Using response files

You typically use the Setup program to create a response file. You then install the software on other workstations by running the Setup program and specifying the name of the response file.

A response file is an ASCII file that supplies the client-specific configuration information required during redirected installation of a product on a workstation. The response file contains predefined answers to the configuration questions that users are normally asked during a product installation, such as the installation drive and directory and the components to install. A system administrator can use a response file to automate the installation and configuration of the Windows client software over a network of workstations. The response file makes it unnecessary for the system administrator (or other user) to sit at each workstation and manually enter an answer to each question that is displayed during installation.