silent mode installation of setup files in Windows server - windows-server-2008-r2

I want to install some softwares such as notepad++, safari etc in silent mode using command prompt. And my OS is win2k8r2.
I placed two executables npp.6.3.3.Installer.exe and SafariStup 4.2.exe in a folder in c drive and used command line arguments as below..
c:\AllFiles>npp.6.3.3.Installer.exe -s
it executes, but shows dialog boxes that was not expected.Please help...

Each program is going to be different, some don't even support silent installations. From command line if you do yourfile.exe /? it should tell you available options.

For Notepad++, I recommend simply downloading the ZIP package (not the EXE installer), unpacking it to the desired location, and adding a Start Menu shortcut.
You don't need to install it per se.

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Follow the Cygwin Ports installation guide (summarized here)
Download the regular Cygwin installer from https://www.cygwin.com/
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At the Select Packages screen
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Search for perl-Image-exiftool
Click it to install it
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https://sourceware.org/cygwinports/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cygwin-ports/

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I was watching a speedy workflow tutorial about Atom text editor, and saw how the guy uses Linu commands like ls (to check the files in the directory), touch (to create files eg. style.css) and mkdir (to create folders). Now in my Atom editor I am able to open the command line using the following command.
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I have a third party application I would like to silent install from the command line.
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Without repackaging it, how do I control the checkbox options on the pages of the normal installer from the silent command line install.
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