Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.7601.17514
msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]
Install Options
Install or configure a product </package | /i> <Product.msi>
Administrative install - on the network /a <Product.msi>
Advertise a product - m to all users, u to current user /j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
Uninstall the product </uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Display Options
/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
Restart Options
/norestart Do not restart after the installation is complete
/promptrestart Prompts the user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
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
+ - Append to existing log file
! - Flush each line to the log
v - Verbose output
x - Extra debugging information
* - Log all information, except for v and x options
/log <LogFile>
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
Update Options
Applie update(s) /update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
Remove update(s) /uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repair Options
/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a product:
p - 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
Setting Public Properties [PROPERTY=PropertyValue]
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