msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]
Install Options
- </package | /i> <Product.msi> – Installs or configures a product
- /a <Product.msi> – Administrative install – Installs a product on the network
- /j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>] – Advertises a product – m to all users, u to current user
- </uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode> – Uninstalls the product
Display Options
- /quiet – Quiet mode, no user interaction
- /passive – Unattended mode – progress bar only
- /q[n|b|r|f] – Sets user interface level
n – No UI
b – Basic UI
r – Reduced UI
f – Full UI (default) - /help – Help information
Restart Options
- /norestart – Do not restart after the installation is complete
- /promptrestart – Prompts the user for restart if necessary
- /forcerestart – Always restart the computer after installation
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>
Update Options
- /update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp] – Applies update(s)
- /uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode> – Remove update(s) for a product
Repair Options
- /f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a product
p – only if file is missing
o – if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
e – if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
d – if file is missing or a different version is installed
c – if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
a – forces all files to be reinstalled
u – all required user-specific registry entries (default)
m – all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
s – all existing shortcuts (default)
v – runs from source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
- [PROPERTY=PropertyValue]