Change Default to Unattended
Is it possible to set the default install option of an .msi file to unattended mode? For example, I want to double click a .msi installer and have it run completely silent and unattended. Thanks!
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Posted by:
cblake
14 years ago
Sure; How are you at editing/writing MSI tables? MSI's can be packaged with these options already set; or by not displaying any modal dialogs when designing the package. That's a lot of work, might be just as easy to write a script that runs the command line as-is to couble click on. FWIW.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
Change
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\Open\command\"%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1" %*
to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\Open\command\"%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1" /qn %*
I would strongly recommend against changing this, though. You need to be sure every MSI runs with the required options. For example, most which have a license agreement dialog will default to not accepting that agreement. Most will also default to a 'Typical' install whereas you might want 'Complete' or 'Custom'.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\Open\command\"%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1" %*
to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\Open\command\"%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1" /qn %*
I would strongly recommend against changing this, though. You need to be sure every MSI runs with the required options. For example, most which have a license agreement dialog will default to not accepting that agreement. Most will also default to a 'Typical' install whereas you might want 'Complete' or 'Custom'.
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