How to install 3rd party applications silently using Leapwork

Introduction
Product Installation and Upgrade testing is always a challenge in automation, Leapwork enables the user to perform such operations easily by altering the registry items and running the silent installation script.

Installation
The process below defines how to achieve that.

Open registry settings HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center.
Add a new DWORD entry with the name ‘ UACDisableNotify’ and the value of 1.
Save below script as .vbs extension and note down the path, for example "C:\Scripts\SilentInstall.vbs".

If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then
    Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    'Pass a bogus argument, say [ uac]
    objShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", Chr (34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " uac", "", "runas", 1
Else 'Add your code here
    WScript.Echo("Usage:elevate Application Arguments")
    Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    strApp = "C:\Installers\Setup.exe /q"
    WSHShell.Exec(strApp)
End If

Now user can call this script using Command-line or Start Application block as shown below.

The installer will run silently as desired, the user can use this mechanism to install or upgrade their application under test.

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