msi not accepting command line switches
I have an msi, Accesspro Redaction, that installs normally when launched manually but does not install when using command line switches for silent installs.
Installing on windows 7
I have tried /qb /qr /qn /quiet /passive nothing works
any ideas??
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Answers (6)
Does the install do anything when you launch it silently, like showing a dialogue box or having a couple of msi processes appear in the task manager? If it does nothing, I'd try turning on logging and see what you get.
"msiexec.exe /i filename.msi /qn /L*v c:\accesspro_msiinstall.log"
Hey Ben
I have tried logging but only lists all the actions that have started and and ended
It looks like it installs whne i use some of the switches ( seeing the GUI ) and the log states that the installation was successful very starnge
but I get errors when I launch the program but when I install manually it works fine
here is the command line %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\MSIEXEC.EXE /i "%SOURCE%\Privasoft_AccessPro_Redaction_US.msi" /liwear "c:\LOGS\AccessPro\AccessPro_EN.LOG" ALLUSERS=1 /passive
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Does the log contain any error codes or completion messages? What error do you get when you launch the program after the passive install? Also, I assume /liwear is a typo, can you confirm that? - Ben M 12 years ago
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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
v - Verbose output
x - Extra debugging information
+ - Append to existing log file
! - Flush each line to the log
* - Log all information, except for v and x options
/log <LogFile>
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
/liwear = Log Status messages, Nonfatal warnings, All error messages, Start up of actions, and Action-specific records.
Personally, I just use /lvx* - SRock68 12 years ago-
The only reason I'm doing a command line is because I don't have access to any packaging software and nothing is setup here yet for packaging I've been packaging for over 7 years and have not come across any msi that wouldn't accept any switches
Thanks for all the input - jensv 12 years ago
Try the command line with logging specified by 'Ben M' - you're not getting everything in your log with your log switch.
When you install manually, are you having to input some information for it to install correctly? Create a log of the manual install and see what items are being written to Properties, create those populated properties in an MST to see if that allows a silent install.
Hope that helps,
Dunnpy
In general, MSI logging can be enabled globally but it can write quite a lot of data, just good for troubleshooting MSI installs temporarily. I have not seen "liewear" either, I am used to "voicewarmup" :) perhaps the registry key helps to produce the logfile in %TEMP% which would may give you an idea if anything starts at all. Btw, Windows Installer service was started at the time you tested those packages? Just to make sure..
How to enabled MSI logging in Windows XP/Vista/7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314852
here is the command line %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\MSIEXEC.EXE /i "%SOURCE%\Privasoft_AccessPro_Redaction_US.msi" /liwear "c:\LOGS\AccessPro\AccessPro_EN.LOG" ALLUSERS=1 /passive
Is there any reason your using such a long command path? If you upload the MSI and attach it to the software inventory, you can just set the msi name directly without a path.
Here is our acrobat one for example.
msiexec /i acropro.msi TRANSFORMS=AcroPro.mst /qb
The only reason I'm doing a command line is because I don't have access to any packaging software and nothing is setup here yet for packaging ( waiting approval) I've been packaging for over 7 years and have not come across any msi that wouldn't accept any switches
Thanks for all the input