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Is there a way to do an unattended/silent install of IIS Express 8?


I can't find anything that shows me how to do this and I am trying to include IIS express in a bootstrapper package.


Solution

  • iisexpress_8_0_RTM_x64_en-US.msi /quiet

    full help:

    msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]
    
    Install Options
        </package | /i> <Product.msi>
    
            Installs or configures a product
        /a <Product.msi>
            Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
        /j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
            Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
        </uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
            Uninstalls the product
    Display Options
        /quiet
            Quiet mode, no user interaction
        /passive
            Unattended mode - progress bar only
        /q[n|b|r|f]
            Sets user interface level
            n - No UI
            b - Basic UI
            r - Reduced UI
            f - Full UI (default)
        /help
            Help information
    Restart Options
        /norestart
            Do not restart after the installation is complete
        /promptrestart
            Prompts the user for restart if necessary
        /forcerestart
            Always restart the computer after installation
    Logging Options
        /l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
            i - Status messages
            w - Nonfatal warnings
            e - All error messages
            a - Start up of actions
            r - Action-specific records
            u - User requests
            c - Initial UI parameters
            m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
            o - Out-of-disk-space messages
            p - Terminal properties
            v - Verbose output
            x - Extra debugging information
            + - Append to existing log file
            ! - Flush each line to the log
            * - Log all information, except for v and x options
        /log <LogFile>
            Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
    Update Options
        /update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
            Applies update(s)
        /uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
            Remove update(s) for a product
    Repair Options
        /f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
            Repairs a product
            p - only if file is missing
            o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
            e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
            d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
            c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
            a - forces all files to be reinstalled
            u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
            m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
            s - all existing shortcuts (default)
            v - runs from source and recaches local package
    Setting Public Properties
        [PROPERTY=PropertyValue]
    
    Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the
    command line syntax.
    
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