Installation Command Line Parameters

/SILENT, /VERYSILENT

Instructs Installation to be silent or very silent. When Installation is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is. When a Installation is very silent this installation progress window is not        displayed. Everything else is normal so for example error messages during installation are displayed.

If a restart is necessary and the /NORESTART command isn't used (see below) and Installation is silent, it will display a Reboot now? message box. If it's very silent it will reboot without asking.

/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES

Instructs Installation to suppress message boxes. Only has an effect when combined with /SILENT and /VERYSILENT'.

The default response in situations where there's a choice is:

•Yes in a 'Keep newer file?' situation.

•No in a 'File exists, confirm overwrite.' situation.

•Abort in Abort/Retry situations.

•Cancel in Retry/Cancel situations.

•Yes (=continue) in a DiskSpaceWarning/ DirExists/ DirDoesntExist/ NoUninstallWarning/ ExitSetupMessage/ ConfirmUninstall situation.

•Yes (=restart) in a FinishedRestartMessage/UninstalledAndNeedsRestart situation.

/LOG

Causes Installation to create a log file in the user's TEMP directory detailing file installation and actions taken during the installation process. This can be a helpful debugging aid. For example, if you suspect a file isn't being replaced when you believe it should be (or vice versa), the log file will tell you if the file was really skipped, and why.

The log file is created with a unique name based on the current date. (It will not overwrite or append to existing files.)

The information contained in the log file is technical in nature and therefore not intended to be understandable by end users. Nor is it designed to be machine-parseable; the format of the file is subject to change without notice.

/LOG="filename"

Same as /LOG, except it allows you to specify a fixed path/filename to use for the log file. If a file with the specified name already exists it will be overwritten. If the file cannot be created, Installation will abort with an error message.

/NOCANCEL

Prevents the user from cancelling during the installation process, by disabling the Cancel button and ignoring clicks on the close button. Useful along with '/SILENT' or '/VERYSILENT'.

/NORESTART

Instructs Installation not to reboot even if it's necessary.

/CLOSEAPPLICATIONS

Instructs installation to close applications using files that need to be updated, if possible.

/NOICONS

Instructs installation to initially check the Don't create a Start Menu folder check box on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page.

/DIR="x:\dirname"

Overrides the default directory name displayed on the Select Destination Location wizard page. A fully qualified pathname must be specified.

/GROUP="folder name"

Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page.