ColdFusion Silent Installs

I thought I better blog something before I started getting the dreaded "There are no entries" message from BlogCFC, so here's a little tidbit about doing Silent Installs with ColdFusion.

Silent Install ColdFusion MX7
Silent Install ColdFusion 8

The link for the CF8 silent install is currently missing from Google, so thanks to Adobe's David Collie for finding it for me.

Why would you use a silent install? Sometimes you can run into issues during a normal install, especially with Windows XP or Windows 2003. Sometimes during DEP off can fix that particular issue.

Another reason for using the silent install is if you need to run the installer on multiple machines, but don't want the hassle of clicking through the install procedure.

One thing missing from both of the above links is the fact that by default, on Windows, the ColdFusion Report Builder can be toggled to be installed. By default it is.

If you don't want to install it, then specify the following as part of your properties file: SILENT_INSTALL_REPORTBUILDER=false