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VLC silent install over Powershell

I'm trying to install the VLC media player using a PowerShell script.

I opened the VLC wiki and found this (that's the only help I found online):

Start process -FilePath "C: \ Temp \ VLC.exe" -ArgumentList "/ L = 1033 / S"

When I run this command I don't get an error, but I have to accept the Windows admin thing and that's it. VLC cannot be installed.

Solution

  • This can be done without powershell. I'm not sure why people jump so often to start-process. I guess it won't work if you quote the command. It can be run directly:

    .\vlc-3.0.11-win32.exe /L=1033 /S

    Msi version:

    install-package vlc-3.0.16-win64.msi

    Default preferences file for ignoring update prompts, etc. copy-item overwrites without a confirmation.

    copy-item vlcrc C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\vlc