Start silent installation

To run silent installation, open a command prompt using Run as administrator. The basic syntax of the silent installation command consists of the full path to the Setup.exe file (typically the DVD drive designation on your local computer), the command line switch for silent installation, and the full path to the response file. In the examples that follow, C:\ is the system drive and D:\ is the DVD drive.

To see descriptions of the switches and options available, enter /? after the setup command.

D:\setup.exe /?

Setup.exe will install products in UI and Silent mode.

Setup.exe [/silent] [/silentmodify] [/silentrepair] [/silentuninstall]

[/silentnoreboot] [/silentpatch] [/mingui] [responsefile] [/nowait]

/silent specifies the installation is silent Install

and doesn't show UI.

/silentmodify specifies the installation is silent modify

and doesn't show UI.

/silentrepair specifies the installation is silent repair

and doesn't show UI.

/silentuninstall specifies this is silent uninstall.

/silentnoreboot specifies the installation is silent Install

and doesn't show UI with no reboot.

/silentpatch specifies the installation is silent patch Install.

/mingui specifies the installation is silent with mingui.

/nowait specifies with silent Install/modify/repair/uninstall

with immediate return to command line.

responsefile specifies the response file.

Examples:

setup.exe /silent responsefile.txt

setup.exe /silent responsefile.txt /domainname=adminuserdomainname /uname=adminusername /upwd=adminuserpassword

setup.exe /silentmodify responsefile.txt

setup.exe /silentrepair {productguid}

setup.exe /silentrepair {productguid}.{ownerguid}

setup.exe /silentuninstall {productguid}

setup.exe /silentnoreboot responsefile.txt

setup.exe /silentpatch

setup.exe /mingui responsefile.txt

setup.exe /silent responsefile.txt /nowait

setup.exe /silent responsefile.txt /domainname=adminuserdomainname /uname=adminusername /upwd=adminuserpassword /nowait

setup.exe /silentmodify responsefile.txt /nowait

setup.exe /silentrepair {productguid} /nowait

setup.exe /silentrepair {productguid}.{ownerguid} /nowait

setup.exe /silentuninstall {productguid} /nowait

Silent installation syntax:

D:\setup.exe /silent <path\response-file-name>

Note that the full path of the response file (filename plus location of file) must be included. For example:

D:\setup.exe /silent C:\docs\SPInstall\response.txt

The /silent switch completely disables the graphical user interface of Setup.exe. There is no input from or feedback to the end user. However, the installation will output progress to a log file. The log is usually found here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArchestrA\Install\ {<FolderName>}\ILog<timestamp>.log

Silent installation with minimal GUI syntax:

D:\setup.exe /MINGUI <path\response-file-name>

Running setup with the /MINGUI switch will cause setup to install without any input from the end user, but it will display the progress of the installation on screen.

Silent installation with automatic system restart disabled:

D:\setup.exe /silentnoreboot <path\response-file-name>

Running with the /silentnoreboot switch will keep the command window open so you can preserve messages from the installation process. A manual reboot will be required after installation completes.

Silent installation command-line help:

D:\setup.exe /?

Running setup with the /? switch will display the silent installation command-line help.