Hello,

I want to create a custom Windows 7 installer that:
a.) Installs as a service
b.) Disables the boinc screensaver
c.) Disables the boinc manager
d.) Disables start menu and taskbar icons (although I think the latter can be solved by never running the manager)
e.) (Optional) Attaches a project

Among many others, I've looked at this thread here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=7972#46213

However, none of the threads are very recent, and none of the threads explicitly state exactly what they have done. I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to edit the BOINC.msi using Orca, but everything I change in Orca seems not revert upon testing the installer.

For boinc_7.2.42, what options should I modify in Orca to achieve the above goals?

Alternatively, can I do all this via a silent commandline install? E.g. something like:
boinc_7.2.42_windows_x86_64.exe /S /v"/qn ENABLEPROTECTEDAPPLICATIONEXECUTION3=1 ENABLESCREENSAVER=0 ENABLEUSEBYALLUSERS=0 ENABLESTARTMENUITEMS=0 LAUNCHPROGRAM=0"

Thanks

Best ask this at the BOINC Development email list. This list does require registration with a viable email address.

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Actually, looks like I solved this myself with a script that looks like what I've copied below through some trial and error. I couldn't figure out how to disable the manager launching at startup via the installer, so I added some code to edit the windows registry.

Note to anyone who tries to use this: in the directory with the batch script, I had the boinc_7.2.42_windows_x86_64.exe installer, cc_config.xml, and global_prefs_override.xml files.

silent_install.bat

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET rst=no
GOTO parse

:usage
ECHO Usage: [/?] [/r]
ECHO.
ECHO    /h Display this text.
ECHO    /r Restart once installation is complete. Default: no.
GOTO end

:: PARSE ANY CMDLINE ARGS
:parse
IF [%1]==[] GOTO endparse
IF [%1]==[/?] GOTO usage && exit \b 0
IF [%1]==[/r] SET rst=yes && ECHO Will restart when complete.
SHIFT
GOTO parse
:endparse

:: BOINC CLIENT INSTALLATION
ECHO Silent Install beginning...
SET datadir="%PROGRAMDATA%\BOINC\"
boinc_7.2.42_windows_x86_64.exe /S /v"/qn ENABLEPROTECTEDAPPLICATIONEXECUTION3=1 ENABLESCREENSAVER=0 ENABLEUSEBYALLUSERS=0 ENABLESTARTMENUITEMS=0 LAUNCHPROGRAM=0 RebootYesNo=No PROJINIT_URL=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/projectname/ PROJINT_AUTH=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

:: BOINC CLIENT CONFIGURATION
ECHO Copying configuration files...
COPY cc_config.xml %datadir%
COPY account_XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX_projectname.xml %datadir%
COPY global_prefs_override.xml %datadir%

:: DISABLE BOINCMGR STARTUP
ECHO Disabling auto-startup and altering registry...
set boinckey="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"
REG QUERY %boinckey% /v boincmgr 1>nul 2>&1 && REG DELETE %boinckey% /v boincmgr /f
REG QUERY %boinckey% /v boinctray 1>nul 2>&1 && REG DELETE %boinckey% /v boinctray /f
IF EXIST "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\BOINC" RMDIR /S /Q "%USERPROFILE$\Start Menu\Programs\BOINC"
IF EXIST "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\BOINC" RMDIR \S \Q "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\BOINC"

ECHO Installation and configuration complete.
IF %rst%==yes (
    ECHO Restarting...
    shutdown /r
) ELSE (
    ECHO Exiting...
)

:end