Using InstallShield Tuner Version 6.0 to create a silent Lotus Notes client install.

Version 7.0.1 and higher using the .itw supplied by Lotus Support

This will document the steps required to create a Lotus Notes installation package that can be pushed to a client to install
a new full version.
**InstallShieldTuner for Lotus Notes is an application that is available on the Lotus Notes client media from IBM.
It is free to use for Lotus Notes clients only.** Lotus Support had to provide me with a correct .itw file to allow me to
use the “Create Response” option. This is corrected in 7.0.2

1. Create two folders on your computer. One folder will store the uncompressed files from Lotus used for the Lotus
Notes client installation. The second folder will be used for the new package you are creating with InstallShield.
2. Extract all files from the install package to Folder1.
3. Copy the LotusNotes.itw supplied from Lotus Support, (if using 7.0.1) to Folder1. When asked if you want to
replace the current LotusNotes.itw, click Yes.

4. Click Start-All Programs-Lotus Applications-InstallShieldTuner for Lotus Notes.

5. When InstallShield launches, you will be stopped by this prompt:

You need to select the file LotusNotes.itw in Folder1, and click Open
6. When the application opens, click “Create a new transform file…” from the left pane.
7. In the “Select MSI file” box, click Browse, and browse to C:\Folder1\ and select the file LotusNotes 7.0.1.msi.
Click Open.
8. In the section “Windows Installer Transforms”, type in C:\Folder1\R7.mst. You can give it any name or
location you want. I just like to keep my stuff all in one place.
9. Now click on the check box next to “Response Transform”.
10. Click Create.
11. This will launch the Lotus Notes client installation. All you have to do is select what options you want to have
available for installation. I won’t go through this part step-by-step.
12. Once you have completed this step, you should see this prompt:

Click OK.
13. You will now be able to tweak your installation as you see fit. For this example, I am going to remove the icon for
Notes Minder, and then add some configurations so that the following will be added to the users Notes.ini:

$STActiveToAwayEnabled=1
$STAwayToActiveEnabled=1
$STActiveToAwayTimeout=5
IM_NO_SETUP=1
14. From the left-hand column, under Additional Tools, click Direct Editor.
15. In the middle column, find the entry call Icon, and click once on it.
16. In the right-hand column, locate the entry for Nminder_1.exe. Right click on it, and select “Drop Row(s) Del”.
Left click on that option.

When
prompted with:

Click OK and then click Cancel on the Edit Binary Screen window.
17. Now under, Target System Configuration, click on IniFiles.
18. In the middle column, right click on Destination Computer, mouse-over Show Folder, and select
ProgramFilesFolder.
19. Expand the folder tree until you reach Lotus\Notes
20. Right Click on Notes, and select New IniFile
21. By default, the new entry will appear as IniFile1.ini, but since its in edit mode, you need to rename it to notes.ini.
22. Click on the + sign next to notes.ini, and right click to rename the NewSection to Notes.
23. On the right-hand column, double-click on NewKey to remove that name, and replace it with
$STActiveToAwayEnabled. In the Value field, replace “NewValue” with 1.
24. Hit Insert on your keyboard to add a new “NewKey” line in the list. Repeat the steps above for your next value,
and any other that you desire.
25. When complete, it should resemble this:
26. Locate the Additional Tools section, and then click the Direct Editor.
27. In the center pane, select the Component table, and then scroll down the component list until you locate
CST_COMPONENT.
28. Change the value in the Directory_ column from NOTES to the new value VDIR_INI.
29. In the center pane, select the table, IniFile, and then scroll down the component list until you locate
CST_INIFILE.
30. Change the value in the DirProperty column from NOTES to the new value VDIR_INI

31. Click Save to keep these new modifications.

32. Now, click on the Package Wizard icon

33. Change the Network Location field to C:\Folder2, and click Next.
34. Check “Create Installation launcher (Setup.exe)”, and also check the two options for Windows 95/98 and NT,
and click Next.
35. If required, check both options for SMS, and click Next.
36. Click Finish. This will copy all of the installation files and your customizations to Folder2.
37. To make it so that we can push this new installation out without user intervention, I create a file called
upgrade.bat. In the batch file, I have only one line that says:
msiexec /i "Lotus Notes 7.0.1.msi" TRANSFORMS="R7.mst" /qn /qb
38. To install the application on a workstation, run the upgrade.bat.
39. If the workstation is locked down administratively, this installation will not work. You need to have local
administration rights to install Notes.