Silent Installation
Working Papers supports silent installations when monitoring and manual input are not required during the installation process. Silent installations are executed from the Run command or Command Prompt windows. How Do I?
Note:
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Secondary switches can only be used after /V.
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Do not include a space between /V and the following switch. When specifying additional switches, enclose them in quotation marks.
Example: Setup.exe /S /V"/qb"
Primary Switches
| Switch | Description |
|---|---|
| /S | Use to make the .exe bootstrap silent. |
| /V |
Use to make anything following this switch be passed to the MSI Execution Engine. |
Secondary Switches
| Switch | Description |
|---|---|
| /qb |
Use to invoke a quiet install with a basic interface. This will basically just display a progress bar during the installation. |
| /quiet or /qn | Use in place of /qb to perform a quiet install with no interface. You should not see any indication that the install is occurring other than the appearance of desktop shortcuts. The only way to know that the installation has completed is to monitor the Task Manager for the MSIEXEC engine to finish. |
| /forcerestart | Use to force the computer to reboot whenever necessary without displaying a prompt or warning. |
| /norestart | Use to stop the computer from rebooting whenever necessary without displaying a prompt or warning. |
| /uninstall or /x | Use to invoke a silent uninstall. |
Properties
You can optionally set certain properties from the command-line after the switch.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| INSTALLDIR=\"Fully Qualified Path\" |
Use to specify an install directory that is different from the default (C:\Program Files (x86)\CaseWare\). "Fully Qualified Path" is the install directory path. Example: Setup.exe /S /V"/qb INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\CaseWare Applications\"" |
| SKIPREGISTER=1 |
Use to skip registration when performing a silent install. Example: WP2017USA_AUTHCODE_.exe /S /V"/qn SKIPREGISTER=1" |
| registerproxyuser:test and registerproxypassword:test |
Use to update proxy server settings to connect with CaseWare servers. :test is the administrator's user name and password. Example: Setup.exe /S /V"/qb registerproxyuser:test registerproxypassword:test" |
| NOREVOKE=1 and NOCHECKIN=1 |
Use with the silent uninstall switch (/uninstall) to skip automatic license revocation and commuter check in. Example: WP2017USA_AUTHCODE_.exe /V"/uninstall /quiet NOCHECKIN=1 NOREVOKE=1" |
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