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[gowgohan]

Hello I'm new to batch files and would appreciate some help.  I am wondering if while running an installer from the batch file, you are able to "hardcode" the cd-key somewhere so you wouldn't have to have any user interaction.  Thanks in advance.  

[GuruGary]

That usually depends on the program and the installer.  There is often a way to automate the CD key, but it probably wouldn't be in DOS or a batch file.  For example, for Windows 98 I remember you could enter the CD-key into the "msbatch.inf" file to automate that part of the process.  Other programs may have a smillar method, but it will be program specific.

Scripts can be written to "push" keystrokes.  The easiest way to push keystrokes to a Window would probably to use sendkeys in a VBScript.