I want to know how many users installed my software successfully.
But: I do not want to open a website link after installation.
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I want to know how many users installed my software successfully.
But: I do not want to open a website link after installation.
The only way you could do this would be if your software had to be installed using some installer, and that installer “called home” to some server of yours as part of the installation process. But:
You have to have already set all of this up. If you’ve released your software already, it is too late …
It is easy for someone to defeat measures like this; e.g. by disabling the machine’s networking while installing the software. And a serious software pirate is likely to try to modify your installer to disable the “call home” code.
A lot of legitimate users of your software would consider “call home” during installation to be an invasion of their privacy. You are likely to get loud complaints and there’s a risk of bad publicity that will damage your company’s reputation.
As @Pierre 303 points out, recording information about people who (for example) install your software may be limited by privacy laws in your country.