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What is the purpose of administrative installation initiated using msiexec /a?

Administrative Installation: Adding some practical examples. 1) Silent running extraction (no GUI): msiexec.exe /A MySetup.msi TARGETDIR=D:\Extract\ /QN /L*V D:\Extract.log 2) Interactive extraction (setup GUI for extract): msiexec.exe /A MySetup.msi Quick parameter explanation: – /A – run administrative installation sequence. – /QN – run completely silently (alternatively: /QB! for semi-silent). – /L*V “Extract.log” – create verbose … Read more

Extract MSI from EXE

For InstallShield MSI based projects I have found the following to work: setup.exe /s /x /b”C:\FolderInWhichMSIWillBeExtracted” /v”/qn” This command will lead to an extracted MSI in a directory you can freely specify and a silently failed uninstall of the product. The command line basically tells the setup.exe to attempt to uninstall the product (/x) and … Read more

What installation product to use? InstallShield, WiX, Wise, Advanced Installer, etc [closed]

UPDATE, Aug.2018, a new and shorter option: How to create windows installer. Focused on summarizing MSI and its major benefits and to list the major tools available (with download links), as well as mentioning some new, trending deployment technologies. I have worked in software development as a release manager, build engineer, setup developer and as … Read more