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Perform Silent Install for a Basic MSI

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How to run a silent install for a Basic MSI installation.

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This article shows you how to run a silent install for a Basic MSI installation.

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In order to silently install an installer created with a Basic MSI InstallShield project, it will be necessary to first create a Response Transform and then apply the transform to the install.
To create the transform:
  1. Open the Basic MSI project that you want to install silently.
  2. Go to File->New and create a new Transform
  3. Complete each panel of the wizard as needed. On the Create Response Transform "<Full pathname to the transform>\"" panel, select Create response transform.
  4. In the Command line properties (optional) box, specify command-line properties (in property name/value pairs separated by semicolons) that you would like to be passed to the response transform.
  5. Click Finish. The user interface elements of the installation are executed.
  6. Complete the simulated installation, customizing the options available in each panel of the installation wizard as needed. No file transfer takes place, and no changes to your machine occur.
  7. When you reach the end of the installation sequence, click Install.
Once the transform is created you'll want to apply it to the install. With a setup.exe use the following command line:
>setup.exe /s /v"/qn TRANSFORMS=\"<Full pathname to the transform>\""
 
Using just the Msi, use the following command line:
>msiexec /i "<Full pathname to the MSI>" /qn TRANSFORMS="<Full pathname to the transform>"
 
 

     

    Additional Information

    Authoring a Silent Installation
    Silently Install a Basic MSI Application
    Detect a Silent Install
    Determining if Installation is Running in Silent Mode

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