Microsoft Windows Installer MSIEXEC Command Line

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Microsoft Windows Installer

MSIEXEC Command Line Parameters

Windows ® Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823

msiexec /Option?Create <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

	</package | /i> <Product.msi>
		Installs or configures a product
	/a <Product.msi>
		Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
	/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
		Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
	</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode?Create>
		Uninstalls the product

	/quiet
		Quiet mode, no user interaction
	/passive
		Unattended mode - progress bar only
	/q[n|b|r|f]
		Sets user interface level
		n - No UI
		b - Basic UI
		r - Reduced UI
		f - Full UI (default)
	/help
		Help information

	/norestart
		Do not restart after the installation is complete
	/promptrestart
		Prompts the user for restart if necessary
	/forcerestart
		Always restart the computer after installation

	/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile?Create>
		i - Status messages
		w - Nonfatal warnings
		e - All error messages
		a - Start up of actions
		r - Action-specific records
		u - User requests
		c - Initial UI parameters
		m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
		o - Out-of-disk-space messages
		p - Terminal properties
		v - Verbose output
		x - Extra debugging information
		+ - Append to existing log file
		! - Flush each line to the log
		* - Log all information, except for v and x options
	/log <LogFile?Create>
		Equivalent of /l* <LogFile?Create>

	/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
		Applies update(s)
	/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid?Create>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode?Create>
		Remove update(s) for a product

	/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode?Create>
		Repairs a product
		p - only if file is missing
		o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
		e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
		d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
		c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
		a - forces all files to be reinstalled
		u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
		m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
		s - all existing shortcuts (default)
		v - runs from source and recaches local package

	[PROPERTY=PropertyValue ]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the command line syntax.

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Example:

msiexec /l!* c:\inst.txt /qf "c:\windows\downloaded installations\calculator powertoy for windows xp.msi"

Install hanging near end of progress bar.... Last item were RemoveExistingPRoducts?Create and InstallInitialize?Create

• Search for RemoveExistingProducts?Create hanging
  • http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15068&goto=nextoldest - No clue on what "after a reg clean" actually means.
    • Action ended 7:46:51: WiseAltStartup?Create. Return value 1.
    • Action start 7:46:51: InstallValidate?Create.
    • Action ended 7:46:51: InstallValidate?Create. Return value 1.
    • Action start 7:46:51: RemoveExistingProducts?Create.
    • Action ended 7:46:51: RemoveExistingProducts?Create. Return value 1.
    • Action start 7:46:51: InstallInitialize?Create.
    • The end of my install log. It will sit there at the least line forever.

• http://helpnet.installshield.com/robo/projects/helplibdevstudio9/IHelpInstallationSequence.htm List of operations that occur during installations.

• Search: installations taking a long time to complete

• Found a googlewhack today : "install takes a long time to complete"
  • Hurricane Forums
  • No installer issues there, but the workstation components install takes a long time to complete on my VM. So get a coffee, and sitback and wait as it's most ... http://www.sqlserver.org.au/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=571 - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

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