"Quiet" command-line parameter isn't quiet enough about tinynvidiaupdatechecker HOT 31 CLOSED

TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker v1.9.0-beta 2.zip

• supports portable 7zip (17.01 tested), the directory must be in the same directory and named 7-Zip Make sure you have all the binaries! Especially 7zG.exe and 7z.exe are important!
• --confirm-dl argument that will download and install drivers automaticly, saves the installer at %temp\*driver_version*%, and uses the minimal install feature to cut all bs

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Thanks for the feedback! What about --install which will install the drivers?

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My pleasure, thanks for being so receptive.
If we're discussing wording, I'd propose --force-install to make it clear that user input will not be prompted.
Will this work in tandem with --quiet or does the setting imply interaction-free operation?

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--force-install is just wrong. We don't want to force an install?

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How about --confirm-dl

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Yeah, that works

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I was just about to suggest the same, well an auto-close option since I just threw a shortcut into the startup folder. Pressing any key is not as bad as having Geforce Experience installed on my system.

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But then how about self-updating?

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I don't mind self updating. Isn't the whole point of it to update drivers? That what I want regardless of any user input.
If you mean silently update itself then maybe have an option when setting it up, running it for the first time.

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From my POV the program's main use will be to give my customers as a way to inform them that their devices need a driver update. Some will use the "just install it" feature, others won't.

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With self-updating I mean updates to the application.

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Oh, I see.
For me, just putting the text "An update is available, grab it at www.blah.xyz" in the StdOut as part of the normal program run would be sufficient.

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But you wanted everything to be automatic? Dialogs or not? I haven't either programmed a self-updater...

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For me, what's important is that it runs without user input. Input is considered before the program is run as part of the arguments it's run with. If there's a "quiet" command-line (or an analogue, as we're doing here), it needs to be just that.

If you're asking me what we should do in regards to program updates, I'm perfectly fine with just saying "A new version is available" in the StdOut. That way the administrator can update their package and run the new version as behoves them. I lean against automatic updates, not least because Administrators typically prefer to keep strict inventories of every program they're using and the version number, but also because it saves you the hassle of coding anything new.

Alternatively, updating really isn't an issue to begin with for me. @Quozzo might disagree, but it seems like a new issue for a new case. As far as I'm concerned it's a non-issue and it doesn't need any additional attention.

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Ok man

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Since you're the one wanting this feature, is making a minimal install important to you? One more important thing is that we cannot skip the UAC! You must have privs to install drivers...

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Hi;
UAC isn't an issue, the software I work with runs everything in the highest user context.
Installation is undesired; the virtue of the program is its portability. An installer would be a nice extra for other people who aren't me, but if we're focusing on just my use case, I'll go for portable 100% of the time.

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Installation is undesired; the virtue of the program is its portability. An installer would be a nice extra for other people who aren't me, but if we're focusing on just my use case, I'll go for portable 100% of the time.

I didn't mean installing TNUC? I meant using the 'minimal installer' feature, which will extract the base drivers, so that you don't install all the other shit (telemetry, extra services etc)

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Oh, I see.
It would be great if we had some facility to just install the NVIDIA drivers, yeah, without any concern paid to GeForce Experience, HDMI audio, 3D vision, PhysX, ShadowPlay, etc., etc., etc.

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Thanks!
Two things:

• The --quiet switch still causes a prompt, which means it isn't quiet by definition. It should just say "There is an update available to version x.xx" or "There is no update available" in the StdOut.
• Running the program normally produces the following error for me:
  Retrieving GPU information . . . OK! System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker.MainConsole.Main(String[] args)

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Use --quiet with --confirm-dl

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For the crash, run the app with --debug whitch will tell us more about the problem

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@seagull try TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker v1.9.0-beta 3.zip which should give us more information about your problem. this version also comes with the new dialog for new driver 🔨 and please use the --debug argument and paste everything here

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Making installer . . .
Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker.MainConsole.MakeInstaller(Boolean silent)
   at TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker.MainConsole.DownloadDriverQuiet()
   at TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker.MainConsole.DownloadDriver()
   at TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker.MainConsole.Main(String[] args)

That's what I get with v1.9.0 linked above

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@Quozzo are you using 7-Zip or WinRAR? Try TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker v1.9.0-beta 4.zip which tries to sorround the MakeInstaller() method with try / catch

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I'm using winzip since I don't have winrar installed XD After installing WinRAR no diver was installed and I got this.

TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker v1.9.0 dev build

Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Hawaii_Beach
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. Licensed under GPLv3.

Arg: --debug

configFile: C:\Users\Quozzo\AppData\Local\Hawaii_Beach\TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker\app.config

Searching for a network connection . . . OK!

winVer: 10
osID:   57
verOrg: 10.0.15063.0

langID:   2
cultName: en-GB

Searching for Updates . . . OK!
offlineVer: 1.9.0
onlineVer:  1.8.0

Retrieving GPU information . . . OK!
gpuURL:      http://www.nvidia.com/Download/processDriver.aspx?psid=98&pfid=756&rpf=1&osid=57&lid=2&ctk=0
processURL:  http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/124420/en-uk
confirmURL:  http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload-March2009/confirmation.php?url=/Windows/385.69/385.69-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe&lang=uk&type=GeForce
downloadURL: http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/385.69/385.69-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe
pdfURL:      http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/385.69/385.69-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf
releaseDate: 21/09/2017
OfflineGPUVersion: 385.41
OnlineGPUVersion:  385.69
There are new drivers available to download!

Making installer . . . OK!
Running installer . . . Could not run driver installer!


Job done! Press any key to exit.

It may be due to cancelling the download since the error only occured when clicking install and not download.

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@Quozzo yes this is my bad, I'm currently implementing a file size check for the driver file, because it skips the download if a file named (in this case) 385.69-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe. You used the Download + Install button, right? In the meantime you can head over to %temp% and erase the 385.69 folder

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Yeah that did it. So was it caused by using WinZip instead of WinRAR?

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@Quozzo please continue in #21 as your issue has nothing to do with this.

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@seagull i've closed this issue and released v1.9.0. There's now --config-here which uses the working directory as path for config, and --confirm-dl will now automaticly write the config if needed.

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