[Bug]: Installer cannot be silently installed

[timminator]

Which OS?

Win11 Pro

Which release?

24H2

Describe the bug

Inno Setup allows executing the installer via /Verysilent /Suppressmsgboxes, but this case needs to be handled in the Inno Setup file. Currently doing this results in a silent fail.
This is important to install the Virtual Display silently via scripts.

Steps to reproduce

1. Run the installer via command line with the arguments "/Verysilent /Suppressmsgboxes"
2. It silently fails.

Expected behavior

The installer should silently install the VDD.

Log File

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Contact Details

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[bud3699]

Yep, I was working on this early today. The installer was ended up being rushed for a deadline. For now it's not ultra high priority of a problem, in-fact I'm still celebrating the holidays so this time of year things happen more slowly

[packetdog]

I can also confirm this on Windows 11 24H2. I've been trying to install this on a computer with it's lid closed using ScreenConnect. Since I can't interact with the desktop, I can use their Backstage feature to try to run the installer, and/or unzip the driver into the C:\VirtualDisplayDriver folder. This environment runs as the SYSTEM user, and it seems like the installer won't run in this way. We receive an error. When I try to use their not-fully-featured device manager to go though the manual install, I'm never offered the Have Disk step, I'm only taken to an error installing message with a finish button. It seems having the full command line here to install a new driver might be helpful. It seems like the installer 'runs' this to trigger the pop-up to install the driver on another computer.

Here's a photo of the installer failure:

It would be great to fully script this so we could just call the script from our RMM tool and it runs on the workstation as SYSTEM.

[timminator]

In the mean time you can use my installer, you can find it here. It is based on the older beta version from the end of october. Can be silently installed via the command line argument /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes.

[packetdog]

In the mean time you can use my installer

That worked, thank you. What's the best way to update to the latest version?

[bud3699]

once you have a display connected even if its old virtual you can update manually as shown in the wiki