Hi, I am trying to do a silent install with the following command line:

msiexec.exe /i <My installer.msi>/qn

There are two install options for my installer, one is a complete install, one is installing without an optional component. Complete install is the default option.

However, when I run the above command line, the installing without the optional component (ie/ not the default option) gets selected.

Is there any way I can correct this? Many thanks for your help.

I am running on XP 2003 SP3.

Thanks a lot for your responses!

Actually I just managed to figure out the solution. I needed to include the INSTALLLEVEL on my command line.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988%28VS.85%29.aspx

Cheers.

Hi ohanna,

Could you please tell me how you implemented the install options? I created a Setup Project which has install options but it works fine: the default option is installed. Theseare my steps to add an install option:

1. In the User Interface view, add a RadioButtons(2 buttons) dialog between the Welcome dialog and the Installation Folder dialog.

2. Modify the properties of the dialog related to display, such as BannerText, BodyText, Button1Label and Button2Label.

3. Set other properties. Button1Value : 1; Button2Value : 2; ButtonProperty : INSTALLCOMPONENT; DefaultValue : 1.

4. In the File System view, add an extra component and set its Condition property to INSTALLCOMPONENT=1.

After the command was executed, the option related to button 1 is installed.

Let me know if this helps.
Aland Li

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See if you can do this the other way round by having the install default to installing that component (and having the checkbox checked by default). The logical problem is that the default doesn't install that component, whether you show UI or not, so it's being consistent. If the default is that you DO install it and the checkbox needs unchecking to skip the install it should work. I hope I explained that reasonavbly clearly.

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Hi ohanna,

Do you mean that the component is a prerequisite?

Aland Li

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Thanks a lot for your responses!

Actually I just managed to figure out the solution. I needed to include the INSTALLLEVEL on my command line.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988%28VS.85%29.aspx

Cheers.

Hi ohanna,

Did you make progress in your issue? It is appreciated if you can share your researching results. Thanks.

Best regards,
Aland Li

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Hi Aland. I resolved my problem by including the INSTALLLEVEL on my command line (orwere you referring to something else?) Please refer to my post above. Thanks.

Hi ohanna,

Thanks very muchfor sharing your answer.

Best regards,
Aland Li

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