First, let's install all the required prerequisites before installing Starry Night. Otherwise, Starry Night will run with full UI to install prerequisites.
Apple QuickTime (Note - Apple Quicktime is no longer required for Starry Night 7, but you must be installing/running 7.4.1 or later. If you are using an older disc please contact support to acquire a new download of latest installer)
********* Apple QT No Longer Required for Starry Night 7.4.1 and higher **********
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Download link: https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/QuickTime/031-08466.20141022.Xwlnm/QuickTimeInstaller.exe
You can install QuickTime silently with "QuickTimeInstaller.exe /passive", but you will very likey receive an error message that reads "The file cannot be found in cabinet file quicktime.cab. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the cd-rom, or a problem with this package."
What you can do is:
- Open command prompt
- cd to the directory that contains QuickTimeInstaller.exe and run "QuickTimeInstaller.exe /extract".
- You should see 4 files next to QuickTimeInstaller.exe. They are AppleApplicationSupport.msi, AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi, QuickTime.msi, QuickTimeInstallerAdmin.exe.
- Remove AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi and QuickTimeInstallerAdmin.exe.
- In the command prompt, run "msiexec /i AppleApplicationSupport.msi /passive /norestart"
- Then, run "msiexec /i QuickTime.msi /passive /norestart". You have to install AppleApplicationSupport.msi before QuickTime.msi.
- QuickTime is now installed. If you want to removed the desktop icon for QuickTime Player, run del "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk"
So all you need is AppleApplicationSupport.msi and QuickTime.msi to silently install QuickTime.
NOTE: If you don't want the progress bar, replace /passive with /quiet.
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Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 x86
Download Link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/B/16B06F60-3B20-4FF2-B699-5E9B7962F9AE/VSU3/vcredist_x86.exe
You can install Visual C++ Redistributable silently by running "vcredist_x86.exe /passive".
.NET Framework 3.5
Only need to enable .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows 8 and 10. Simply run "dism /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /Quiet".
Also, make sure you have at least Internet Explorer 9.
Now we have all the prerequisites installed. Let's install Starry Night.
If you want a progress bar during installation, run starrynightcollege7.exe -s2 -sp" /passive".
If you want no UI at all, run starrynightcollege7.exe -s1 -sp" /quiet".
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