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I install WIndows 8 under Oracle VirtualBox VM for testing on a Windows 7 PC. I would like to incorporate my copy of Start8 in the Windows 8 build. I do that with other "tweaks" via setupcomplete.cmd scripts. Is there a way to silently install Start8 so that I can include it? (I have a registered copy of Start8)
The installer can be run with a /s switch to install silently, but it's going to prompt on first run to start the trial period or to unlock your registered purchase.
The activation system is somewhat liberal, but if you are constantly redeploying fresh images and reactivating essentially a new VM each time, you're going to have trouble eventually. A far cleaner solution is to install Start8 in the base VM, activate it, and then use that as the core of the snapshot/image your are deploying. If you are using multiple licenses/running copies, purchasing some additional ones would also be appreciated.
That said... the following could be called from a script to activate a registered copy without interacting with the UI. From the application directory:
SDActivate.exe -silent -appabrv=st8 [email protected] -password=password -sigpath="C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Registrations\start8sig2267.bin"
Kris
Thank you, that did exactly what I needed. I installed once to create the start8sig2267.bin file, copied it to my install source. Then did a "clean" VM install of Windows 8 and from my script ran the Start8 install with the /s switch, copied the saved start8sig2267.bin file to C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Registrations and ran SDActivate with the switches you indicated. This is very much appreciated. Again, thank you.
Kris,
Hi, I'm trying to do the same thing with deskscapes8. Do you know what the -appabrv is please?
I have got start8 and windowfx5 to work great but can't do deskscapes8 as I don't know what abbreviation to use. Tried DS8 but no luck.
Emailed support but I think the guy who replied didn't understand what I was trying to do.
Thanks,
Glen.
DeskScapes 8 would be dk4 and Fences should be fences2.
Kris
I have the whole object desktop suite.
Could someone provide a comprehensive list of product codes for the activation utility.
Fences - fences2
Start8 - st8
ModernMix - mm
WindowBlinds 8 - wb8
DeskScapes 8 - dk4
Launch8 - mqd
Tiles - tiles
Decor8 - d8
WindowFX 5 - wfx5
IconPackager 5 - ip5
I installed start8 on a test machine and am unable to find the file SDActivate.exe.
What am I missing from this installation?
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