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I am trying to run an EXE (Update) silently and also without rebooting. I have:
"myUpdate.EXE" /s/v/qn
which basically means run the patch silently / no interaction. The /v I believe is supposed to be the switch to send the 'qn' parameters directly to msiexec. So, in order to tell msiexec to not restart, I would think that saying '/v/norestart' would work, however it does not (the command ends up being invalid and I get the msiexec usage/help dialog)
Is there a way to send multiple parameters to msiexec when installing an EXE update?
UPDATE: this link notes an example of:
Setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=D:\Destination"
So framing in context of my own update EXE:
MyUpdateEXE /s /v"/qn /norestart"
However this is not working - I get the msiexec usage/help dialog as if the syntax is incorrect.
Well, if it's a exe file, then
msiexec
is not a case here, because it's anmsi
installer. You could post exactly what installer it is (In case thats publicly available). Because there is plenty of installer solutions and therefore many possibilities for parameters. – week – 2012-12-05T07:00:39.543Generally if you type
yourUpdate.exe /?
, that sometimes can give you a help for given installer. Another thing is, that parameters you type are usualy in windows separated by space likeupdate.exe /s /v /n
– week – 2012-12-05T07:04:42.620@week Its an EXE-wrapped MSP built from InstallShield. – JohnZaj – 2012-12-05T07:10:44.163
1Try initial space in brackets like
update.exe /s /v" /qn /norestart"
. – week – 2012-12-05T07:19:34.513And if that /norestart won't work you may add
REBOOT=ReallySuppress
parameter to msi. – week – 2012-12-05T07:22:14.747@week nice work it is update.exe /s /v" /qn /norestart" – JohnZaj – 2012-12-05T16:43:53.753