
Which of course fails because the /x is in the wrong place (should be in place of the /i). These command switches are required to run the installation. exe installation with command line switches. Results in msiexec.exe /i /x /passive /log "c:\msilog.txt" You need to create a cmd file that executes the. For example: "c:\MySetup.exe" /exelog "c:\log.txt" /x /log "c:\msilog.txt" The first command updates the Visual Studio Installer. It is possible to apply patches during an initial. Modify the command line to suit your environment, changing paths and file names as appropriate. Keep in mind the following: The examples use specific products and versions. shell Copy vsenterprise.exe -update -quiet -wait vsenterprise.exe update -wait -passive -norestart -installPath 'C:\installPathVS' Note Both commands are advised. Command line examples These examples demonstrate different ways to install Acrobat products using the command line. The resulting commands that AdvancedInstaller executes is ultimately msiexec.exe /i /passive /log "c:\msilog.txt"īut try as I might, I cannot figure out how to have AdvancedInstaller launch msiexec with the /uninstall or the /x switch. The first command updates the installer, and the second command updates the Visual Studio product. "c:\MySetup.exe" /exelog "c:\log.txt" /passive /log "c:\msilog.txt" Now, while Advanced Installer allows me to pass through command line parameters to the underlying MSI, I have no idea what parameters to pass to force the package to uninstall.įor example, the following parameters logs the setup events and instructs the underlying MSI to run passively and log its own actions. Using Advanced installer, I've created a package resulting in an EXE (there are deployment features that couldnt be contained within a plain MSI file).
