Make an Executable to launch Executables?

[MatthewJ]

Ok so weird name and topic but let me give some back story:

 

I want to upgrade to an SSD simply for booting. Problem is I have to install my motherboard drivers (LAN, AUDIO, USB3, Bio Flash etc).

That takes a bit of time and I don't have the disk anymore.

 

Is there a way I could just download all my files I need, put them on a USB and then have the USB run an EXE or .Bat and install all the programs default (C:\Program Files (x86)/ <Name_of_company>/<Name_of_Program>), Restart later.

 

Just so I can go to work and when I come back simply restart my computer and everything is in order?

[burnttoastnice]

On Linux you could put the executable's URI on each line of the shell script and it would run one after the next. Not too sure if Windows works the same way though. You'd probably need to accept terms etc for the installations though so it wouldn't be completely automated. Installing mobo drivers really don't take long at all though imo, the longest it's taken me to install drivers is about 10 minutes (excluding reboot times). Someone else may have a solution to your problem but I'd recommend installing the drivers the normal way.

[MatthewJ]

On Linux you could put the executable's URI on each line of the shell script and it would run one after the next. Not too sure if Windows works the same way though. You'd probably need to accept terms etc for the installations though so it wouldn't be completely automated. Installing mobo drivers really don't take long at all though imo, the longest it's taken me to install drivers is about 10 minutes (excluding reboot times). Someone else may have a solution to your problem but I'd recommend installing the drivers the normal way.

Im gonna be honest with you on this 1.

I'm tired of getting all the drivers and extracting every zip file onto a USB and deleting them afterwards.

 

I don't reformat my PC a whole lot but I work on every PC in my house as well as my relatives computers.

Was wanting to know if the process could be automated in any way.

Scripted events and what not.

 

I suppose its another topic for another forum however.

Thanks for your insight though man

Appreciate it.

[jaci]

Exe files store all of their assets inside of the exe file format itself. It's really not possible, or practical, to extract all of those assets yourself, as things such as license agreements and stuff along those lines have to be done by you specifically. There's also other things Exe files do like set things inside of the registry and update system variables and stuff, so it's more than just "copy file x to directory y".

 

If the vendor providing the drivers has a .zip archive that contains all the necessary files, you can do it that way instead, although most vendors distribute .exe files only.

[Kingslayer Kyle]

What you're talking about is an unattended installation of your OS that you can include drivers and other executables in for automatic installation which would work while you're not there.

 

There are tools that you can use to set this up.. But honestly the idea of an unattended set up is for mass installation on more than one machine and would probably take more time to set up than just installing the OS and drivers manually.

 

Google your motherboard model and in the support section the drivers should be available for download.

 

Hope this helps.

[tt2468]

Exe files store all of their assets inside of the exe file format itself. It's really not possible, or practical, to extract all of those assets yourself, as things such as license agreements and stuff along those lines have to be done by you specifically. There's also other things Exe files do like set things inside of the registry and update system variables and stuff, so it's more than just "copy file x to directory y".

 

If the vendor providing the drivers has a .zip archive that contains all the necessary files, you can do it that way instead, although most vendors distribute .exe files only.

He is talking about .bat scripts, not compiled exes.

[Nineshadow]

He is talking about .bat scripts, not compiled exes.

An executable doing system calls could work as well.

[jaci]

He is talking about .bat scripts, not compiled exes.

Most drivers and application software come bundled as .exe, not batch scripts

[vorticalbox]

You only need network drivers installed and windows update should get the rest.