Article ID: 227091
Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q227091
For a Microsoft Windows XP version of this article, see 314881.
SUMMARY
The Windows Installer executable program that interprets packages and installs products is Msiexec.exe. This article lists the command-line switches for this program. You cannot run the Msiexec.exe program without specifying at least one switch.
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Switch Parameters Description
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/i Package|ProductCode Installs or configures a
product.
/f [p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v]Package|ProductCode Repairs a product.
p - Reinstalls a
product only if a
file is missing.
o - Reinstalls a
product if a file
is missing or if an
older version of a file
is installed.
e - Reinstalls a
product if a file
is missing or an equal
or older version of a
file is installed.
d - Reinstalls a
product if a file
is missing or a
different
version of a file is
installed.
c - Reinstalls a
product if a file
is missing or the stored
checksum value does not
match the calculated
value.
a - Forces all files to
be reinstalled.
u - Rewrites all
required user-
specific registry
entries.
m - Rewrites all
required
computer-specific
registry entries.
s - Overwrites all
existing shortcuts.
v - Runs from the source
file and re-caches the
local package.
/a Package Administrative
installation option.
Installs a product on
the network.
/x Package|ProductCode Uninstalls a product.
/j [u|m]Package Advertises a product.
or [u|m]Package /t Transform List The property values used
or[u|m]Package /g LanguageID on the command line are
ignored.
u - Advertises a product
to the current user.
m - Advertises a product
to all users.
g - Language ID.
t - Applies a transform
list to an advertised
package.
/l [i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|p|v|+|!]Logfile Specifies the log
file path and
indicates the flags
to be logged.
i - Status messages.
w - Non-fatal warnings.
e - All error messages.
a - Startup of actions.
r - Action-specific
records
u - User requests.
c - Initial User
Interface (UI)
parameters
m - Out-of-memory.
p - Terminal properties.
v - Verbose output.
+ - Appends to the
existing file.
! - Clears each line in
the log file.
"*" - Wildcard.
Logs all information,
but the use of the v
option is not included.
To include the v option,
type "/l*v."
/p Patch/Package Applies a patch. To
apply a patch to an
installed Administrator
image, type the
following options:
/p [PatchPackage]
/a [Package]
/q n|b|r|f Sets the UI level.
q , qn - No UI.
qb - Basic UI.
qr - Reduced UI. A modal
dialog box is displayed
at the end of the
installation.
qf - Full UI. A modal
dialog box is displayed
at the end of the
installation.
qn+ - No UI. However, a
modal dialog box is
displayed at the end of
the installation.
qb+ - Basic UI. A modal
dialog box is displayed
at the end of the
installation. If you
cancel the installation,
a modal dialog box is
not displayed.
qb- - Basic UI with no
modal dialog boxes.
The "/qb+-" switch
is not a supported UI
level.
/y module Calls the system
Application Programming
Interface (API)
DllRegisterServer, which
registers modules that
are typed on the
command line (for
example, "msiexec /y
my_file.dll").
This option is only used
for registry information
that cannot be added
using the registry
tables of the .msi file.
/z module Calls the system API
DllUnRegisterServer,
to unregister modules
that are typed on the
command line (for
example, "msiexec /z
my_file.dll").
This option is only used
for registry information
that cannot be removed
using the registry
tables of the .msi file.
REFERENCES
For more information and examples, please see the "Command Line Options" topic in Windows Installer Help, or visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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