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

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