Silent Administrative Install - Specifying an installation directory

Question

I'm currently trying to add some testing functionality into our builds, and in order to do this I need to be able to perform an administrative install, silently. However, I need to be able to specify the location that it installs too, as the default is on the company-wide network which is no use.

I was wondering if there was a way to specify the installation directory through parameters for this type of operation, and if so how?

Many thanks, Chris

Sonstrom

Answer 1

msiexec /a foo.msi TARGETDIR=C:\EXTRACT\ /qn /l*v admin_install.log

/a = admin install of foo.msi /qn fully silent ( /qb! is mostly silent ) /l*v create a verbose log - in case it fails

Ylla

So, If i don't use TARGETDIR . Will it throw an error or is there a default directory? TIA ! – Gettysburg

It depends on the MSI. Best to find out on a VM. – Ylla

@Gettysburg It may simply copy files to C:/ProgramFilesFolder – Bohi

@ChristopherPainter Is there any way to control which feature the installer will unpack from the MSI? The installer creates a ProgramFilesFolder with all files and also creates an empty MSI. – Bohi

After administrative install of MSI+MSP using /a, is there a specific way to install subsequent msp(hotfixes). – Freedom

This question is 10 years old. Please ask a new question. That said, no there isn't. The application must be uninstalled/reinstalled to get the latest patches to the administrative installation point. – Ylla

Answer 2

It seem to me you should just set TARGETDIR or INSTALLDIR property in the command line during starting of msiexec.exe: like TARGETDIR=C:\MyDir or INSTALLDIR=C:\MyDir as additional msiexec.exe parameter.

Hurdygurdy