 17 September 2014

Google Picasa is a photo album and editing tool. Download it from http://picasa.google.com/. When new versions are released they're available from picasa.google.com (where the filename is picasa<version>-setup.exe) before they are from the likes of picasa.google.co.uk (where the filename is picasaweb-current-setup.exe).

Readme: picasa-readme.blogspot.com/

Picasa is not that easy to silently install. Mainly because it forks processes after installation which have to be terminated. Therefore you need the Microsoft Taskkill command installed for it to work.


Picasa 3.x

Picasa 3 installs by default into %PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Picasa3 (on 32-bit versions of Windows), or %PROGRAMFILES(X86)% (on 64-bit versions of Windows).

Silently installing Picasa 3 when Picasa 2 is installed will automatically remove Picasa 2.

Picasa 3 doesn't include the Picasa Media Detector included with earlier versions.

The Picasa uninstaller will open a web browser to ask for feedback.

Beginning with version 3.9 Build 137.76 Picasa installs the 'Google+ Auto Backup' program.

Command-line Switches

  • /S - silent install and uninstall
  • /L - don't launch Picasa after install
  • /L1 - add a desktop icon
  • /L2 - don't add a desktop shortcut

WPKG Package

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<packages>

<package id='Picasa' name='Picasa' revision='3' priority='3' reboot='false' >

  <check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='Picasa 3' />

  <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa39-setup.exe" /S /L' >
    <exit code='1' />
    <exit code='128' />
  </install>

  <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Picasa\picasa39-setup.exe" /S /L' >
    <exit code='1' />
    <exit code='128' />
  </upgrade>

  <remove cmd="%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Picasa3\Uninstall.exe /S"/>

  <!-- The uninstaller terminates before the files have actually been deleted and the registry updated, so WPKG thinks
the app is still installed despite the uninstaller seeming to finish successfully. WPKG will then reinstall the app on 
the next run, then uninstall it. If we wait before allowing WPKG to run its 'check' on 'uninstall' then everything will 
be OK. See http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.package-management.wpkg.user/8411 -->
  <remove cmd='%COMSPEC% /C ping -n 30 127.0.0.1 1>NUL 2>NUL' >
    <exit code="any" />
  </remove>

</package>

</packages>

Auto Update

Picasa's auto update feature defaults to 'update automatically'. For administrators or Power Users, when they first run Picasa it auto updates without prompting, even before you've managed to run it for the first time. For Limited user accounts, this setting causes it to prompt the user, asking if they want to update.

The automatic update feature can be turned off in various ways:

GUI (Per-user)

Tools → Options → General → Automatic Updates → Don't check for updates

Registry (Per-user)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences\AutoUpgradeCheck=dword:00000000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences\AutoUpgradeAsk=dword:00000000

(Note that even Picasa 3 creates / uses this Picasa 2 registry key, rather than creating a new Picasa 3 key)

Google Updater Service (system-wide)

Note that you might require the Google Updater Service for updating other Google software, such as Google Chrome.

You can disable the Google Updater Service using either:

Change the Startup Mode of the Google Updater service: 

sc config gusvc start= disabled

Uninstall the Google Updater service: 

"%PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService" /UnregServer
"%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService" /UnregServer

References:

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