I would like to know why silent install / uninstall works only with .msi
Works fine:
msiexec.exe /qn /i MyApp.msi
Fail: (nothing happen)
msiexec.exe /qn /i MyApp.exe
Thanks,
Edited by aldebarande, 05 March 2008 - 12:12.
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silent install/uninstall with .exe
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aldebarande
, Mar 05 2008 11:31
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 11:31
Hi,
I would like to know why silent install / uninstall works only with .msi
Works fine:
msiexec.exe /qn /i MyApp.msi
Fail: (nothing happen)
msiexec.exe /qn /i MyApp.exe
Thanks,
I would like to know why silent install / uninstall works only with .msi
Works fine:
msiexec.exe /qn /i MyApp.msi
Fail: (nothing happen)
msiexec.exe /qn /i MyApp.exe
Thanks,
Stefan Krueger
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 12:33
msiexec.exe executes only .msi files, not other executables. To run a setup that is packages as exe use that exe's command line parameters:
MyApp.exe /s
(assuming that MyApp.exe is a Basic MSI installation that was created with InstallShield)
MyApp.exe /s
(assuming that MyApp.exe is a Basic MSI installation that was created with InstallShield)
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 13:16
| QUOTE (Stefan Krueger @ 2008-03-05 12:33) |
| msiexec.exe executes only .msi files, not other executables. To run a setup that is packages as exe use that exe's command line parameters: MyApp.exe /s (assuming that MyApp.exe is a Basic MSI installation that was created with InstallShield) |
Hi,
Thanks for your answer.
But in that case (MyApp.exe /s) the install is not silent. I just tried and user Interface comes up.
The doc if you type MyApp.exe /? says that for silent mode you have to type:
MyApp.exe /S/v/qn
But this last command still make the interface to come up and wait for user interaction.
I'm looking for the same behavior that msiexec.exe /qn /i where there're not a single interaction while installing.
It's a basic msi. This is appearing in the blue bar of InstallShield 12 premier edition.
This project do have an install script
Thanks,
Edited by aldebarande, 05 March 2008 - 13:27.
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 13:20
I think there needs to be a blank between /s and /v:
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| MyApp.exe /s /v/qn |
And, some option might be case sensitive, so use /s instead of /S.
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 13:28
| QUOTE (Stefan Krueger @ 2008-03-05 13:20) | ||
I think there needs to be a blank between /s and /v:
And, some option might be case sensitive, so use /s instead of /S. |
Ooops, I didn't noticed the first sentence about the s/ and v/qn
Yes, you're right it works with:
MyApp.exe /s /v/qn
Thanks Stefan :-)
It was not obvious in the doc /? because there's a break line just after /s
Edited by aldebarande, 05 March 2008 - 13:35.