Silent Installation of setup.exe

Question

I'm trying to run a silent installation for a couple of setup.exe. I searched for this topic and the suggested command was: setup.exe /q

I ran the command and still received the setup wizard. The applications I'm trying to install are VB6 apps. I believe the installers where created using the Package & Deployment Wizard tool. I'm unsure if this has anything to do with it.

Answer 1

I believe the "s" switch should be used. setup.exe /s should work, but if not, you can try setup.exe /silent. If you want a log add a path to the log file after the switch.

Answer 2

To do a silent install, you have to use the following syntax (with log file) :

setup.exe /s c:\yourlogfilename.log

You must include the full path after /s which will launch a silent installation.

The only thing which could interupt the silent installation is the "Setup is attempting to copy a file that is older than the one currently..." dialog box.

Answer 3

Try

setup.exe /sc:\path\to\yourlogfilename.log<br />

In Visual Basic installers there must be no blank between /s and the path for log file.