Hello, I need help… I’m trying to do a silent install in powershell and I’m stuck with an APP that doesn’t work. The APP is an old Seagate Crystal Reports v8x and the executable is unfortunately an exe and not an msi. The argument I’m using is /quiet as reported in the executable’s help, but ever…

Boa noite Mauricio and Welcome to the forum. :wave:t3: [image] dogmau: The argument I’m using is /quiet as reported in the executable’s help, but every time I try to run the code it opens the executable’s help again. Have you tried quoting the argument? And actually you don’t need to use Sta…

I tried '/quiet' and it doesn’t work File Help is below Windows (R) Installer. V 5.0.19041.2193 msiexec /Option <Required_Parameter> [Optional Parameter] Installation Options </package | /i> <Product.msi> Install or configure a product /a <Product.msi> Administrative installation - Insta…

Sounds like the exe is just a wrapper around a MSI. I would first consult the docs for the install if available. Worse case you may need to extract the MSI from the exe. Then you need a tool to view the property table of the MSI. The hope is there is a propery you can pass to the installer to au…

[image] dogmau: I tried '/quiet' and it doesn’t work File Help is below That’s actually not a PowerShell issue. Try running the “setup.exe” manually. And when it shows the first interactive dialog box, do not interact with it - leave it as it is. On the system search a newly created folder …

I did what you told me, went to appdata and found the MSI installer. With this installer the installation worked perfectly. The only thing missing that I haven’t found is a way to add the installation number to the process. But it’s already 95% great for me.

[image] dogmau: add the installation number to the process. ??? :thinking: What?

<offTopic> You can do that by creating a manifest/transform file for the MSI, however, that is a tad complicated and would require a second file aside from the MSI. Might not be worth the effort. Basically, you need ORCA which allows you to modify MSI files and create the manifest from that tool. T…

Why not to used PSDT ? If you planned more work with application, there is not better option to install any software with Powershell.

Even using the PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit you have to know how to install the application you want to install. :man_shrugging:t3:

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