Msiexec command usage documentation

Windows (r) Installer. V 4.5.6001.22159

Msiexec/option <required parameter> [optional parameter]

Installation Options
</Package |/I> <product. MSI>
Install or configure the product
/A <product. MSI>
Manage and install-install products on the network
/J <u | M> <product. MSI> [/T <transform list>] [/g <language ID>]
Publish the product-m to all users, and u to the current user
</Uninstall |/x> <product. MSI | productcode>
Uninstall a product

Show options
/Quiet
Quiet Mode, no user interaction
/Passive
Unattended mode-only display progress bar
/Q [n | B | r | F]
Set the User Interface Level
N-No user interface
B-Basic Interface
R-simplified interface
F-complete interface (default)
/Help
Help Information

Restart Option
/Norestart
Do not restart after installation
/Promptrestart
Prompt the user to restart if necessary
/Forcerestart
Always restart the computer after installation

Log options
/L [I | w | E | A | r | u | c | M | o | p | v | x | + |! | *] <Logfile>
I-status message
W-non-fatal warning
E-all error messages
A-Start Operation
R-operation-specific records
U-user request
C-initial User Interface Parameters
M-out of memory or fatal exit Information
O-insufficient disk space message
P-terminal attributes
V-Detailed output
X-Additional debugging information
+-Extend to existing Log Files
! -Refresh each line to the log
*-Record all information except V and X
/Log <logfile>
Same as/l * <LogFile>

Update options
/Update <Update1.msp> [; Update2.msp]
Application update
/Uninstall <PatchCodeGuid> [; Update2.msp]/package <Product. msi | ProductCode>
Delete product updates

Repair options
/F [p | e | c | m | s | o | d | a | u | v] <Product. msi | ProductCode>
Repair Product
P-only when the file is lost
O-if the file is lost or the old version is installed (default)
E-if the file is lost or the same or older version is installed
D-if the file is missing or different versions are installed
C-if the file is lost or the verification does not match the calculated value
A-force all files to be reinstalled
U-all required user-specific registry items (default)
M-all required computer-specific registry items (default)
S-all existing shortcut keys (default)
V-run from the source and re-cache the local installation package
Set public attributes
[PROPERTY = PropertyValue]

For more information, see Windows (R) Installer SDK.
Other documents of the command line syntax.

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