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‎Sep 16, 2010
04:33 PM
Silent installation installs with public properties
Hi,
When a normal installation is started, the installation is perfectly fine, but when its started in quiet mode "/qn", the installation directory is not the directory being specified in installshield 2010 general properties.
In windows 2008, along with the "/qn" I gave INSTALLDIR="c:\program files" by which the installation directory was updated. windows installer 5.00.
In windows 2003, INSTALLDIR option doesn't help, is there a way to overwrite INSTALLDIR in quiet mode, windows installer 3.01.
Please guide me how do I fix the quiet installation procedure in Installshield, esp updating the properties for quiet installation.
When a normal installation is started, the installation is perfectly fine, but when its started in quiet mode "/qn", the installation directory is not the directory being specified in installshield 2010 general properties.
In windows 2008, along with the "/qn" I gave INSTALLDIR="c:\program files" by which the installation directory was updated. windows installer 5.00.
In windows 2003, INSTALLDIR option doesn't help, is there a way to overwrite INSTALLDIR in quiet mode, windows installer 3.01.
Please guide me how do I fix the quiet installation procedure in Installshield, esp updating the properties for quiet installation.
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‎Sep 17, 2010
09:25 AM
A first step is to generate an MSI log file on the system during installation, and then inspect the log to see when/why INSTALLDIR is being set to the value being used...
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‎Sep 17, 2010
10:21 AM
MSI log in windows 2003 during the installation process:
MSI (s) (D4!84) [10:31:28:875]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLDIR property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035'.
MSI (s) (D4:20) [10:31:28:906]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying INSTALLDIR property. Its current value is 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035'. Its new value: 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035\'.
MSI (s) (D4:20) [10:31:28:921]: Dir (target): Key: INSTALLDIR , Object: C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035\
Even if INSTALLDIR="C:\" is given in msiexec doesn't override the INSTALLDIR property in windows 2003.
msiexec /i "product.msi" /qn INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\product" /norestart ==> doesn't change the installdir
MSI (s) (D4!84) [10:31:28:875]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLDIR property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035'.
MSI (s) (D4:20) [10:31:28:906]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying INSTALLDIR property. Its current value is 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035'. Its new value: 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035\'.
MSI (s) (D4:20) [10:31:28:921]: Dir (target): Key: INSTALLDIR , Object: C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035\
Even if INSTALLDIR="C:\" is given in msiexec doesn't override the INSTALLDIR property in windows 2003.
msiexec /i "product.msi" /qn INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\product" /norestart ==> doesn't change the installdir
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‎Sep 17, 2010
11:05 AM
Why does the quiet installation differ from normal installation?
MSI log for normal installation (with User interface):
MSI (c) (5C!F0) [11:49:47:109]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLDIR property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\product'
MSI log for quiet installation:
MSI (s) (D4!84) [10:31:28:875]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLDIR property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035'.
MSI log for normal installation (with User interface):
MSI (c) (5C!F0) [11:49:47:109]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLDIR property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\product'
MSI log for quiet installation:
MSI (s) (D4!84) [10:31:28:875]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLDIR property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\102080110163067082221115017130027163254072095035'.
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