Unattended installations
of tested application setups are an excellent choice for after hours scripting. This utility uses
the following syntax:
msiexec /Option
[Optional Parameter]
You can categorize the command line switches for MSIExec into several functional areas. Each
area performs a specific Microsoft Installer task. The following list describes each of the command
line installation options.
{/package | /i} {
Product.MSI
|
ProductGUID
}
Installs or configures the specified
application. You can specify the application as an MSI package or as a GUID. When you use
the GUID form, MSIExec looks for the application information in the registry and performs a
configuration, rather than an installation. This installation option relies on the credentials of the
current user.
/a
Product.MSI
Performs an administrative installation. An administrative installation
unpacks all of the files into a directory, normally on the network, and creates a smaller MSI file.
Clients can then perform a local installation by accessing this directory on the network. Normally,
you??™ll use this command line switch to create a centralized location from which to perform
an installation for a number of machines.
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