How to make an auto installer

[spellweaver]

Can anyone help me please? I'm trying to make a setup file that will install 4 .exe files, I can get them to go to <Start> <Program> <My Games> but they sit there as installer programs, which means I have to click on each one to install it. What I want to do is have them automatically install, so that when I go to <Start> <Programs> <My Games> the list will show the games already installed. Is there any way I can do this? or do I need another program? Please bear in mind, I know nothing about programming, nor will I do anything that is illegal, these games I'm trying to get auto installed are games bought off the internet, I just want to make a cd that will auto install them for me, save having to do it everytime myself.
Appreciate any help in this matter.

[jassing]

You can try /s on a command line parameter to the installer.

Not all installers support /s (Silent installs)

Moreover, it may be against the EULA to do what want to do, which is repackaging and bypassing any license agreement.

[spellweaver]

Thanks Jassing, I'm not sure what you mean, so what I've done is right clicked on each file gone down to properties/shortcut, and in the command line arguements just put in /s hope this is what you mean.

[tnx]

urrrrrrrrr..

How about a different APP.

Maybe WinZip Self Extractor might help ??????

Give Google a bashing to find it. ( not sure if external links are allowed,so i wont put one up )

:yes

[pww]

Thanks Jassing, I'm not sure what you mean, so what I've done is right clicked on each file gone down to properties/shortcut, and in the command line arguements just put in /s hope this is what you mean.

adding /s to the shortcut will not do what you want.
It may start the installer in silent mode (if it supports silent mode at all, and if /s is the proper switch for that). The next time user clicks the shortcut, this will launch the installer again, not the app.

You should launch installers from your installer (like add them as primer files and start them one after another), not to place installers on the target system.
Note that many apps don't really need to be 'installed', and app files can be simply copied from one system to another. So you may get a clean system, do a pre-install snapshot, install all the apps and do a post-install snapshot (there are plenty of tools to do that). Then compare snapshots to see what all the installers placed on the target system, collect the stuff and put it into your installer directly.

Jassing is right though that this will probably violate EULA's of those apps, which is something to consider unless you do this installer for your personal use only.